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| Discuss the reasons for a conservative resurgence and the characteristics of the New Right. |
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| Account for the overwhelming reelection of Nixon as president in 1972. |
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| Explain the role played by President Nixon in the Watergate scandal. |
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| Assess the impact of the Watergate controversy on the American political system. |
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| Explain the challenges of Gerald Ford's presidency. |
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| Explain the factors contributing to Jimmy Carter's victory over Gerald Ford in the election of 1976. |
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| Describe the energy crisis and other problems faced by the American economy in the 1970s. |
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Fuel shortages and skyrocketing oil prices threatened the entire economy
The National Energy Act of 1978 penalized manufacturers of gas-guzzling automobiles and provided other incentives for conservation and development of alternative fuels
the Iranian revolution, created the most severe energy crisis yet.
Carter's environmental legislation created the so-called Superfund, $1.6 billion for cleanup of hazardous wastes left by the chemical industry |
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| Analyze Carter's successes and failures in dealing with foreign affairs. |
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| Discuss the reasons for Ronald Reagan's election in 1980. |
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| The American hostages in Iran filled the news during the 1980 presidential campaign and contributed to Carter's defeat. |
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| Account for the rise and fall of the Christian Right in American politics during the Reagan-Bush era. |
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| During the 1970s, evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity claimed thousands of new adherents, making adept use of sophisticated mass-mailing techniques and the “electronic ministry.” |
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| Discuss Reagan's approach to foreign and military affairs. |
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Reagan expanded the military with new bombers and missiles, an enhanced nuclear force in Europe, a larger navy, and a rapid-deployment force.
Reagan's effort to stabilize Lebanon by sending 2,000 marines to join an international peacekeeping mission failed. In October 1983, 5,000 U.S. troops invaded Grenada, a small island nation in the Caribbean that had succumbed to a left-wing, Marxist coup. In Asia, the United States moved more quietly, aiding the Afghan rebels' war against Afghanistan's Soviet-backed government. In the African nation of Angola, the United States armed rebel forces against the government supported by both the Soviet Union and Cuba. Reagan also sided with the South African government, which was brutally suppressing black protest against apartheid, forcing Congress to override his veto in order to impose economic sanctions against South Africa. |
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