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The Stagnant Seventies

The Stagnant Seventies. 1970-1979. Vietnam. “peace with honor” Vietnamization…. Kent State. 3 rd Phase – Civil War. 1973 Ceasefire … Paris Peace Accords Civil war rages in Vietnam The U.S. abandons its embassy in Saigon

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The Stagnant Seventies

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  1. The StagnantSeventies 1970-1979

  2. Vietnam • “peace with honor” • Vietnamization…

  3. Kent State

  4. 3rd Phase – Civil War • 1973 Ceasefire … • Paris Peace Accords • Civil war rages in Vietnam • The U.S. abandons its embassy in Saigon • By 1975 North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam and Saigon is renamed Ho Chi Minh City

  5. The Cost • 58,000 Americans killed- 300,000 wounded • 3,000,000 Vietnamese killed • U.S. morale, self-confidence, trust of government destroyed • War Powers Act

  6. Detente • Nixon travels to China and meets with Mao Zedong… • SALT I

  7. Election of 1972 • “plumbers” • Enemies List

  8. Watergate • 1972 election • DNC Headquarters • Bungled “Burglary” • Washington Post – Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

  9. Nixon Tapes…. • Spiro Agnew… • United States vs. Nixon… • Nixon steps down 1974

  10. Gerald Ford • First non-elected President… • Pardons Nixon of all crimes…

  11. Energy Crisis

  12. Jimmy Carter • Human Rights…

  13. Chicano Movement

  14. American Indian Movement

  15. The Fight for Women’s Rights • Betty Friedan – The Feminine Mystique • National Organization for Women (NOW) • Roe v. Wade… • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)…

  16. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

  17. EPA… • Earth Day…

  18. Love Canal - 1978

  19. Three Mile Island - 1979

  20. Panama Canal Treaty

  21. Camp David Accords

  22. Iran Hostage Crisis • Ayatollah Khomeini • Teheran Embassy, 1979 • Carter unable to secure their release

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