THE FORD AND CARTER YEARS

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THE FORD AND CARTER YEARS

• CHAPTER 32, SECTION 3

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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?

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IMPORTANT TERMS

• GERALD R. FORD
• JIMMY CARTER
• NATIONAL ENERGY ACT
• HUMAN RIGHTS
• CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
• AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI

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• MY FELLOW AMERICANS, OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE
  IS OVER.
• GERALD FORD,
• EXCERPT FROM INAUGURATION SPEECH, AUGUST 9, 1974

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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

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THE FORD YEARS

• WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM GERALD FORD FACED
  WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT?
• LACK OF TRUST TOWARDS U.S. GOVT.
• 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)

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• GERALD FORD,
• 38th President of U.S.

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• GERALD FORD,
• U.of Michigan Football

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Mrs. Betty Ford, Liberty and Pups
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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
• NIXONS LEGACY FORD PARDONS NIXON
• CAN HE DO THAT?
• WHY DOES HE DO IT?

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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

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• JIMMY CARTER,
• 39th President of U.S.

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CARTER AND THE LATE-70S

• CARTERS 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

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CARTER AND THE LATE-70s

• 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

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CARTER AND THE LATE-70s

• PROBLEM AMERICANS DONT BELIEVE CARTER CAN
  SOLVE U.S. ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
• EXAMPLES
• 1980 INFLATION 14
• U.S. STANDARD OF LIVING DECLINES 1st to 5th
  PLACE
• CARTER DELIVERS CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE SPEECH
• PROBLEM
• SPEECH ONLY MAKES AMERICANS FEEL WORSE
• DAMAGES HIS IMAGE
• 1980 CARTERS APPROVAL RATING 26
• WORSE APPROVAL RATING THAN NIXON IN 1974!

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THE PANAMA CANAL
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• Panama Canal Lock
• System

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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

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• AFGHANISTAN
• AND
• SURROUNDING
• REGIONS

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SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN, 1979
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• Osama bin-Laden
• Mujahedeen with Stinger
• missile

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Bin Laden Extended Family Photo, 1972
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BIN LADEN IN AFGHANISTAN, 1984
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AFGHAN MUJAHEDEEN
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JOHN RAMBO IN ACTION AGAINST THE
SOVIETS,AFGHANISTAN1980? 81?82?, 83?,
84?...?