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expanded NASA in 1961 and promised to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth.

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he was the youngest president and the first catholic president and defeated nixon.

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an independent agency and program of the united states government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide development assistance.

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the failed invasion of cuba by cuban exiles supported by U.S government in 1961.

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started because of the bay of pigs invasion.

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assassinated by lee harvey oswald.

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After World War 2 there was a great exodus to Suburban
areas.
- This left cities very poor.
- The Housing and Urban Development Act provided federal
- funds to cities for the purpose of urban renewal and
development.
- The law also made it easier to get home mortgages and
provided aid to people who qualified for public housing.

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medical care for the aged

provided medical care for people over 65 in the social security system.

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provides basic medical service to the poor and disabled Americans not a part of the social security

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1 billion dollar proposal

train the jobless

educate the uneducated

provide health care for those in need

economic opportunity act created job corps. this would train men and women ages 16-21 with job skills they needed to raise themselves out of poverty.

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Middle Americans
- Non-shouters
- Non- demonstrators
- Factory workers
- American soldiers

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minority business development agency

environmental protection agency

occupational safety and health administration

drug enforcement administration

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Policy that to stop looking at everything like abstract
ideologies
- For Example: Instead of viewing China and
the Soviet Union as completely bad. Look at
the potential of them being great trade
partners.
- Stop seeing everything as black and white and
instead perhaps there were shades of gray.

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Policy aimed at easing tensions
- This replaced the policy of suspicion and distrust

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This was the first one ... Remember Jimmy Carter
works on the second one.
- Froze the deployment of missiles.
- It did not end the Arms Race but it was a gigantic
step.

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background of the break-in

changing role of media and journalism

controversy surrounding president gerald fords pardon

legacy distrust

united states vs. nixon

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he chose to resign because he was in a scandal.

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A Community Near Niagra Falls in New
York.
- Residents had high levels of birth
defects and health problems.
- This came from toxic chemicals
industries had been dumping into the
ground for decades.

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Shutdown People’s faith in
Nuclear Energy
- The Core of a Nuclear
Reactor began to melt.
- A public state of emergency
was declared.
- Carter visited the site to
prove it was safe.

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The United States had long
Protected the anti-
communist SHAH ( Leader)
in Iran.
- 1970’s a rebellion began to
grow against the SHAH.
Hatred for the United States
also grew.

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Egypt had always opposed the
existence of Israel
- As recently as 1973 Egypt and
Syria had attacked Israel
- The Egyptian president and Israeli
Prime Minister wanted to try for
peace.
- Carter invited them to the United
States.
- They met for over two weeks at
Camp David.

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Reagan restored
people’s faith in
America
- Moving from a time of
skepticism and
distrust to a time of
passion and love.

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Supply Side Economics
-If TAXES ARE REDUCED THE
WEALTHY WOULD INVEST
MORE AND THUS CREATE
JOBS
-Trickle Down Economics or
Top Down Economics
-Gave the largest tax cuts to
the richest.

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First, you have to understand what happened in Lebanon.
-The U.S. Sent 800 troops to help keep the peace in an
area torn by Civil War.
-In 1983 a truck with thousands of pounds of explosives
ran into a building holding American Military
Personnel.
-This killed 243 Americans.
- Reagan withdrew the remaining Marines in 1984.

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One of the greatest problems in the early 80s
was the heavy use of illegal drugs
-Cocaine was the leading drug
-Call for harsher punishments on drug dealers
Reagan sent Army and Navy to stop smuggling
route in South Florida
-This worked. The smuggling shifted to the
Mexico border.

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-Bush sent 20,000 soldiers and
Marines into Panama
-The purpose was the overthrow
-General Noriega and arrest him
for Drug Trafficking
-Some Latin American Countries
hated this act because they said it
was American Imperialism.
-Americans and Some in Panama
loved it because a dictator who
was smuggling drugs was removed.

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-Saddam Hussein the dictator
of Iraq had accrued tons of
war debt in their constant
battle with Iran.
-This left them looking for
money and they claimed
that Kuwait a small
bordering country who was
rich in oil actually
belonged to Iraq

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Clinton branded himself as a “NEW DEMOCRAT”

Gave states more control over welfare compared to the
federal government having full control.

Required recipients to work within two years of receiving
aid.

Placed a lifetime limit of 5 years paid for by federal
fund

Enforced Child Support payments

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Reduced the deficit

Had three years of surplus ( 1998-2001)

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NORTH AMERICAN FREE
TRADE AGREEMENT

Goal was to reduce trading
cost.

Increase Investment

Make North America more
competitive
Con: American’s lost
manufacturing jobs

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Kenneth Star was a special prosecutor
appointed to look into money given by the
- Clinton’s to a real estate company called
Whitewater.
-He investigated 7 years and found nothing
on the Clinton’s guilt.
-However, he did uncover Clinton’s
relationship with a White House Intern

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he pardened nixon and free him of guilt.

he was never elected.

he was defeated

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he had to deal with the most catastrophic terrorist attack

u.s launches missile attacks on targets im sudan and afghanistan following terrorist attacks on us embassies in kenya and tanzania

u.s and britian launch air strikes against weapon sites sites iraq

osama bin laden placed on americas most wanted list

osama bin laden from al'qaeda

islamic terrorist from saudi arabia and other arab nations

retaliation for america supporting israel

involvment in persian gulf

continued presence in iraq

3000 dead