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GERALD FORD AS PRESIDENT

THE “ONLY” MICHIGAN PRESIDENT APPOINTED PRES. APPOINTED V.P. TO

BECOME PRES. HE HAD BEEN HOUSE

MINORITY LEADER WAS WELL LIKED, EVEN

BY DEMOCRATS REPUTATION FOR

HONESTY

WAR IN VIETNAM IN 1973 THE U.S. WITHDREW

FROM VIETNAM IN 1975, THE NORTH

VIETNAMESE TOOK OVER SOUTH VIETNAM

IN 1975, VIETNAM INVADED LAOS

IN 1975, VIETNAM INVADED CAMBODIA AND OUSTED THE KHUMER ROUGE, WHO WERE VIOLENT, RADICAL MARXISTS (THE “KILLING FIELDS”)

OIL EMBARGO OPEC (Oil Producing

& Exporting Countries) BEGAN AN OIL EMBARGO AGAINST THE U.S.

U.S. HAD HELPED ISRAEL DEFEAT ARABS IN THE 6 DAY WAR

OIL EMBARGO BEFORE THE EMBARGO,

PRICES FOR GASOLINE COULD BE VERY LOW

BEFORE THE EMBARGO, NOBODY CARED ABOUT GAS MILEAGE

THINGS CHANGED!

OIL EMBARGO

OIL EMBARGO ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY WAS CREATED IN 1970 TO DEAL WITH AIR AND WATER POLLUTION

OIL EMBARGO AS BUSINESSES

SWITCHED FROM COAL TO OIL WHICH POLLUTED LESS, THERE WAS AN EVEN GREATER SHORTAGE OF OIL

“STAGFLATION” HIGH INFLATION

AND LOW EMPLOYMENT WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO EXIST TOGETHER—NEW DEALERS WERE STUMPED

NIXON TOOK THE U.S. OFF THE GOLD STANDARD

IT DID NOT HELP

WOUNDED KNEE, 1973 NATIVE AMERICAND

DEMANDED JUSTICE—AND TOOK THE GOVERNMENT TO COURT FOR BROKEN TREATIES

THEY WON CASH SETTLEMENTS

“WOMEN’S LIBERATION” THIS SLOGAN HELPED THE

MOVEMENT GAIN SUPPORT—BUT THEIR DEMANDS WERE FAR-REACHING

MARRIAGE = SLAVERY IMMODESTY SEEMED TO

BE THEIR CHOSEN FORM OF EXPRESSION OF THEIR “FEMINISM”

GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTED

WOMEN’S LIBERATION GLORIA STEINAM

WAS A CHIEF “SPOKESPERSON”

MOST OF HER STATEMENTS ARE UNQUOTABLE HERE

SUPPORTED THE “EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT”

WOMEN’S LIBERATION

WOMEN’S LIBERATION PHYLLIS SCHLAFFLEY

WORKED TO DEFEAT THE ERA AND OTHER ATTACKS ON THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY

THE AMENDMANT FINALLY DIED FOR LACK OF ENOUGH STATES TO RATIFY

ABORTION

1973 ALSO SAW THE ROE v WADE SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT LEGALIZED ABORTION

THE CONTROVERSEY CONTINUES

PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER WEALTHY PEANUT

FARMER SERVED ONE TERM AS A

STATE LEGISLATOR ELECTED GOVERNOR OF

GEORGIA HELD A PhD IN NUCLEAR

PHYSICS ELECTED PRESIDENT

CARTER’S FOREIGN POLICY PREACHED HUMAN RIGHTS CANAL GIVEN TO PANAMA SIGNED S.A.L.T. 2 TREATY THE SALT TREATY WAS

NEVER RATIFIED BY THE SENATE, AND OTHER IDEAS WERE OPPOSED

CARTER’S FOREIGN POLICY SOVIET UNION

ATTACKED AFGHANISTAN

U.S. ARMED THE “MUJAHEDEEN” TO RESIST THEM

(later, the Taliban separated from the Mujahedeen).

CARTER WITHDREW FROM THE 1980 OLYMPICS (MOSCOW)

CARTER’S FOREIGN POLICYIRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS BURNING U.S. FLAG

CARTER’S FOREIGN POLICY ISLAMIC RADICALS TOOK

OVER U.S. EMBASSY IN IRAN

SHAH OF IRAN WAS DEPOSED CARTER TRIED A RESCUE—BUT IT FAILED

(2013 movie “Argo” depicts these events)

ECONOMIC PROBLEMS STAGFLATION CONTINUED, INFLATION RAN

ABOUT 12-13% EACH YEAR CARTER SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO DO

NOTHING EXCEPT ASK PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY AND “WIN—Whip Inflation Now”

RISE OF THE POLITICAL RIGHT TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVES

WERE ANTI-COMMUNISTS AND THEY FAVORED LIMITED GOVERNMENT

“NEW RIGHT” WERE AGAINST ABORTION & WANTED LOWER TAXES

JERRY FALLWELL, PAT ROBERTSON WERE LEADERS

JOINED BY CHARISMATICS, MORMONS & CATHOLICS

BATTLE IN EDUCATION CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS &

HOMESCHOOLS WERE ATTACKED BY LEGISLATURES & COURTS

SCHOOL-AGED POPULATION WAS ABOUT TO DROP

ELECTION OF 1980 RONALD REAGAN

FORMER ACTOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA TWICE BEFORE SOUGHT

REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT

EASILY WON THE PRESIDENCY

ELECTION OF 1980

ELECTION OF 1980

CARTER WAS BLAMED FOR THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

IRAN HOSTAGE SITUATION WAS STILL UNCHANGED