The Cold War: 1973-1991

1. The Cold War: 1973-1991

2. Nixon • May 1972 • Leonid Brezhnev • SALT 1 • Results

3. The US Economy • Effects of Vietnam and the Great Society • OPEC • October 1973 • The Yom Kippur War • Response of OPEC • Gas Prices Egyptian forces crossing the Suez Canal on October 7, 1973.

4. Gerald Ford • The Oil Crisis • Ford’s Response • The Recession • Stagflation • Reactions

5. Gerald Ford • Ford pardons Nixon • WIN • Results of WIN

6. Ford’s Foreign Policy • April 1975 • Fall of Saigon • May 1975 • Problems with Cambodia • Mayaguez

7. Ford’s Foreign Policy • Henry Kissinger • August 1975 • Détente • The Helsinki Accords • Results

8. The 1976 Election • Jimmy Carter • Background • The “Outsider” • Economic problems • Energy Crisis • Department of Energy

9. Carter’s Domestic Policies • 1979 • “Crisis of Confidence” • Windfall profit tax • Value of the Dollar • Problems with Congress • Results http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCOd-qWZB_g&feature=related

10. Carter’s Foreign Policy • “Right and honest” • Panama • Relations with the Soviets • Camp David Accords • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Celebrating the signing of the Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, Anwar El Sadat

11. Carter’s Foreign Policy • Iran • Background • SAVAK • US Support • Social Problems in Iran

12. The Iranian Hostage Crisis • Protests against the Shah • Tehran • American Intelligence • American Beliefs • January 1979

13. The Iranian Hostage Crisis • Ayatollah Khomeini • Carter’s Response • Recognition of Iran • April 1979 (official establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.) February 1979

14. The Iranian Hostage Crisis • The Shah comes to America • November 1979 • American Hostages • Carter’s Reaction • Nightline

15. The Iranian Hostage Crisis • February 1980 • Demands • April 1980 • Operation Eagle Claw • Cyrus Vance (Sec. of State) • Feelings in the Carter Administration about the mission

16. The Iranian Hostage Crisis • The 1980 Election • The final deal • The release of the hostages

17. The 1980s • Reagan’s Background • “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” • “Government is the problem”

18. The 1980s • The Economy • Monetarists • Supply Side Economics • Reaganomics • The “Trickle Down” Theory

19. The 1980s • Cutting Programs • Tax Cuts • Budget Deficit • Deregulation • Oil Prices • Other Cuts President Ronald Reagan signs the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

20. The 1980s • March 30, 1981 • John Hinckley • Reagan’s attitude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZeZprXnDg

21. The 1980s • Economic Booms • Average Income • New Businesses • New Jobs • Unemployment Rate

22. The 1980s • The Supreme Court • Strict Constructionalists • Sandra Day O’Conner • More Appointments

23. The 1980s • 1984 Election • Reagan Wins Re-election • The Economy • Walter Mondale • Geraldine Ferraro

24. The 1980s • Foreign Policy • “Focus of evil” • “Evil Empire” • “Peace through strength” • Budget deficit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0x-Egc6oA

25. 1980s • The Reagan Doctrine • Aid to the mujahedeen • Nicaragua • Sandinistas • Contras • Grenada

26. The 1980s • The Iran Contra Scandal • Oliver North • CIA participation • Reagan’s role • Results of the Scandal

27. The 1980s • Arms Control • START • SDI • “Star Wars”

28. The 1980s • Mikhail Gorbachev • Summit Results • “tear down this wall” • Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) • The beginning of the end http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWDrTXMgF8

29. The 1980s • George Bush • Background • Focus of Americans • Michael Dukakis • Results of the 1988 election

30. The 1980s • Perestroika • Glasnost • Revolutions in Eastern Europe • November 9, 1989 • Uniting Germany

31. The End of the Cold War • Criticism of Gorbachev • Coup attempts • Boris Yeltsin • The collapse the USSR • December 1991