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QUIZ
1. WHO SUCCEEDED RICHARD NIXON AS PRESIDENT?
2. WHO WON THE 1976 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
3. WHAT STATE WAS THE WINNER FROM? 4. THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS WAS A PEACE
TREATY BETWEEN WHAT TWO NATIONS? 5. WHAT NATION WAS TAKEN OVER BY
ISLAMIC MILITANTS IN 1979?
IMPORTANT TERMS
GERALD R. FORD JIMMY CARTER NATIONAL ENERGY ACT HUMAN RIGHTS CAMP DAVID ACCORDS AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI
MAJOR DATES 1974:
– NIXON RESIGNS PRESIDENCY– GERALD FORD BECOMES PRESIDENT
1975:– FALL OF SAIGON / VIETNAM WAR ENDS– THE MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT
1976: JIMMY CARTER ELECTED PRESIDENT 1977: U.S. AGREES TO RETURN PANAMA CANAL 1979:
– JAN. : IRANIAN REVOLTION; AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI SEIZES POWER
– MARCH: CAMP DAVID ACCORDS SIGNED THREE-MILE ISLAND ACCIDENT
– JUNE: S.A.L.T. II – DECEMBER: SOVIETS INVADE AFGHANISTAN
FEBRUARY, 1980: THE MIRACLE ON ICE
THE FORD YEARS
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM GERALD FORD FACED WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT?
– LACK OF TRUST TOWARDS U.S. GOV’T.– BY WHO? THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
WHY?– VIETNAM– WATERGATE– THE COUNTERCULTURE– ECONOMIC CRISIS (EX.: OPEC OIL EMBARGO)
WHAT SPECIFIC ECONOMIC PROBLEMS DID HE FACE?– INFLATION (11% IN 1974)– HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT (8.5% IN 1975)– ENERGY CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS (OIL DEPENDENCY)
THE FORD YEARS
OTHER ISSUES:– INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS:
VIETNAM: NVA / VC WINNING THE WAR CAMBODIA: KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE (3 MIL.
DEAD) THE MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT THE SOVIETS
– NIXON’S LEGACY: FORD PARDONS NIXON CAN HE DO THAT? WHY DOES HE DO IT?
THE 1976 ELECTION
WHO RUNS?– REPUBLICANS: GERALD FORD, VP– DEMOCRATS: JIMMY CARTER, GOV. OF GEORGIA
KEY ISSUES:– UNEMPLOYEMNT– OTHER ECONOMIC PROBLEMS– INFLATION– ENERGY CONSUMPTION
FINAL RESULTS: CARTER WINS– CARTER: 41 MILLION– FORD: 40 MILLION
CARTER AND THE LATE-70’S
CARTER’S BACKGROUND:– FORMER GEORGIA GOVERNOR– INFORMAL STYLE– RELIED ON “OUTSIDERS” FOR ADVICE– DID NOT WANT TO LOSE TOUCH W/COMMON
AMERICANS CITIZENS– DID NOT LIKE TO COMPROMISE OR MAKE DEALS
RESULT? CARTER OFTEN ALIENATED HIMSELF FROM CONGRESS, BOTH PARTIES
CARTER AND THE LATE-70’s
DOMESTIC ISSUES: – THE ENERGY CRISIS: TOO MUCH DEPENDENCE ON
IMPORTED OIL– RESULT? NATIONAL ENERGY ACT– DID WHAT?
TAX ON GAS-GUZZLING CARS REMOVED PRICE CONTROLS ON U.S. PRODUCED OIL /
NATURAL GAS $ FOR DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CREATED
– PROBLEM: 1979: MID-EAST VIOLENCE = HIGHER OIL PRICES INFLATION INCREASES: 7% TO 11%
CARTER AND THE LATE-70’s
PROBLEM: AMERICANS DON’T BELIEVE CARTER CAN SOLVE U.S. ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
EXAMPLES:– 1980: INFLATION = 14%– U.S. STANDARD OF LIVING 1st to 5th PLACE
CARTER DELIVERS “CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE” SPEECH PROBLEM:
– SPEECH ONLY MAKES AMERICANS FEEL WORSE– DAMAGES HIS IMAGE– 1980: CARTER’S APPROVAL RATING = 26%– WORSE APPROVAL RATING THAN NIXON IN 1974!
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS:
– 1979: U.S. – PANAMA AGREE ON PANAMA CANAL TREATY U.S. WOULD RETURN CONTROL OF CANAL TO PANAMA IN 1999 WHY? GOOD / BAD IDEA?
– 1979: S.A.L.T. II AGREEMENT WHO? U.S. – SOVIETS DID WHAT? LIMITED # OF WEAPONS EITHER SIDE COULD
PRODUCE PROBLEM:
– SENATE OPPOSED TREATY– SOVIETS INVADE AFGAHANISTAN– TREATY DIES
– 1979: SOVIETS INVADE AFGHANISTAN WHY? U.S. RESPONSE: U.S. BEGINS GIVING AID TO AFGHAN REBELS,
CALLED MUJAHEDEEN MUJAHEDEEN HAVE VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL OVER MUSLIM
WORLD, INCLUDING ARABS FIRST COMBAT EXPERIENCE FOR OSAMA BIN-LADEN AND
“AL-QUEDA”