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1970

By ANGIE201

  • Issues Under Rep, President Richard Nixon (1969-1974)

    Issues Under Rep, President Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
    *Environmentalism (EPA, Endangered Species Act)
    *Detente (ex, signing of SALT 1 which limits arms manufactured in USSR and US)
    *Positive relations with China
    *Watergate

  • Issues Under Rep, President Gerald Ford (1974-1977)

    Issues Under Rep, President Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
    *Energy crisis due to OPEC embargo, does not solve.
    * Failure of detente.

  • Issues Under Dem, President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

    Issues Under Dem, President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
    *Energy crisis, does not solve.
    *Support for human rights.
    *Camp David Accords :first step to peace in the Middle East.
    *Iran Hostage crisis: 1979-Ayatollah stages a coup in Iran; takes Americans hostage at the embassy in Iran b/c American supports the dethroned shah-hostage are not released unit Reagan is elected in 1881.