Foreign and Domestic Policies of the 1970's

By Nesha and Aisha

  • Nixon's Southern Strategy (domestic policy)

    Nixon's Southern Strategy (domestic policy)
    Late 1960s. His aim was to gain more votes n the south-eastern states. He tried to appeal to the consrvative democrats. The desegregation laws made people unhappy which is why he resigned.

  • 1969 (domestic policy)

    1969 (domestic policy)
    Ford continued the détente policy with both the Soviet Union and China, easing the tensions of the Cold War.

  • Guam Doctrine (Foreign policy)

    Guam Doctrine (Foreign policy)
    Nixon announces his new foreign policy doctrine in Guam that called for the United States to keep all existing treaty commitments with its allies.U.S expected allies to take care of their own beef but U.S would back them up if need-be.

  • Bettering America (domestic policy)

    Bettering America (domestic policy)
    Nixon gives his first major address on domestic policy, he announced plans for welfare reform and returning of the authority to state and local governments.

  • Environmental Protection Agency

    Environmental Protection Agency
    Nixon signs the National Environmental Policy act. Clean water and clean air act. Domestic policy

  • bombing Cambodia (foreign)

    bombing Cambodia (foreign)
    President Nixon sends military into Cambodia, where communist were aiding the North Vietnamese and Vietcong. He wanted to bomb all the supply areas in Cambodia. About 3,000 flights dropped over 110,000 bombs in a 14 month period. The bombing was kept a secret to the public because Cambodia was neutral.

  • Nixon goes to China (foreign)

    Nixon goes to China (foreign)
    Nixon travels to China for a meeting with the chairmen of the shanghai to agree on a roadmap and becoming peaceful with eachother. It ended 25 years of isolation between the PRC and US.

  • Follow-up meeting

    Follow-up meeting
    After President Nixon’s trip to the People’s Republic of China, President Ford and Congressman Hale Boggs of Louisiana visit and met with Premier Chou En-Lai.

  • Ford's kind heart (domestic)

    Ford's kind heart (domestic)
    Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 established special education all over the US.

  • TRA

    TRA
    Ford's tax Reduction Act of 1975 to helps the economy. Mayor Abraham Beame was unsuccessful in obtaining Ford's support for a federal bailout. "Ford to City: Drop Dead."

  • Waisting money (foreign policy)

    Waisting money (foreign policy)
    President Ford sent billions of dollars to uphold the dictatorship of General Nguyen Van Thieu in South Vietnam. This prolonged the war until the Communist-led uprising left in April 1975.

  • A dumb move (foregin policy)

    Cambodian naval forces seized the Mayaguez. The civilian U.S. crew was sailing in a shipping lane that the Cambodians claimed to be their international boundaries. Without negotiating, Ford ordered air strikes on the port city of Kompong Som and a Marine assault on the heavily fortified Koh Tang Island. This operation took the lives of 44 American servicemen.

  • ENERGY (domestic)

    ENERGY (domestic)
    The country had no comprehensive energy plan. Foreign imports cost the United States $45 billion annually. we needed more abundant energy sources use. Carter proposed a National Energy Plan.

  • Under control (forgeign policy)

    President Ford pushed the Spanish government to renege on its promise of independence for Western Sahara. Morocco seized the territory with Spanish support. Western Sahara remains under a Moroccan military occupation now.

  • The Welfare Reform (domestic policy)

    The Welfare Reform (domestic policy)
    The program he wanted would give more job opportunities, help people who are unable to work and more.

  • Peace talk at camp david's (foreign Policy)

    Peace talk at camp david's (foreign Policy)
    President Carter signs a reaty with Isalm and Arab ending the alliances , and becoming peaceful, was a historical moment.