Richard Nixon 1968-1973

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Ronald Reagan 1980-1988
Richard Nixon 1968-1973
George Bush 1988-1992
Gerald Ford 1973-1976
William Clinton 1992-2000
Jimmy Carter 1976-1980
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Middle East New International Player
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World Oil Reserves (2002)
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TheExpansionofIsrael
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Richard Milhous Nixon 1968-1974

• Nixon foreign policy
• 1.Vietnam escalated and then withdrew in 1973
• 2.China restored relations
• 3.Soviet Union détente SALT I

• Yom Kippur War (Arab-Israeli Conflicts)
• OPEC 1973 Energy Crisis
• Watergate ? resignation

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Gerald Rudolph Ford

• VP Spiro Agnew resigned before Nixon resigns
  Ford replaced Nixon in 1974 (25th Amendment)
• Pardons Nixon
• Helsinki Accords US agrees to European borders
  in exchange for Soviets allowing travel and
  better human rights (which never happens)
• Fall of Vietnam to Commies - 1975

1974-1976
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• Washington outsider, Gov of GA, peanut farmer!
• stagflation
• At home
• Sunbelt migrations
• Three Mile Island
• National Energy Act
• Panama Canal Treaty
• Russians in Afghanistan ? US supports Bin Ladin!,
  boycotts 1980 Olympics
• Support of Shah vs. Ayatollah Khomeni ? Iranian
  hostage crisis ? 2nd OPEC Embargo
• Camp David Accords (highpoint!)
• Pardons draft dodgers from Vietnam

Jimmy Carter 1976-1980
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Camp David Accords (1979)
President President Prime
MinisterAnwar Sadat Jimmy Carter
Menachem Begin of Egypt of the U. S.
Of Israel
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• At home
• supply side economics (aka trickle down theory)
• cuts taxes , govt programs
• national debt/deficit
• Deregulation (airlines)
• 1984 Election Geraldine Ferraro
• INF Treaty (Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces)
• Increased military spending Strategic Defense
• Initiative-- STAR WARS (no détente under Reagan!)
• (Iran-Contra Affair)
• -- Iran/Iraq War US Govt Supports Iraq but
  sells arms to Iran ? fund weapons for
  Contras in Nicaragua.
• Supported glasnost (Gorbachev) Tear Down this
  Wall!

Ronald Wilson Reagan 1980-1988
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How did Gorbachev as a leader in 1985 signal a
trend toward greater liberalization in the Soviet
Union?What was glasnost? What was
perestroika?
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In China, thousands of Chinese risk their lives
in Tiananmen Square protests.
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• As democracy rocks the Communist world, the
  Berlin Wall finally falls. (video)

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Velvet Revolutions of 1989 A revolutionary wave
that swept across Central and Eastern in late
1989, ending in the overthrow of Soviet-style
Communist Bloc states within the space of a few
months.
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End of Cold War Timeline (video)

• December 3, 1989 President Reagan and Gorbachev
  declare end of the Cold War
• 1991 Warsaw Pact officially dissolved
• December 1991 Gorbachev resigns under pressure
  and Soviet Union is dissolved, Boris Yeltsin
  takes over

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George Herbert Walker Bush

• Berlin Wall falls
• no new taxes
• The Persian Gulf Wars (a.k.a. Desert
  Shield/Desert Storm)

Read my lips! 1988-1992
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Failure of Communism Essential Questions

1. What are some reasons Communism dissolves by the
   end of the Cold War?
2. Why was the Berlin Wall coming down in Germany
   seen as a symbol for all of Communism ending?

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• NAFTA controversial because
• Embassy bombings and Yugoslavia/Kosovo mess
• End of Vietnamese trade embargo
• Impeached over Whitewater (aka Monica
• Lewinsky scandal)

William Jefferson Clinton 1992-2000
Bill
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Modern Foreign Policy

• Wins election by ruling in Bush vs. Gore
• Increased troops in S. Korea
• Castro/Cuban Sanctions
• Post 9-11 hunt for terrorists
  Afghanistan/Iraq/Syria
• At home No Child Left Behind (unfunded mandate)

George W. Bush (2000-2008)