32.3-32.4

32.3 - 32.4 notes

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III. The Ford and _______________ Years

A.    Gerald _______________ (1974 inauguration)

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2. “A Ford, not a _______________ ”
3. _______________ of Nixon
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4. Meeting with _______________ 
5. Helsinki Accords
6. U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez captured in Cambodia.  To save 39 crew members, 41 U.S.soldiers lost their lives in military operation

B.     Jimmy Carter (Elected 1976, inaugurated 1977)

1.      Democrat…the Reps were divided (Ford and Reagan)

2.      Former Peanut Farmer (1018 picture)

3.      Former Governor of _______________ 

4.      40.8 million to 39.1 million victory

5.      “Fireside Chats” used on radio and TV

6.      National Energy CrisisàNational Energy Act

7.      In 1979 inflation soared

8.      Carter and _______________ Rights

1. His administration had more African Americans, Latinos and Women than ever before

9.      Carter and _______________ Rights

a.       Cut off military aid to Argentina and Brazil who were imprisoning and torturing civilians

b.      Carter did not support the dictatorial (but anti-Communist) leaders of Nicaragua as much as containment supporters wanted!

c.       Carter planned to give up ownership of Panama canal

10.  SALT II with USSR

11.  USSR invades _______________ , SALT II dies!

a.       Détente collapses?!

12.  _______________ David Accords

a.       Jimmy Carter mediated a meeting between enemy leaders of Israel and Egypt in 1978 at the presidential retreat in Maryland.  Israel gave Egypt the Sinai Peninsula back and Egypt formally recognized Israel’s right to exist! Success!!!!!

13.  _______________ Hostage Crisis

a.       In 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini and rebels overthrew the _______________ of Iran (a U.S. ally (oil!)).

b.      They planned a society and government of strict Islamic obedience

c.       Carter allowed the Shah to enter the U.S. for cancer treatment

d.      Khomeini infuriatedà11/4/1979 armed students seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran and took 52 Americans hostage.  The hostages were released 444 days later once Carter left office!

IV.                                                                                           _______________ Activism

A.    _______________ Day

B.     Environmental _______________  Agency (EPA)

1.      Clean Air Act

2.      Debate over Nuclear Energy

C.     Three Mile _______________ : On 3/28/1979, one of the nuclear reactors on three mile island near Harrisburg, PA malfunctioned (diagram 1029). 100,000 people were evacuated because of radiation