Nixon, Jimmy Carter ,Gerald ford

fall of saigon

April 30 ,1975 ,marked the end of the vietnam war & the capture of saigon by North Vietnamese froces.

camp David accords

Egypt Anwar sadat & Israel menachem begin camp David accords

Gerald Ford political party

Republican

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.

summer Olympics boycott

The 1980 Summer Olympics boycottwas one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union, which hosted the 1980Summer Olympics, and other countries would later boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

USSR in Afghanistan

The Soviet-Afghan War lasted over nine years, from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen, as well as smaller Maoist groups, fought a guerrilla war against the Soviet Armyand the Democratic Republic of Afghanistangovernment, mostly in the rural countryside.

Jimmy Carter policy philosophy

morality and human rights

endangered species act

most progressive of environmental legislation to survive congressional security in the u.s. history

Helsinki accords

nixon policy of détente with the Soviet union European countries signed on international agreement

Watergate scandal

nixon was the 37 th American president who served in office from January 20, 1969 to August 9,1974 when he was forced to resign following the Watergate scandal

pardon nixon

one of fords first acts as president was to pardon nixon for any crimes .

equal rights amendments

passed by the u.s. Senate and sent to the states for ratification, the law shall not be denied or abridged by the u.s .

inflation (domestic)

pres. ford ,Carter's main problem was the U.S. economy Inflation was 10% , interest rates at 21% & price of oil continued rising.

what clear evidence was there that nixon was guilty of this crime ?

tapes that he record conversation in the white house

Salt II (foreign)

the strategic arms limitations talks (salt ) were two rounds of bilateral conference & corresponding international treaties involving the U.S. & soviet union ,the cold war superpowers, on the issue of arms control.

Israel

was created as a homeland for Jewish people by the U. N .In 1948

poor economy

was in the white house only 895 days economic problems of the 1870s

win

whip inflation now rising prices & economic growth full employment

Richard Nixon

won the 1968 election silent majority white, conservatives not part of any protest movements.

years in office Gerald Ford

1974-1977

years in office Jimmy Carter

1977-1981

environment

3 mile island nuclear accident, Carter's created the nuclear regulatory commission

Gerald Ford

38 th President ,republican ,win mayaguez incident,energy crisis, poor economy, fall of saigon, pardon nixon, new York city bankrupt, 1974-1977 I assume the presidency under extraordinary circumstance..this is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our heart's. "

Jimmy Carter

39 th President, democrats ,salt II, inflation, USSR in Afghanistan, Iranian revolution, energy crisis, love canal, hostages Iran , camp David accords, summer Olympics boycott ,1977-1981

hostages Iran

Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981, after a group ofIranian students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported theIranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

energy crisis

On July 15, 1979, President Carter outlined his plans to reduce oil imports and improve energyefficiency in his "Crisis of Confidence" speech (sometimes known as the "malaise" speech). ... Carter's speech argued the oil crisis was "the moral equivalent of war".

what crime was the special prosecution considering against nixon?

introduction of justice

environmental protection agency

an agency of the federal government of the U.S . which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment

diversity

appointed women and minorities to government positions

new York city bankrupt

banks were refusing to market the city's debt , which left new York unable to borrow.

Jimmy Carter political party

democrats

Gerald Ford foreign policy philosophy

détente improve relations between the U.S . and soviet union that began ten

nixon

eliminated many of LBJS great society programs and gave those federal funds to state and local governments to decide how to spend the money

energy crisis

foreign oil & rising gas prices forced Carter to create department of energy

Gerald Ford OPEC

inflation Gerald R. Ford - Congress and energy ... United States, were still reeling from the impact of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) control of the market.

nixon

inflation when the amount of money being produced is greater than the rate of economic growth