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American Turmoil: 1970s Crisis Chronicles

Explore America's tumultuous era in the 1970s through foreign policy blunders, economic struggles, political scandals, and societal mistrust. From Vietnam defeat to the Oil Embargo and Watergate, delve into the decline of the American Dream and the end of an era.

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American Turmoil: 1970s Crisis Chronicles

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  1. The 1970s: America in Crisis?

  2. I. Foreign Policy: The End of the American Era? Nixon’s Peace with Honor Means Defeat in Vietnam

  3. B. The Shah, Revolution & American Hostages in Iran

  4. C. The Cold War Cools: Détente & Nixon’s Visits to Russia and China

  5. II. Economics: The Decline of the American Dream?

  6. A. The Politics of Oil: Israel, OPEC, and the Oil Embargo

  7. B. Stagflation: Rising Prices & Rising Unemployment Hurt the Ordinary American Family

  8. C. Welfare, War, and Growing Government Debt

  9. III. Politics: Growing Distrust of Government A. Leadership, Assassinations & the Legacy of the 1960s

  10. B. The Watergate Scandal & the Nixon White House i. CREEP & The Watergate Break-In

  11. The Watergate Hotel

  12. 1972 Presidential Election

  13. ii. Cover Up & Taped Conversations

  14. iii. Nixon Resigns, Ford (Not a Lincoln) Pardons

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