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The Cold War: 1973-1990
The Cold War: 1973-1991
Nixon May 1972
Leonid Brezhnev
SALT 1
Results
The US EconomyEffects 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.Gerald FordThe Oil Crisis
Fords Response
The Recession
Stagflation
Reactions
Gerald FordFord pardons Nixon
WIN
Results of WIN
Fords Foreign PolicyApril 1975
Fall of Saigon
May 1975
Problems with Cambodia
Mayaguez
Fords Foreign PolicyHenry Kissinger
August 1975
Dtente
The Helsinki Accords
Results
The 1976 ElectionJimmy Carter
Background
The Outsider
Economic problems
Energy Crisis
Department of Energy
Carters Domestic Policies1979
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 Carters Foreign PolicyRight 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 SadatCarters Foreign PolicyIran
Background
SAVAK
US Support
Social Problems in Iran
The Iranian Hostage CrisisProtests against the Shah
Tehran
American Intelligence
American Beliefs
January 1979
The Iranian Hostage CrisisAyatollah Khomeini
Carters Response
Recognition of Iran
April 1979 (official establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.)
February 1979The Iranian Hostage CrisisThe Shah comes to America
November 1979
American Hostages
Carters Reaction
Nightline
14The Iranian Hostage CrisisFebruary 1980
Demands
April 1980
Operation Eagle Claw
Cyrus Vance (Sec. of State)
Feelings in the Carter Administration about the mission
The Iranian Hostage CrisisThe 1980 Election
The final deal
The release of the hostages
The 1980sReagans Background
Are you better off than you were four years ago?
Government is the problem
The 1980sThe Economy
Monetarists
Supply Side Economics
Reaganomics
The Trickle Down Theory
The 1980sCutting Programs
Tax Cuts
Budget Deficit
Deregulation
Oil Prices
Other Cuts
President Ronald Reagan signs the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981The 1980sMarch 30, 1981
John Hinckley
Reagans attitude
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZeZprXnDg The 1980sEconomic Booms
Average Income
New Businesses
New Jobs
Unemployment Rate
The 1980sThe Supreme Court
Strict Constructionalists
Sandra Day OConner
More Appointments
The 1980s1984 Election
Reagan Wins Re-election
The Economy
Walter Mondale
Geraldine Ferraro
The 1980sForeign Policy
Focus of evil
Evil Empire
Peace through strength
Budget deficithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0x-Egc6oA 1980sThe Reagan Doctrine
Aid to the mujahedeen
Nicaragua
Sandinistas
Contras
Grenada
The 1980sThe Iran Contra Scandal
Oliver North
CIA participation
Reagans role
Results of the Scandal
The 1980sArms Control
START
SDI
Star Wars
The 1980sMikhail 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 The 1980sGeorge Bush
Background
Focus of Americans
Michael Dukakis
Results of the 1988 election
The 1980sPerestroika
Glasnost
Revolutions in Eastern Europe
November 9, 1989
Uniting Germany
The End of the Cold WarCriticism of Gorbachev
Coup attempts
Boris Yeltsin
The collapse the USSR
December 1991