1970s

Events:

• 1968 - Nixon is elected president.

• 1972 Nixon is reelected

• 1973 - Energy Crisis begins, gasoline prices soar.

• The Vietnam War ended in 1975.

• Watergate scandal - led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974

• Vice President Gerald R. Ford becomes president after Nixon's resignation

• 1976 Jimmy Carter is elected president

• 1976 America's Bicentennial

• Decrease of troops in Vietnam caused by being very unpopular

• The U.S. faced high inflation like gas prices and unemployment.

• Nixon signed the clean air act, and many pieces of anti-pollution legislation.

• Vietnam protests and Kent State shooting

• Kent shooting, national state guard killed 4 students during a protest against the vietnam war.

• 26th amendment passed, allowing for lower age voting for 21 to 18.

• The soviet invasion of afghanistan - which allowed for the U.S. to support Afghanistan soldiers against the USSR (Soviet Union).

Key terms:

• Stagflation = 1970s economy when inflation had rising prices and unemployment were both high.

• Energy Crisis = The shortage of oil and gas in the 1970s that caused big problems for cars, heating, and the economy all around.

• Detente = Tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

• Watergate = A scandal where burglars connected to President Richard Nixon broke into the DNC headquarters in the Watergate hotel, attempting to steal classified documents, leading to Nixon’s resignation in August 1974.

People:

• Richard Nixon = president, resigned in August 1974 after Watergate scandal

• Gerald Ford = Nixon’s vice president, took office in August 1974 following Nixon’s resignation

• Jimmy Carter = U.S. president, defeated Gerald Ford in 1976 election

• Elvis Presley = Known as the “King of Rock and Roll”, one of the most famous performers of all time.

• Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein = The two Washington Post reporters who covered the Watergate scandal and helped uncover those involved.

Places:

• The Watergate Hotel. The Watergate Hotel was the location of the infamous Watergate burglary. It’s located in Washington D.C

• Kent State University - College in Ohio that was site of a protest and massacre

• Saigon - mark of the end of the Vietnam War,

• The Ho-Chi-Minh trail. The Ho-Chi-Minh trail went through Laos and Cambodia to make a pathway from North Vietnam to South Vietnam and eventually caused the US troops to feel the need to invade Laos and Cambodia.

• Gulf of Tonkin - A spot off of the bay of North Vietnam where Viet-Cong troops