The Stagnant Seventies 1970-1979

Vietnam “peace with honor” Vietnamization…

Kent State

3rd Phase – Civil War 1973 Ceasefire … Paris Peace Accords Civil war rages in Vietnam The U.S. abandons its embassy in Saigon By 1975 North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam and Saigon is renamed Ho Chi Minh City

The Cost 58,000 Americans killed- 300,000 wounded 3,000,000 Vietnamese killed U.S. morale, self-confidence, trust of government destroyed War Powers Act

Detente Nixon travels to China and meets with Mao Zedong… SALT I

Election of 1972 “plumbers” Enemies List

Watergate 1972 election DNC Headquarters Bungled “Burglary” Washington Post – Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

Nixon Tapes…. Spiro Agnew… United States vs. Nixon… Nixon steps down 1974

Gerald Ford First non-elected President… Pardons Nixon of all crimes…

Energy Crisis

Jimmy Carter Human Rights…

Chicano Movement

American Indian Movement

The Fight for Women’s Rights Betty Friedan – The Feminine Mystique National Organization for Women (NOW) Roe v. Wade… Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)…

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

EPA… Earth Day…

Love Canal - 1978

Three Mile Island - 1979

Panama Canal Treaty

Camp David Accords

Iran Hostage Crisis Ayatollah Khomeini Teheran Embassy, 1979 Carter unable to secure their release