THE AGE OF LIMITS

1. THE AGE OF LIMITS Chapter 31

2. Significant Events 1962 Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring published 1966 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act  1969 Apollo 11 moon mission  1970 First Earth Day, EPA created  1971 Nixon adopts wage and price controls Pentagon Paper published  1972 Equal Rights Amendment passed by Congress; Watergate burglary  1974 United States v. Nixon; Nixon resigns  1975 New York City faces bankruptcy  1977 Department of Energy established  1978 Revolution in Iran; Camp David meetings  1979 Three Mile Island crisis Chapter 31

3. Returning to Earth “We must recognize, as we have with both foreign affairs and natural resources, that resources we thought were boundless… are indeed severely limited.” -Elliot Richardson Chapter 31

4. The Limits of Reform • Consumerism • Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at Any Speed • Highway Safety Act Chapter 31

5. The Limits of Reform • Environmentalism • Barry Commoner and ecology • EPA established • Earth Day • Environmental movement as a middle-class crusade Chapter 31

6. Eyewitness to History An Activist Housewife in Niagara Falls, New York, Campaigns to Clean Up Pollution at the Love Canal Toxic Waste Dump Chapter 31

7. Watergate and the Politics of Resentment • Nixon’s New Federalism • Revenue sharing • Nixon reforms Chapter 31

8. Watergate and the Politics of Resentment • Stagflation • Placing the blame • Wage and price controls Chapter 31

9. Watergate and the Politics of Resentment • Social Policies and the Courts • School busing • Nixon and the Court Chapter 31

10. Watergate and the Politics of Resentment • Us versus Them • Nixon’s portrayal of liberal reformers • Spiro Agnew’s alliterations Chapter 31

11. Watergate and the Politics of Resentment • Triumph • George McGovern • Nixon’s campaign Chapter 31

12. Watergate and the Politics of Resentment • The President’s Enemies • The plumbers • Impoundment Chapter 31

13. Watergate and the Politics of Resentment • Break In “…no one on the White House staff… was involved in this very bizarre incident. What really hurts in matters of this sort is not the fact that they occur... What really hurts is if you try to cover up.” -Richard Nixon Chapter 31

14. Watergate and the Politics of Resentment • To the Oval Office • Senate hearings • Special prosecutor • Saturday Night Massacre • The United States v. Nixon Chapter 31

15. Watergate and the Politics of Resentment • Resignation • The smoking gun Chapter 31

16. A Ford, Not a Lincoln • Kissinger and Foreign Policy • War Powers Act • Overthrow of Allende in Chile Chapter 31

17. A Ford, Not a Lincoln Global Competition and the Limits of American Influence • Yom Kippur War and the energy crisis Chapter 31

18. A Ford, Not a Lincoln • Shuttle Diplomacy Chapter 31

19. A Ford, Not a Lincoln • Détente • Helsinki summit Chapter 31

20. A Ford, Not a Lincoln • The Limits of a Post-Watergate President • The problems of a pardon • CIA and FBI abuses Chapter 31

21. A Ford, Not a Lincoln • Fighting Inflation • Recession • Energy Policy Chapter 31

22. A Ford, Not a Lincoln • The Election of 1976 • Jimmy Carter Chapter 31

23. Jimmy Carter: Restoring the Faith • The Search for Direction • Department of Energy • Three Mile Island Chapter 31

24. Jimmy Carter: Restoring the Faith • A Sick Economy • The Chrysler bailout Chapter 31

25. Jimmy Carter: Restoring the Faith • Leadership, Not Hegemony • Human Rights • Panama Canal • Brzezinski in charge Chapter 31

26. Jimmy Carter: Restoring the Faith • Saving Détente • A revived China card • SALT II Chapter 31

27. Jimmy Carter: Restoring the Faith • The Middle East: Hope and Hostages • Camp David accords • The Iranian revolution • The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan Chapter 31

28. Jimmy Carter: Restoring the Faith • A President Held Hostage • Crisis of confidence • The symbolism of Carter’s failures Chapter 31