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☆☆☆☆☆At the end of the Vietnam War, Congress refused to support South Vietnam any longer.
Feared that Vietnam would vote for a Communist government.
Chose not to run for reelection.
Capture of an American ship by Cambodians.
Inflation/stagflation
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Attacking Democratic politicians
It showed that China was open to better relations with the United States
- While sports were played in public, negotiations were made in secret.
It allowed the United States and China to open the way for talks on more serious issues.
The Soviets wanted a deal that would let them buy American wheat because of their food shortage.
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Food to make up for shortages
- Americans became frustrated at the government's failure to end the crisis
- .Americans were angry at Carter.
Some ways that Martin Luther King reacted to the Black Power movement:
- He felt that violence would not help achieve civil rights
- He thought that the violence that they believed in was morally wrong
- He felt that alienating white civil rights activists was a mistake
Carter lost popularity over the Iranian hostage crisis because he looked weak and ineffective
President Ford's economic policy had a negative effect on the economy. He first called for tax increases then for tax cuts which sent the country into a recession.
The main goals of the Department of Housing and Urban Development were:
To help poor people pay for housing
To provide help for urban renewal projects
To provide housing for the poor
They struck down a school prayer law.
or
they upheld a woman's right to have an abortion.
or
They ruled in favor of gay rights
He did not seek normal relations with China
American support for Taiwan made China reluctant to improve relations with the US.
The Vietnam War
Carter created the Department of Energy to reduce America's dependence on foreign energy.
He was an outsider to Washington Politics
he created a cabinet department to deal with the problem
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The policy of Reaganomics was based on "supply side" economics (which is often criticized as the "trickle down" strategy) to build economic growth. President Ronald Reagan championed across-the-board tax reduction and cutbacks in spending for social programs such as job education and welfare. The intent of the tax cuts was to leave capital in the private sector where it could be re-invested, rather than being acquired and used by the federal government. The net increase in economic activity would eventually generate tax revenue to compensate for the cuts.
The reactions to this idea are almost always subjective. Many critics decry the reduction in taxes for the richest Americans, who showed significant gains in wealth and hence political power. Supporters of the concept say it is based on the principles of free enterprise, rather than inefficient government involvement through higher taxes, subsidies, and public spending. The support for Reaganomics was divided substantially along the lines of the two major political parties. And as with most governmental policies, it had mixed results for the US economy.
Deregulate industries(apex)
deregulate industry
Some reasons include:
A. The CIA spied on American citizens.
B. The CIA assassinated world leaders.
C. The CIA played a role in the Watergate scandal.
People typically mistrust that which has no public accountability, which is particular acute in the case of the CIA. In addition, there have throughout the 20th Century been many secret polices which detain people without sufficient legal probable cause and many people believe that the CIA is either involved in similar activities or is on the verge of being involved in those types of activities. Certainly the CIA monitors the lives of people considered "undesirables" based on certain criteria and they lessen that person's right to privacy.
This of course leaves out that the CIA is directly responsible for a number of civil wars and resultant brutal dictatorial regimes in other nations (especially in Latin America) which caused numerous deaths, economic problems, and social issues.
A Note on the past tense used in the question: many Americans still do not trust the CIA.
some of them became involved in politics
Some Americans were accused of being Communist agents.
This was the date when President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th President of the United States, was assassinated, being shot and killed in the city of Dallas, Texas. He was succeeded by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had been riding in the same motorcade.
The strategy President Nixon used in Vietnam was called Vietnamization.
Kennedy performed much better on television than Richard Nixon did during the 1960 presidential debates.
