Search for Stability

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Search for Stability

• Chapter 31

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Nixons Foreign Policy

• Chapter 31 Section 1

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Easing the Cold War

• Nixon wanted a more stable world
• Reach out to Soviet Union and China
• Détente relaxing international tensions
• Balance of power distribute authority
• US, Europe, China, Japan, Soviet Union

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Easing the Cold War Cont

• Nixon wanted to visit China
• US ping-pong team invited to China (1971)
• 1972 Nixon goes to China trade/diplomacy
• Nixon takes trip to Soviet Union
• Begins trade
• SALT 1 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
• Limits nuclear weapons, slow arms race

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Middle East

• Tensions arise in Israel
• Fights between Israelis and Arabs (Palestinians)
  cause major problems
• Yom Kippur War
• Egypt and Syria attack Israel
• Sov. Un. backs Arabs, US backs Israel
• Arab countries place an embargo on US oil
• Ban on shipments
• Conflict quickly settled through diplomacy
• Peaceful negotiations

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Nixon and Watergate

• Chapter 31 Section 2

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Domestic Goals

1. Giving more power to the states
2. Affirmative Action giving more jobs to
   minorities in areas they were once excluded
3. Stop inflation a rise in prices
4. Solve the energy crisis

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Election of 1972

• Nixon wins a landslide victory over George
  McGovern
• Nixon received over 90 of electoral votes

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Watergate

• June 17, 1972 a security guard discovered
  burglars _at_ the Watergate office complex
• Plumbers connected to Nixon campaign
• Democratic Party had offices in the building
• Burglars convicted, controversy continues
• Tapes of secret conversations with Nixon linked
  him to robbery
• Nixon was going after Democratic campaign plans

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Impact of Watergate

• Nixon resigns before he can be kicked out of
  office
• Americans loose even more trust in govt
• Freedom of Information Act citizens get more
  access to govt documents

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A Time for Healing

• Chapter 31 Section 3

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Ford takes over

• Gerald Ford takes the office of president when
  Nixon resigns
• Gives a full pardon to Nixon highly unpopular

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More controversy for Ford

• FBI CIA found spying on Americans
• new regulations on these offices
• Ford gives amnesty to draft dodgers
• Protection from criminal charges
• Americans loose even more faith in govt

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Economy continues to fail

• Inflation continues
• Underemployment people working jobs they are
  overqualified for
• High oil prices
• Fords plan WIN (Whip Inflation Now)
• Americans need to save money

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Election of 1976

• Ford vs. Jimmy Carter
• Carter wins a very close race

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Jimmy Carter

• Chapter 31 Section 4

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Problems from the get-go

• Economy
• Inflation/Unemployment not a good combination
• Carter cut taxes and raised govt spending
• Cut unemployment but inflation soared
• Energy crisis
• Trade deficit imports exceed exports
• High oil prices causing inflation
• Exploring alternative fuels
• Concerns about nuclear power (3 Mile Island)

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Foreign Affairs

• Carter based his policy on human rights
• How people are treated by the govt
• Carter withdrew support from many countries in
  Africa and South America
• US gives Panama Canal to Panama
• Israel Egypt reach peace agreement
• More problems with Soviet Union
• 1980 Olympics, Sov. Un. Invades Afghanistan

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Iran Hostage Crisis

• Iran was major US ally
• New leader Ayatollah Khomeini
• Islamic fundamentalist strict obedience to
  religious laws
• Nov. 1979 a group of fundamentalists take 52
  Americans hostage
• US attempts to free hostages fail

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