4615 Oil Power Imagine having to pay double for something you use everyday How would it change your spending habits Oil crisis happened in the 1970s 13 of Americas oil was imported OPEC created an embargo ID: 167318
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Conservative Ascendancy
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Oil Power
Imagine having to pay double for something you use everyday. How would it change your spending habits?
Oil crisis happened in the 1970s
1/3 of America’s oil was imported OPEC created an embargo Emergency reaction caused Nixon to try to conserve as much oil as possible Slide3
Think About It
How did the oil crisis help America be more conservative about its resources?
Do you think we learned anything from this? Slide4
Nixon, Ford and Carter
Nixon was caught in the Watergate scandal which led to an impeachment trial
Nixon resigned instead
Ford pardoned Nixon which made Americans mad Ford issued the most vetoes of any president Whip Inflation Now: encouragement of Americans to decrease energy spending
Carter seemed to be an apathetic president
Most successful thing that he did was he deregulated airlines Slide5
New Conservatives
A sudden rise in Christianity boosted the conservative movement
There were less progress in civil rights and women’s rights
Line of “conservative” presidents Ronald Reagan became the symbol for conservative politics Reaganomics focused on growth and productivity
Handled the recession and other economic crises Slide6
Decline in the Cold War
Détente was the easing of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States nearing the end of the Cold War
Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State for Nixon and Ford, was a critical part of the success of foreign policy
Ended the Vietnam War with the Paris Peace Accords China became open to America and trade Nixon’s visit to China
Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost and perestroika helped end the Cold War in 1991
Fall of Berlin Wall in 1989Slide7
Growing Divide between Rich and Poor
Celebration of the rich during the Reagan years
Money, status and power
Reagan’s policies divided the social classes even more This was sharply defined by race and were segregated in neighborhoods and jobs Women were also not getting paid as well as they should have in their jobs
Child support and pregnancies increased the gender gap
Drug use and trafficking increased dramatically
AIDS and homelessness also became a major issue
in society