1. A Crisis in confidence

2. Nixon Détente Domestic Policy Watergate Break-in Smoking Gun Tape
Resignation

3. Ford Presidency Trusted by most Americans until he pardons Nixon
Stagflation
High inflation, high unemployment, no growth
Foreign Affairs
Helsinki Accords- human rights (Soviet Union)
WIN- whip inflation now = failure

4. Carter becomes President
Amnesty for draft evaders in Vietnam
Economics
Gas ,
Fuel shortages (OPEC)
Continued Stagflation
Rustbelt vs Sunbelt
Proof in the politics- Carter- GA, Reagan- CA
Televangelist- resurgence of fundamentalist Christianity, Billy Graham

5. Carter and Foreign Policy
SALT II- contested in Congress, the SU invades Afghanistan 1979 = sanctions
Boycott 1980 summer Olympics in Moscow, end of grain sales
Return of the Panama Canal to Panama by 1999
Middle East
Israel and Egypt
Camp David Accords-
Iran hostage Crisis
US supports the Shah- 1950s s, fled in Jan 1979
Felt that carter not being tough enough in foreign policy led to this attack. Hostages are freed the day Reagan takes office in 1981
Fundamentalist Islam led by Ayatollah Khomeini
Shah allowed in US to get medical treatment, Iranian students were enraged and invaded the US Embassy and took 66 Americans hostage

6. People Begin to Question
Politicians- corrupt
Foreign affairs failures
Economic failures
When people are unhappy what do they do?