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70's Review
Nixon Foreign Policy
China
Nixon wanted to Recognize China
Invited an american tbale tennis team to play against china's team
NIxon toured
in 1979, They established full diplomatic relations
USSR
Russia fear isolation would help if US-Chinese relations improved
Leader invited nixon
During this trip, they signed the first SALT and do a joint space misson
the Middle East
Took israel side in the 1973 war between Israel and Its arab neightbors
OPEC placed on oil emargo on U.S because of this
This caused the gas prices to rise and caused the economy stuggle
Carter
Successes
Nominated Paul Volcker to head the federal reserve board
in the long term this helped end the inflation
Signed the SALT II treaty
emphasis on human rights led him to alter the U.S relations with a number of dictators
Returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
Failures
Granting amnesty to Americans who had evaded the draft
Many americans criticized the president
Failed to win all of the hostages released in iran
Ford
successes
Endorsed the Helsinki Accords
Continued disarmaments talked with soviets and this lead to SALT II
failures
Did Not intervene in Cambodia
Ford pardon Nixon behavior
WIN (WHip Inflation Now) fails
factories close and the rate of unemployment rose
Election of Nixon
claim that he had a secret plan to end the war in Vietnam helped him win
the presidency in November.
In June 1969, President Nixon announced a new policy known as vietnaminzation.
Nixon Domestic Policy
Challenges
tried to end violent protests
inflation doubled
keynesian economic failed
Stagflation
Us backed israel in war
Arab memebers of OPEC retaliated by embargo on oil
Caused high 0il prcies-->inflation--->cut spending-->high unmployment
Watergate
1971, pentagon papers
CREEP wanted Democratic National HQ phones to be wiretapped
5 men arrested and the money was traced to CREEP
wasginton post got info from Deepthroat
Saturday night massacre has many of nixons advisors an starr quit or get fired
COmmittee votes to move forward with impeachment
Nicon announces resignation (8/8/74)