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Chapter 30. Society, politics, and World Events, 1974-1989. Ford pardons Nixon Economic Problems Gas Prices “WIN”. Gerald Ford. April 1975 The fall of Saigon Ho Chi Minh City The Helsinki Accords. Gerald FOrd. Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter The “Outsider” Walter Mondale.
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Chapter 30 Society, politics, and World Events, 1974-1989
Ford pardons Nixon Economic Problems Gas Prices “WIN” Gerald Ford
April 1975 The fall of Saigon Ho Chi Minh City The Helsinki Accords Gerald FOrd
Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter The “Outsider” Walter Mondale The 1976 Election
Carter’s background Carter’s Domestic Policies The Carter Presidency
Panama SALT II Leonid Brezhnev The Afghan-Soviet War (1980) Carter’s Foreign Policy
Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin The Camp David Accords (1978-1979) Carter and the Middle East Egyptian President Anwar el-Sādāt (left) shaking hands with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin as U.S. President Jimmy Carter looks on at Camp David, Maryland, Sept. 6, 1978
Shah Reza Pahlavi Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Jan. 1979: The Shah flees Iran Nov. 1979: Start of the Hostage Crisis The Iranian Hostage Crisis
444 Days Operation Eagle Claw Cyrus Vance The final deal The Iranian Hostage Crisis
The “Energy Crisis” The Department of Energy Stagflation Carter’s relationship with Congress The “crisis of confidence” The Carter Years
The 1980 election Ronald Reagan Reagan’s Background Are you better off now than you were four years ago? Ronald Reagan
Smaller government Reaganomics Tax cuts Cutting government programs Deregulation Dealing with Inflation Ronald Reagan
The “Boom” Years Job Creation The return of the “Trickle Down Theory” Reaganomics
The “Evil Empire” Containment in Latin America The Sandinistas The Contras Congress steps in Reagan and The Cold War
Military Expansion The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Reagan and the Cold War
Sandra Day O’Connor Reagan survives an attempted assassination Reagan
Walter Mondale Geraldine Ferraro Reagan wins the election Ronald Reagan
The Iran-Contra Scandal Oliver North Results of the scandal Reagan’s Second Term
Mikhail Gorbachev Intermediate range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) “tear down this wall” Reagan and the Soviet Union