The Modern United States (1960s-present)
President Bill Clinton
Scandals
Monica Lewinsky
Had an affair with her and lied about it
NAFTA
Canada, Mexico, America didn't have any tariffs against each other.
North American Free Trade Agreement
Balanced budget
Zero National Dept
Welfare-to-work
Kick people off of welfare and send them to work
Program to reduce welfare
President Ronald Reagan
AIDS epidemic
Little was done about it.
Early 80's AIDS was found out
Strategic Defense Initiative
Missile defence shield
Starwars
War on Drugs
Anti Drug Addicts
"This is your brain on Drugs"
Iran-Contra affair
Selling weapons to Iraniens
Lying to Congress
Scandal
Reaganomics
Supply side
Give money to the rich and it trickle down to the poor.
Revitalization of national pride
Pride goes up
Environmentalism
Three Mile Island
Nuclear reactor meltdown
Love Canal
1,000's died.
Toxic waste dump in neighborhood
Environmental Protection Agency
Created by Nixon
Social Activism
Woodstock
Hippies gathering
New york
Hippies
Anti-War people
Generation Gap
Different generations believed different things
Counterculture
Against
other cultures
For
their cultures
President George H.W. Bush
Gulf War
1990
US wins quickly
Operation desert storm
Iraq invades kuwait
invasion of Panama
Overthrown Manuel Noriega
1988
President Jimmy Carter
Iran Hostage Crisis
Carter order an a helicopter to try and help the hostages but it crashed in a sandstorm
The Iranian college kids started to protest and take US embassy employees hostage.
Released after 440 days
1979, US Embassy
Energy crisis
Opec turns off the Oil as a way to punish the U.S
Camp David Accords
First time Arab state recognized Israel
Egypt and Israel peace deal.
Agreed to stop all the killing in the middle east
Panama Canal Treaty
Signed a treaty to give the Panama Canal back owner ship to Panama in 2000
Poor economy
Oil exporting countries were shut off and Gas prices goes up
President Richard Nixon
Watergate Scandal
United States v. Nixon
Supreme court case
Made Nixon turn in secret tapes
Executive privilege
Legacy of distrust
Americans start to not trust the government
President Gerald Ford’s pardon
Gerald Ford pardon Nixon
Made the people angry
Changing role of media and journalism
Reports become detectives
Background of the break-in
President hired people to break in the democratic party headquarters to steal their secret plans.
major foreign policy actions
Created the endangered species act
Created the EPA
Visites China
"silent majority"
Everyone who is not a hippy or not protesting silently supports Nixon.
President Lyndon Johnson
Great Society
War on Poverty
Effort to stop Poverty
urban renewal
Remodeling cities
Medicare
For 65 or older
Health insurance for old people
