PPT notes 1976-1992

Ch 25- Search for Stability1976-92 : 

Ch 25- Search for Stability1976-92

Election of 1976 : 

Election of 1976 Carter v. Ford

Carter’s Domestic Problems : 

Carter’s Domestic Problems Oil prices on the rise- OPEC Dept. of Energy created to deal w/ oil problems Inflation!!! (plus high interest rates)

Carter’s Foreign Policy : 

Carter’s Foreign Policy Panama Canal treaty- control transferred to Panama USSR invades Afghanistan--> U.S. boycott of 1980 summer Olympics in Moscow Middle East Peace b/t Egypt and Israel- Camp David accords Iran takes U.S. hostages for 444 days in 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini v. Shah (U.S. supports Shah) Carter fails to win release of hostages- helps REAGAN to get elected in 1980

Ronald Reagan’s Presidency 1980-88 : 

Ronald Reagan’s Presidency 1980-88 Cut taxes + decreased gov’t spending Assassination attempt in 1981- Hinckley Federal deficit increases over $200 bill/yr Wins again in 1984 v. Mondale-Ferraro ticket

Reagan’s Presidency cont’d : 

Reagan’s Presidency cont’d Appoints 1st WOMAN to S. Ct.- Sandra Day O’Connor Starts “Star Wars” defense program Gorbachev (USSR) resigns --> better relations w/ US and USSR- signals end of the Cold War

IRAN- CONTRA SCANDAL : 

IRAN- CONTRA SCANDAL Reagan’s advisors (Oliver North and others) had been selling weapons to IRAN and using the money to give to the CONTRAS in Nicaragua to help get rid of the Sandinista gov’t there- Congress had banned this! Did Reagan know??? “The TEFLON President”???? No Charges against him made, but hearings were televised

The Scandal : 

The Scandal Illegally selling military arms to the terrorist-state           Iran, which was supporting Islamic militants who            captured and held Americans hostage in Lebanon,            from 1981 to 1986.      2.    Selling Hawk missiles and military spare parts to            Iran in exchange for the release of American hostages            by Iranian-supported Islamic militants.       h support.

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3.     Lying to Congress and the American people about             "trading arms for hostages" with Iran.       4.     Selling missiles and military equipment through a             private company to Iran and using the profits from             these missiles sales to illegally fund a guerrilla             war in Central America.         5.    Illegally using the CIA and Defense Department to              support the Nicaraguan Contras, which Congress              had banned from giving such support

GEORGE BUSH (Sr.) : 

GEORGE BUSH (Sr.) Elected in 1988- had been Reagan’s VP Communism falls apart in E. Europe and Soviet Union Troubles start up in Bosnia- civil wars there Persian Gulf war starts in 1990

Persian Gulf WarOperation Desert Storm : 

Persian Gulf WarOperation Desert Storm August 1990- Hussein (Iraq) invades Kuwait for oil We freeze Iraqi assets and ban oil imports UN authorizes military action- use diplomacy first Air strikes begin Jan. 1991, followed by ground assaults- Iraqi army crushed in 100 hours Troops leave by March 1991

“Read my lips….” : 

“Read my lips….” Bush had pledged no new taxes, but by 1992, he is forced to raise them, as well as make cuts in Medicare and defense spending **video clip SNL**

“Can’t we all just get along?”-- Rodney King : 

“Can’t we all just get along?”-- Rodney King Racial tensions intensify after a tape is released of LA policemen beating a black man- Rodney King Sparks riots in Los Angeles similar to those of the 1960s