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Title: The Ford and Carter Years


1
The Ford and Carter Years
How does the country heal during the late 70s?
2
Ford Pardons Nixon
  • After being sworn in President Gerald Ford
    tells America our long national nightmare is
    over
  • To move the country beyond Watergate, Ford
    pardons Nixon of any crimes he may have committed
    while President
  • Ford loses much public support but many say it
    allowed the country to heal quicker from wounds
    of Vietnam Watergate

3
Ford and the Economy
  • Mid 70s also experiencing an energy crisis due to
    high oil electric prices - Ford urged energy
    conservation
  • Recession is getting worse, Inflation at 10,
    Ford starts WIN Whip Inflation Now
  • WINCut spending, higher interest rates, made
    recession worse
  • Constant battles w/ Dem Congress vetoes 50
    bills in 2 yrs

4
Fords Foreign Policy
  • Congress passed War Powers Act, limiting
    Presidents abilities to use troops (60 days),
    Ford cant help in S. Vietnam
  • Kissinger stays on as Secy of State, continues
    Nixons détente
  • Ford participates in the Helsinki Accords
  • 35 nations signed the Accords, which mend
    relationships between Eastern and Western Europe

5
1976 Election
  • Ford faces challenge in his own party from CA Gov
    Ronald Reagan
  • Ford beats Reagan for Republican nomination,
    faces Georgia Gov Jimmy Carter in November,
    Carter seen as an outsider
  • Carter beats Ford in very close election

6
Economy Worsens
  • Carter goes to Congress with 100 proposals on
    Energy Crisis, is met with resistance by Senators
    who states depend cars/gas
  • 1978 Carter Congress agree pass National
    Energy Act tax gas guzzlers give tax credits
    for alternative energy
  • Americans use less foreign oil so OPEC slows
    production
  • Oil prices rise, less gas, inflation climbs to
    14, unemployment is on the rise

7
Three Mile Island
  • Many citizens debate if nuclear power is safe in
    US
  • US faces nuclear crisis in 1979, series of human
    errors leads to a partial meltdown of a nuclear
    reactor at Three Mile Island in PA
  • Clip What causes radiation to escape? How many
    reontgens were measured and is the amount deadly?
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?veGI7VymjSho
  • Skylab
  • 1979 US Space Station Skylab is about to fall
    out of space, people begin to panic, will Skylab
    fall on me?
  • Clip How long was Skylab manned?Where did Skylab
    eventually hit?
  • http//videos.huffingtonpost.com/may-14th-the-life
    -and-times-of-skylab-517353976

8
Carters Foreign Policy
  • Carter Secy of State Cyrus Vance reject
    realpolitik policy of Kissinger, want to focus on
    human rights
  • Cut off relations with Argentina and Brazil due
    to dictatorships
  • Agreed to return the Panama Canal to Panama on
    12/31/99
  • Signs SALT II w/ Soviets
  • Boycotts 1980 Olympics in Moscow when Soviet
    Union invades Afghanistan Congress refuses to
    ratify SALT II

9
Middle East
  • Carter gets leaders of Egypt Israel to meet at
    Camp David
  • Carter mediates peace agreements between two
    nations
  • Camp David Accords
  • Israel returns the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt
  • Egypt recognizes Israels right to exist

10
Iran Hostage Crisis
  • 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini tells people of Iran to
    revolt against the rule of Shah Mohammad Pahlavi,
    who is backed by US
  • Shah flees Iran, Khomeini takes control
  • Carter allows Shah into US for medical treatment
  • Iranian students storm US embassy taking 52
    workers hostage, students demand the return of
    the Shah for US hostages

11
444 Days
  • Carter refuses, US tries rescue attempt but it
    fails
  • Shah dies in hospital hostages still held for
    444 days
  • Economy hostage crisis cause Carter to lose
    1980 election
  • Clips 1) Why was the Shah a good/bad leader?
    2) What happens to the Shah in 1953 and who
    restores him to power?
  • 3) What happens when Carter lets Shah into US? 4)
    What happens to the rescue attempt? 5) When are
    hostages released?
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