1. Limits of a Superpower

2. Man walks on the Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZb2mqId0A.
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3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. Trouble
Election of 1972
Watergate
White House Abuses
Investigation

7. Other Problems War Powers Act October War Oil Embargo
Nixon Resigns:
Significance: loss of faith in government but did show checks and balances system worked.

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

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

10. Domestic Policy
Economic problems
Inflation
Loss of popularity

11. 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