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Nixon to the Present

Nixon to the Present. Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974): Republican. July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 with Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong land on the moon. Visits Communist China and the USSR (1972)

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Nixon to the Present

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  1. Nixon to the Present

  2. Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974): Republican • July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 with Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong land on the moon. • Visits Communist China and the USSR (1972) • Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) 1972: Signed with Leonid Brezhnev. Limits the number of nuclear weapons both sides can have. • Ends Vietnam War (1973)

  3. Apollo 11

  4. Nixon continued • Stagflation: stagnant economy with increasing inflation (failed to deal with) • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): U.S. supported Israel in 1973 Yom Kippur War against its Arab neighbors. OPEC puts oil embargo on U.S. that caused economic recession, inflation, a stagnant economy, unemployment, higher gas prices, gas rationing and the 55 MPH speed limit.

  5. Nixon continued • Watergate (1972-1974) • June 17, 1972: 5 men caught breaking into the Democratic Party HQ at the Watergate Complex. All five are associated with the Nixon administration. • June 23, 1972: Nixon orders break-in covered up. Shredded documents, paid burglars $500,000 hush money, used government agencies. If Nixon disowns the operation, he could have ended the scandal.

  6. Watergate continued • October 1973: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after bribery scandal. Gerald Ford becomes new Vice-President • July 24, 1974: Supreme Court orders Nixon to turn over tapes • August 5, 1974: Nixon released tape transcripts that show he ordered the cover-up on June 23, 1972 • August 8, 1974: Nixon announces his resignation

  7. Gerald Ford Administration 1974-1977: Republican • September 8, 1974: Ford gives Nixon a full pardon • Stagflation: Ford failed to deal with • End of Vietnam nightmare in 1975 • Survived two female assassination attempts

  8. Jimmy Carter Administration 1977-1981: Democrat • Failed to deal with stagflation • Created Department of Energy • Panama Canal Treaty (1977): turned canal over to Panama on 12/31/1999 • Iran-Hostage Crisis: November 4, 1979 – 52 Americans held for 444 days • USSR invades Afghanistan • Russia’s Vietnam

  9. Camp David Accords 1978 • Anwar el-Sadat: Egypt • Menachem Begin: Israel • Jimmy Carter: USA • First Middle East Peace agreement • Israel gives back the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt and Egypt recognized Israel

  10. Reagan Administration 1981-1989: Republican • Reaganomics (supply-side or trickle –down economics) • Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): “Star Wars” missile defense system • March 30, 1981: • Reagan shot by John Hinckley Jr. • Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity (trying to impress Jodi Foster)

  11. Reagan continued • Iran-Contra Affair • Gorbachev reforms in USSR (Glasnost & Perestroika) • Sandra Day O’Connor: first woman on the Supreme Court Winning…

  12. George H.W. Bush (1989-1993): Republican • Fall of communism in the USSR and Eastern Europe (end of Cold War) • Operation Desert Storm (1991): • January 16, 1991: air assault on Iraq • February 23-28, 1991: ground offensive against Iraq • Led by General Norman Schwarzkopf • Liberates Kuwait

  13. Bill Clinton (1993-2001): Democrat • Economic Budget Boom & Surplus • Oklahoma City Bombing (1995): Timothy McVeigh executed • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) • Impeachment by House & Acquittal by Senate

  14. George W. Bush (2001-2009): Republican • 9/11 terrorist attacks • Department of Homeland Security & Patriot Act • War in Afghanistan & Iraq

  15. Barack Obama (2009-): Democrat • First African-American President • Economic Depression • Health Care Reform • Osama Bin Laden • The Operation-Osama • Bin Laden

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