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Bell Ringer

Bell Ringer. Is character a product of nature, nurture, or both? Explain. . The Stagnant 70s. Nixon, Ford, and Carter. Richard Milhous Nixon. Middle America. “the silent majority” Promised… “peace with honor” in Vietnam Law and order Streamlined government

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Bell Ringer

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  1. Bell Ringer • Is character a product of nature, nurture, or both? Explain.

  2. The Stagnant 70s Nixon, Ford, and Carter

  3. Richard Milhous Nixon

  4. Middle America • “the silent majority” • Promised… • “peace with honor” in Vietnam • Law and order • Streamlined government • Return to more traditional values at home

  5. More Promises • Earned large number of Southern votes • Strategy strategy: Continue converting Southern Democrats to Republicans after election • Slow desegregation • Overturned civil rights policies

  6. Cracking Down on Crime • Promise of law and order • Enforce law against… • Draft dodgers • Radical students • Civil disorders • Organized crime • Street crime • Criticized Warren Court leniency on criminals

  7. New Federalism • More freedom at state and local level • Provide gov’t closest to the people more power • Actually gave more power to federal gov’t • Depended on federal funds • Revenue sharing: federal, state, and local gov’t share in profits and losses

  8. Family Assistance Plan • Aid to Families with Dependent Children • Lots of critics • Easier to collect welfare than get a job • Family Assistance Plan • Replace AFDC • Yearly grant of $1,600 • Critics on both sides • No pass

  9. Henry Kissinger, Again

  10. Multipolar • Opposition of bipolar world of US vs. USSR • Détente: relaxation of tensions between the US and USSR and China • In the interest of world peace

  11. Ping Pong Diplomacy • April 10, 1971 • Journalists and table tennis players from the US become the first Americans to step foot in the Chinese capital soil since 1949 • Signal the thawing of Sino-American relations • Nixon makes trip to China in Feb 1972 • First US president to do so

  12. American-Soviet Summit • Proposed by Soviets • Nixon visits Moscow-1st president to do so since end of WWII • Accomplish’ts… • Signed first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT 1) • Increase trade • Increase exchange of scientific info

  13. Stagnant Economy • Stagnant: showing no activity • Inflation caused by… • LBJ increasing federal spending and not raising taxes • Rising cost of raw materials • Stagflation: economy isn’t growing but prices are • Decline of manufacturing industry • International competition • Nixon’s attempts to control inflation failed

  14. Watergate Scandal • Break in at Democratic Party’s headquarters to steal info and place wiretaps • Nixon orders cover up • Break in trial starts and people start talking • White House taping system is revealed • Nixon eventually turns over the tapes • Impeached in April 1974 • Resigns August 9, 1974 • Congress creates new legislation for the three branches of gov’t

  15. Gerald Ford

  16. Mr. Nice Guy • Pardons Nixon • Lost public support • Helsinki Accords • Meeting of NATO and Warsaw Pact nations • Recognize border of Eastern Europe • Soviets promise to uphold certain basic human rights • Not really

  17. Jimmy Carter

  18. The Outsider • No national political experience • Restore morality and honesty within the gov’t • New programs for energy, welfare reform, tax reform, and national medical care • Won 297 to 240 over Ford

  19. War Against Consumption • Consumption of natural resources • Promote conserving oil and using renewable energy • Department of Energy • Make personal sacrifices to reduce energy consumption

  20. Foreign Affairs • Panama Canal Treaty • Give control of Panama Canal to Panama • December 31, 1999 • 1980 Olympic Games Boycott • In Moscow • Camp David Accords • Organized by Carter • Between Israel and Egypt

  21. Iran Hostage Crisis • US supported monarch in Iran is overthrown • Revolutionaries take control of US embassy in Tehran • 52 Americans are held hostage for 444 days • Many failed attempts at negotiations and rescues • Released just minutes after Ronald Regan was sworn in

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