AIM: Why were the 70’s a decade of pessimism?

Headlines of the 1970’s Activity: In foreign policy, what areas of the world did the United States seem to be most involved in during the 1970’s? What do you believe were the top two domestic problems confronting the U.S. during the 1970’s? Explain.

1970’s Economy: Stagflation -high unemployment -high inflation Energy Crisis -high gas prices 1973 (OPEC Embargo) (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) 1979-Iranian Revolution -government response: gas rationing

Camp David Peace Accords, 1978

Feminism: belief women should have equal rights and opportunities 1st Wave: 1848—Seneca Falls Convention 1920-19th Amendment

2nd Wave Feminist Movement 1960-1980 Goals: economic opportunity, education opportunities, Reproductive opportunities Women’s Liberation Movement: -Betty Friedan—Feminine Mystique -Gloria Steineham-MS Magazine National Organization for Women (NOW)

Successes of 2nd Wave Feminist Movement Equal Pay Act, 1963 Title IX- 1972—requires equal funding of educational programs for men and women

Age at first marriage

ERA-Equal Rights Amendment

Equal Rights Amendment Proposed—1973 Failed to pass equal rights amendment Needed 38 states to ratify

Roe v. Wade, 1973 The Court held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy (recognized in Griswold v. Connecticut) protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman total autonomy over the pregnancy during the first trimester and defined different levels of state interest for the second and third trimesters. 

1980’s Reaganomics 1. Lessen the role of the Government in the Economy: -Reduce taxes among businesses and wealthy -trickle down 2. Give power back to the states 3. Reduce regulations on businesses

A. The Star Wars Program (Strategic Defense Initiative) Space-based anti-missile system The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated detection missile system in order to detect, intercept, or destroy missile attacks from other countries