Appeal to Silent Majority

Federal Agencies created by Nixon

Realpolitik

Detente

Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty 1

Watergate

Resignation

Great Society Programs:

Urban Renewal

Medicare

War on Poverty

This theory was opposite of his Republican opponent who believed the federal government was the problem.

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 between 16 and 21 with the jobs skills they needed to raise themselves out of poverty.

Medical Care for the Aged

Provided medical care for people over 65 in the Social Security system

Music Festival that began on August 15, 1969

3 day music and art festival

500,000 people attended

In a world of turmoil music was suppose to bring them together.

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.

This accusation led to a Senate Investigation and televised hearings

Witnesses declared that the President and top officials had been involved in the cover up.

The president stated his innocence from the first news report. However, as time went on crucial evidence was found linking him to wrong doing.

When investigators listened to tapes they found that key sections were missing.

Nixon claimed his secretary accidentally erased them.

The tapes still provided enough evidence that the president had at the minimum been involved in the cover up.

Three articles of impeachment were brought against Nixon.

Realizing he would be convicted in the Senate trial.. HE CHOSE TO RESIGN!

Pardon- Officially Forgive

Ford said it was to help heal the nation- Restore trust

Many said Ford had promised to pardon Nixon in exchange for the VP position.

Love Canal disaster

Three Mile disaster

Iran Hostage Crisis

Camp David Accords

Energy Crisis

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.

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.

1979 The SHAH fled in 1979

He was dying of Cancer and the United States allowed him entrance for medical treatment.

Enraged - Radical Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy and kidnapped 66 Americans.

Iran took control of the Embassy and the Hostages to defy the United States.

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.

Return of National Pride

Reaganomics

Iran-Contra affair

“War on Drugs”

Aids Epidemic

Reagan restored people’s faith in America

Moving from a time of skepticism and distrust to  a time of passion and love.

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.

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.

AIDS is the last stage of HIV

Attacks the immune system

By 1994 AIDS had killed more than 240,000 Americans.

Reagan was criticized for not doing enough.

Invasion of Panama

Persian Gulf War

ALTHOUGH BUSH HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OPERATION DESERT STORM HE WAS NOT REELECTED DUE TO ANOTHER RECESSION SIMILAR TO WHAT JIMMY CARTER FACED.

BUSH ALSO HAD TO RAISE TAXES EVEN THOUGH HE PROMISED IN HIS CAMPAIGN THERE WOULD BE NO NEW TAXES.

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.

On August 2, 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait.

Once they took Kuwait they headed to Saudi Arabia where 1/2 of the world’s oil reserve is.  $$$$$$$$$$$$

With the support of Congress President Bush Launched Operation Desert Storm ( The Persian Gulf War)

In just a little over a month The United States had helped free Kuwait from Iraq and the grips of Saddam Hussein.

1.Welfare- to work

2.Balanced Budget

3.NAFTA

4.Scandals and Impeachment Hearing

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

NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

Goal was to reduce trading cost.

Increase Investment

Make North America more competitive

Con: American’s lost manufacturing jobs

Kenneth Star was a special prosecutor  appo        vinted 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.

Clinton lied twice under oath that he had not had an affair with Monica Lewinsky

Clinton admitted he lied.

Kenneth Star recommended impeachment.

First Priority- Find the People Responsible

This was the first step on the “War on Terror”

Afghanistan Taliban Government allowed training camps for the AL-Qaeda terror cells.

The United States demanded Afghanistan turn over Bin Laden.

They refused.

America with the Help of Britain overthrew the Taliban.

Captured Many Al- Qaeda members but Bin Laden Escaped.

Colin Powell- Bush’s Secretary of State- First black person to serve in this role.

Condoleezza Rice-  First female African American Secretary of State - Second woman and second African American to hold that position. She was also Bush’s National Security Advisor in his first term. She was the first woman to hold this position.

•3,000 dead

•400 police officers and FireFighters

•DeadLIEST DAY IN HISTORY FOR NEW YORK FIREFIGHTERS

First African American President

Created an Economic Stimulus package to try and help and spiraling economy. It was called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Provide affordable Health Care for Everyone. - Affordable Care Act

Bring troops home from Iraq- By 2011 troops were withdrawn - Focus turned to Afghanistan where Taliban was overthrown

2011 Osama Bin Laden was captured and killed during a raid.

Hillary Clinton- Secretary of State

Sonia Sotomayor- First Latina Supreme Court Justice. Two Puerto Rican Parents. Grew up in Bronx, New York in housing projects. Attended Princeton and Yale.