2. The 1970s: America in Crisis?

3. I. Foreign Policy: The End of the American Era?
Nixon’s Peace with Honor Means Defeat in Vietnam

4. B. The Shah, Revolution & American Hostages in Iran

5. C. The Cold War Cools: Détente & Nixon’s Visits to Russia and China

6. II. Economics: The Decline of the American Dream?

7. A. The Politics of Oil: Israel, OPEC, and the Oil Embargo

8. B. Stagflation: Rising Prices & Rising Unemployment Hurt the Ordinary American Family

10. C. Welfare, War, and Growing Government Debt

11. III. Politics: Growing Distrust of Government
A. Leadership, Assassinations & the Legacy of the 1960s

12. B. The Watergate Scandal & the Nixon White House
i. CREEP & The Watergate Break-In

13. The Watergate Hotel

14. 1972 Presidential Election

15. ii. Cover Up & Taped Conversations

16. iii. Nixon Resigns, Ford (Not a Lincoln) Pardons