1. From the Age of Limits to the Age of Reagan
Chapter 33

2. Gerald R. Ford

4. First action as president:
Ford pardons Nixon

5. Prices continue to rise
Ford has a plan

10. Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromm
Sarah Jane Moore
Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromm

11. Jimmy Carter

12. Jimmy Carter
Governor of Georgia
Peanut farmer
Campaigns as an outsider to Washington

16. Killer rabbit

17. Problems for Carter *as “outsider” can get little passed thru Congress
*High interest rates to slow economy and inflation – 20%
*higher oil prices

18. Carter’s approval rating at 26%
Lower than Nixon’s

19. “Malaise” Speech
Carter gives speech on TV
-America has crisis of confidence
-dial down thermostat
-drive 55mph

21. Foreign Policy
Policy based on Human Rights instead of “selfish interests”
*boycotts 1980 Olympics in Moscow to protest USSR invasion of Afghanistan

22. Camp David Accords
Carter has Menachem Begin and Anwar el Sadat come to Camp David to negotiate a treaty

24. January 1979 the Shah of Iran flees his country
Control goes to the Ayatollah Khomeini who sets up an Islamic nation

25. The Shah comes to the US for medical treatment
Days later an armed mob attacks the US embassy and takes US personnel hostage

26. The hostages stay in Iran for 444 days, being released hours after Carter is no longer President

28. Rise of the Sunbelt
1970’s saw a demographic shift to the South and Southwest especially Florida, Texas and California
Midwest is called
Rustbelt

29. Sagebrush Rebellion
*late 1970’s *opposition to environmental laws and restrictions on development *felt West was victim of
government control

30. Religious Revival *Evangelical Christianity
*Moral Majority Christian Coalition

31. The New Right
*Richard Viguerie
*revival of the Goldwater wing of the Republican party
*need of front man

34. 1980 election

35. Reagan Coalition
*corporate/finance *neo-conservatives *religious right *West *Boll weevils

36. Supply side economic Or
Reaganomics
Trickle down theory

37. Keys:
*tax cuts *budget cuts *deregulation

38. Increase in debt
$901b t
*entitlement programs
*tax cut
*military spending

39. How to solve:
*Can’t cut entitlements *won’t cut military *cut social programs
Ketchup is now a vegi
vegetable

40. Foreign Policy
*Soviets – ‘The Evil Empire’
*Reagan Doctrine – will help anyone opposed by communism

41. Election of 1984
Democrats nominate former VP Walter Mondale
Geraldine Ferraro nominated as VP

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44. Strategic Defense Initiative
*SDI
*Outer space protection against enemy attack

47. Nicaragua
*US supported leader overthrown by socialist group the Sandinistas
*US supports Contras

48. Contras

49. Invasion of Grenada

50. Changes in Soviet Union
Pressure within the Eastern Bloc – Solidarity
Afghanistan

51. 1989 Eastern Europe breaks away from USSR
1991 Soviet Union collapses

52. Reagan at the Wall

53. Reagan orders air strikes against Libya in retaliation for Khadfi’s support of terrorism
Line of Death

54. Problems:
*EPA officials resign-fail to enforce regulations
*CIA & Defense officials resign over insider trading

55. Attorney General Ed Meese resigns over questionable finances
Labor Secretary resigns-indicted on Racketeering charges

56. *Savings & Loan Scandal
*Iran/Contra – Arms for Hostages

57. Election of 1988

58. George H.W. Bush
J. Danforth Quayle

59. Michael Dukakis

63. “read my lips, no new taxes”
Presidency of H.W. Bush
*Panama – Noriega
*Poor economy
“read my lips, no new taxes”
*Operation Desert Storm

64. 8 days

65. William Jefferson Clinton

69. Bush Clinton Perot
38% 43% 19%

71. Problems for Clinton
*Whitewater
*Travelgate
*Monica

72. Achievements for Clinton
*NAFTA
*Reduces debt/balances budget
*Attempts Health Care
*Peace keepers in Serbia & Somalia

73. Newt Gingrich

74. Contract for America
*Welfare reform
*term limits
*balance budget amendment
*tough crime laws

76. Social Trends
Civil Rights and Great Society:
Creates more opportunities
Greater sense of despair for
those who can’t make it

77. Opportunities:
*350% increase in Black is college (12% of college pop.)
*Increase in Black professionals
*Rise of Black Middleclass

78. As successful Blacks move to Burbs, Innercities left with only poor

79. By 1980’s 33% live in poverty
Young Black males:
<50% graduate
>60% unemployment

80. Increase in the number of single parent homes% %
8 Days

81. Rodney King
32 killed in rioting