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Issues under rep. president Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
Environmentalism (EPA,Endanger Species Act)
Detente (ex. signing of SALT I which limits arms manufactured in USSR and US)
Positive relations with China
Watergate scandal- resignation in 1974 -
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)
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 b/c American supports the dethroned shah- hostages are not released until Reagan is elected in 1881
