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Limits of a Superpower 1969-1980

Man walks on the Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZb2mqId0A. Source:https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi9wou69vrLAhUpvoMKHUl6Dz0QjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fschillerinstitute.org%2Feduc%2Fhist%2Feiw_this_week%2Fv1n20_jul22_1969.html&psig=AFQjCNFpAg3ByW0x7LxfUNSy6gGMSULylA&ust=1460063453046088

Nixon’s Foreign Policy and the “Imperial Presidency” Vietnam “peace with honor” “Vietnamization”-turning over war to S. Vietnamese troops Nixon doctrine: support without troops Opposition to policies: Kent State Massacre, Pentagon Papers Peace, bombings, and armisticeParis Accords Results: 58,000 US troops dead, $118 billion spentmajor inflation period Détente with China and Soviet Union Visit to ChinaUS recognition of country in 1979 Arms control with SovietsSALT I treaty

Domestic Policy New Federalism: shifted power from Fed to sate and local governments. Revenue sharing Economic Policies Stagflation: stagnation plus inflation Keynesian Economics Off gold standard Title IX Southern Strategy

Burger Court Warren E. Burger replaces Earl Warren More conservative than Warren but still made surprising decisions Court-ordered busing to integrate schools (71) Stricter guidelines for carrying out death penalty (72) Roe v Wade (73) legalized abortion US v Nixon (74) denied Nixon’s claims of executive privilege & ordered him to hand over tapes.

Trouble Election of 1972 Watergate White House Abuses Investigation

Other Problems War Powers Act October War Oil Embargo Nixon Resigns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzXL7C0JQDM. Significance: loss of faith in government but did show checks and balances system worked.

Gerald Ford Pardons Nixon Investigations of CIA Foreign Policy Failures: Saigon Falls Cambodian Genocide Southeast Asia Economic and domestic policy Election of 1976

Carter’s Foreign Policy Human Rights Diplomacy Panama Canal Camp David Accords Iranian Hostage Crisis Cold War

Domestic Policy Economic problems Inflation Loss of popularity

American Society Growth of Immigration Demands for minority rights Illegal immigrants Demands for minority rights Hispanics American Indian Movement Asian Americans Gay Liberation Environmental Movement Protective legislation Conservatism