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Describe significant foreign and domestic issues of presidential administrations from Richard M. Nixon to the present. COS 16

Examples: Nixon’s policy of détente; Cambodia; Watergate scandal; pardon of Nixon; Iranian hostage situation; Reaganomics; Libyan crisis; end of the Cold War; Persian Gulf War; Impeachment trial of William “Bill” Clinton; terrorist attack of September 11, 2001; Operation Iraqi Freedom; war in Afghanistan; election of the first African-American president, Barack Obama; terrorism; global warming; immigration

Richard Nixon 37th President President during Vietnam Watergate Scandal Foreign Policy

Nixon’s policy of Detente Release from tension Improved relations between Russia and America Nixon went to China earlier, made great strides in relationship, made Russia want to improve relations with US 7 treaties that prevented war and lessened production of weapons and opened trade with US Jimmy Carter supported détente, Reagan ended it

Nixon at the Great Wall of China

Watergate Early morning of June 17, 1972 Several burglars were arrested inside the office of the Democratic National Committee located in the Watergate building Prowlers were connected to Nixon’s reelection campaign (CREEP) Caught while attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents. Information comes out, Nixon resigns. Vice President: Gerald Ford takes office, never elected Ford pardons Nixon

Gerald Ford 38th President Pardons Nixon Continues Nixon’s foreign policies Ended the Vietnam War

Jimmy Carter 39th President Peanut Farmer from Georgia Continued Nixon’s and Ford’s foreign policy with Russia and China Iranian Hostage Crisis

Iranian Hostage Crisis November 4, 1979, Iranian students storm the US embassy in Tehran Took 60 hostages Jimmy Carter allowed Shah of Iran to come to America to get medical care for cancer. Hostages set free January 21, 1981 after Reagan delivers Inaugural Address.

Iranian Hostage Crisis