1. 1970’s-1990’s: Return to Conservatism & (Primarily) Difficult Economic Times

2. President Nixon 1968-1974 Foreign Policy
Nixon Doctrine
Vietnamization
End Vietnam War
CIA Coup D’etat in Chile
Visit to China
Yom Kippur War/1973 Oil Embargo
SALT I Treaty

3. President Nixon 1968-1974 Domestic Policy
Appoints 4 Supreme Court justices
Weak economy
OPEC oil embargo
Stagflation
New Federalism
Establishes the EPA
26th Amendment
Roe v Wade
War Powers Act
Watergate

4. President Ford 1974-1976 Last US citizens out of Vietnam Pardons Nixon
Continuing economic problems

5. President Carter 1976-1980 Foreign Policy
Panama Canal Treaty
Camp David Accords
SALT II
Boycott of 1980 Olympics in Moscow
Iran Hostage Crisis

6. President Carter 1976-1980 Domestic Policy
1979 Oil Crisis
Continuing bad economy
Created Departments of Energy and Education
Crisis of Confidence
Three Mile Island

7. President Reagan 1981-1988 Foreign Policy
Iran releases US hostages
Reagan Doctrine
SDI/Star Wars
Iran Contra Affair
Bombing of Libya
US Marines in Lebanon

8. President Reagan 1981-1988 Domestic Policy
Appoints 3 Supreme Court justices, including 1st female
Reaganomics
Supply side/trickle down
Deregulation
Increase deficits
AIDS epidemic
Social conservative

9. President Bush 1989-1992 End of Cold War Persian Gulf War
Invasion of Panama
Americans with Disabilities Act
Immigration Act 1990
Recession

10. President Clinton 1993-2000 World Peacekeeping Globalization
NAFTA
Balanced Budget
Welfare Reform
Strong economy
Technology
Impeachment