Richard Nixon (REPUBLICAN)
Richard Nixon (REPUBLICAN)
A. President- 1969-1974
1. Vietnamization – ______
a) Planned to withdraw US troops from Vietnam
b) Train the South Vietnamese to take care of their ownsafety
2. Foreign Policy – broke ground with ______
a) Began steps towards ______
b) O.P.E.C. (organization of petroleum exporting countries) endured the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973
c) USA – Soviet Relations improve
i. ______
ii. Détente – ______
d) Aided Israel in the 1973 war with Egypt and Syria
3. ______-______
a) Nixon guilty of approving robbery and obstruction justice
i. Nixon aid dean testifies against him
ii. Incriminating tapes found proving his guilty
b) Nixon ______
c) ______replaces him as Chief Executive
B. Nixon ______by Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford (REPUBLICAN)
A. President 1974-1976
1. ______
2. ______ to men who had deserted thearmy or dodged the draft for Vietnam
a) Not popular with Americans
b) Ford claimed it was a time to heal the countries wounds
3. ______
a) Leads to a business slump
b) Can’t control rising oil costs
4. Ford forms council on wage and price stability for economicreliability
B. ______
Jimmy Carter (DEMOCRAT)
A. President from 1977-1981
1. Championof peace and human rights
a) ______
b) ______- made peace between Israel and Egypt
i. Anwar Sadat – Egypt
ii. Menachem Begin – Israel
2.Iran Hostage Affair
a) The ______captured the American Embassy in Tehran and took ______
b) Hostages were kept for 444 days; Carter authorized failed rescue mission…______
Ronald Reagan (REPUBLICAN)
- President 1981-1989 (______)
1. Elected in 1980 when the prevalent mood in the US was based upon conservatism
2. ______
3. ______ (reduction of tensions between the US and USSR) is jeopardized
a) Reagan builds ______
b) Says that all communist advance must be stopped
4. Shot in assassination attempt by ______(lead to the Brady Bill)
B. Reaganomics (______) Trickle Down
1. Huge tax cuts
a) ______
b) Hoped they would reinvest in business with this $$$
2. Reduction in federal spending except 2 areas
a) ______
b) Defense spending (______- SDI strategic defense initiative) protection from nuclear attack
3. Increased federal deficit (biggest failure of Reaganomics)
$100 billion a year
a) ______
C. Policies
1. Opposed ERA equal rights for women
2. ______appointed to Supreme Court
a) First woman
b) Appointed b/c of conservative views
3. ______
a) Gave administration black eye
b) Reagan never proven to have been involved
4. Known as the “______” (nothing sticks! Blame free)
George Bush (REPUBLICAN)
A. President 1989-1993
1. Inherited the huge deficit
2. ______
a) Captured ______
b) Tried in Miami for drug offenses
3. Supported the changing communist governments in Europe
a) Agrees to nuclear arms, conventional weapons, and troops reductions with Gorbachev
b) Encouraged the democratization of the world in:
i. ______
ii. ______
iii. ______
iv. ______
4. Supported ______in South Africa
5. Leader in the ______
a) OperationDesert Shield
b) ______(Bush decided to drive Iraq forces back to its border a move very poplar with the UN and Americans)