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Nixon to Reagan. Richard Nixon. New Federalism Family Assistance Plan Impoundment Ending Divisiveness VP Spiro Agnew. Swing Votes – attract Southern Democrats Stacking the Deck Warren Burger. Stagflation Reliance on Foreign Markets Budget Deficit from Dem. Programs OPEC.
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Richard Nixon New Federalism Family Assistance Plan Impoundment Ending Divisiveness VP Spiro Agnew
Swing Votes – attract Southern Democrats Stacking the Deck Warren Burger
Stagflation Reliance on Foreign Markets Budget Deficit from Dem. Programs OPEC
Foreign Policy Realpolitik – Henry Kissinger Détente SALT I Treaty – Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Watergate Burglary – DNC office Executive Power Consolidation June 1972 Coverup
Judge John Sirica Resignations John Dean Testifies Tapes – Agnew House Judiciary Committee July 27, 1974 Impeach Pass Committee Aug 8, 1974 Nixon Resigns
Gerald Ford Pardons Nixon WIN Foreign Policy Helsinki Accords Cambodia Tragedy
Jimmy Carter Peanut Farmer, Governor National Energy Act OPEC Education
Foreign Policy Missionary Diplomacy Panama Canal 1999 Détente and Afghanistan Camp David Accords Iran Hostages
Environmentalism Silent Spring Earth Day Environmental Protection Agency Alaska Nuclear Energy – Three Mile Island
Ronald Reagan Skepticism New Right Conservative Coalition Reagan and Bush
Reaganomics Budget Cuts Tax Cuts Recession until 1983 Deregulate Industry
Defense Spending Star Wars Strategic Defense Initiative
Supreme Court Sandra Day O’Connor Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy William Rehnquist Clarence Thommas
Society AIDS Abortion, Drugs Education – A Nation at Risk De Facto Segregation Women Civil Rights
Foreign Policy & Cold War Mikhail Gorbechev Glasnost Perestroika INF CIS
Boris Yeltsin Berlin Wall Destroyed – Nov. 9, 1989 China – Tiananmen Square Iran Contra Scandal - 1983 Am. Hostages – no weapon sales 1986 – weapon sales for hostages illegal use of money
Persian Gulf War Iran-Iraq War Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Jan 16, 1991 – air attacks/Feb 23 – ground offensive/Feb 28 – Cease Fire Food For Oil