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IB History of the Americas
“New Frontier” Improve economy Assist poor Speed space program
Investigated steel price fixingLarge tax cut (stalled in Congress)
Berlin CrisisBay of PigsCuban Missile CrisisAlliance for ProgressPeace CorpsVietnam
Supported Diem regime with advisors Involved in later overthrow of Diem
Signed Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Peace Corps Increased minimum wage Funded urban renewal Abolished poll tax Equal Pay Act Defense buildup Extended Social Security Expanded National Parks Combated water pollution Tightened food & drug laws
Shortened presidencyBay of PigsFailure of Alliance for ProgressSupport of DiemWorsening of Cold War tensions
“Great Society” Poverty aid Education reform Healthcare Economic development Conservation
Immigration reform
Dominican Republic (1965)Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Operation Rolling Thunder Significantly increased our involvement
in the conflict
Tax cut improved economyWar on Poverty successes
Head Start VISTA Medicare & Medicaid # of poor cut in half
School funding
Vietnam became the focus, not Great Society
Deterioration of public opinion about Vietnam
Deficit spending“New Federalism”Slowed civil rights advances
Opened relations with ChinaDétenteArms limitation talksVietnam
“Vietnamization” Cambodia
Environmental Protection AgencyReshaped the Supreme CourtSALT IParis agreement to end America’s
involvement in VietnamDétenteOpening China
Didn’t address existing stockpiles of nuclear weapons
Hindered civil rights movementWatergateEconomic woes grewPentagon PapersSecret invasion of Cambodia“Credibility gap”
Increased unemployment benefitsTax cut
Mayaguez incident Improved relations with JapanHelsinki AccordsContinued arms limitation talks Improved relations with AfricaVietnam
Wanted to prevent fall of South Vietnam
Reestablished America’s military power in SE Asia
Improved European security
Nixon pardon destroyed his popularity & cost his party
WIN program failedLost battles with CongressFailed to persuade Congress or the
American people to save South Vietnam
Cut federal spending/social programsDeregulationEnergy conservation
Pardoned Vietnam “draft dodgers”Negotiated peace between Egypt &
IsraelSupported Soviet dissidentsArms limitation talksTook measures against Soviet
invasion of AfghanistanAllowed Shah of Iran to come to U.S.
Camp David AccordsSALT IINumber of women and minority
appointees
Distanced his own party Increased economic woes Lost support of oil- & gas- producing
statesDeterioration of détente Iran hostage crisis
Supply-side economicsCutting taxesDeregulationChallenged labor unionsReducing federal government &
social programs
Defense buildupStrategic Defense InitiativeMilitary intervention in the Middle
EastAid to Latin Americans resisting
communism
INF Treaty Improved Cold War relationsEconomic recovery
Increased federal deficitEconomic recovery unevenS & L Scandal Iran-Contra affair