rise of conservatism

  • panama canal opened

    panama canal opened

    open to traffic,
  • phyllis schlafly

    phyllis schlafly

    she waa a lawyer, wrote a boomk that fueled womens rights in 1952 she ran for congress as a republican
  • sunbelt migration

    sunbelt migration

    immigration moved to warmer weather
  • inflation

    inflation

    increase in goods and services
  • nixon becomes president

    nixon becomes president

    ran on a campaign that promised to restore law and order to the nation's cities, torn by riots and crime.
  • tinker v. des moines

    tinker v. des moines

    two kids in school were protesting against the vietnam war by wearing black armbands
  • Gaddafi

    Gaddafi

    was a Libyan revolutionary and politician who governed Libya as its primary leader from 1969 to 2011
  • detente with soviet union

    detente with soviet union

    the formal SALT talks began
  • mikhail gorbachev

    mikhail gorbachev

    he was the last leader of the soviuet union in 1970 he was appointed the First Party Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee
  • stagflation

    stagflation

    a situation where the inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows down, and unemployment remains steadily high
  • environmental protection agency

    environmental protection agency

    created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by congress
  • wisconsin v yoder

    wisconsin v yoder

    Amish children could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade
  • relations with china

    relations with china

    when nixon traveled to china to formally normalize relations between the United States and China
  • OPEC states declare oil embargo

    OPEC states declare oil embargo

    oil company in iraq, was boycotted in conflict
  • energy crisis

    energy crisis

    which the economies of the major industrial countries of the world were heavily affected and faced substantial petroleum shortages, real and perceived, as well as elevated prices
  • endangered species act

    endangered species act

    it was designed to protect species from extinction
  • Gerald Ford becomes Vice-President

    Gerald Ford becomes Vice-President

    Ford defeated Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination, but he narrowly lost the presidential election to Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter.
  • Gerald Ford becomes Vice-President

    Gerald Ford becomes Vice-President

    he became the first and to date only person to have served as both Vice President and President of the United States
  • SALT I and SALT II

    SALT I and SALT II

    were two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union
  • Carter becomes President

    Carter becomes President

    he created two new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education
  • Iranian Revolution

    Iranian Revolution

    Between August and December 1978 strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the country
  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords

    one agreement led directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty and the second agreement which dealt with the Palestinian territories, was written without participation of the Palestinians and was condemned by the United Nations.
  • equal rights amendment+

    equal rights amendment+

    a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women
  • Three Mile Island

    Three Mile Island

    it was a partial nuclear meltdown, in one of the two Three Mile Island nuclear reactors, it was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.
  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    Iran Hostage Crisis

    also known in Iran as Conquest of the American Spy Den, was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States
  • Ayatollah Khomeini

    Ayatollah Khomeini

    the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
  • Boycott of 1980 Olympic

    Boycott of 1980 Olympic

    Moscow Olympics was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan
  • peace through strength

    peace through strength

    concept implying that strength of arms is a necessary component of peace
  • Election of 1980- NRA,Moral Majority, Heritage Foundation

    Election of 1980- NRA,Moral Majority, Heritage Foundation

    between incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, former California Governor Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent
  • Reagan becomes President

    Reagan becomes President

    40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989
  • George H.W. Bush becomes president

    George H.W. Bush becomes president

    the 41st President of the United States
  • Sandra Day O’Connor

    Sandra Day O’Connor

    served in office for Ronald Reagan
  • star wars

    star wars

    ground base and space base4d systems to protect the us from attack
  • Marines in Grenada

    Marines in Grenada

    Triggered by the house arrest and murder of the leader of the coup
  • Reagan doctrine

    Reagan doctrine

    a strategyused by the US under the Reagan Administration to overwhelm the global influence of the Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War.
  • Iran-Contra Affair

    Iran-Contra Affair

    the letters indicate that Reagan was aware of potential hostage transfers with Iran, as well as the sale of Hawk and TOW missiles to "moderate elements" within that country
  • Terrorism  on Libya

    Terrorism on Libya

    3 people were killed and 230 were injured, a bomb was placed under a table near the disk jockey's booth, some of the victims were left permanently disabled due to the injuries caused by the explosion
  • Simpson- Mazzoli  Act

    Simpson- Mazzoli Act

    The Immigration Reform and Control Act -an Act of Congress which reformed United States immigration law.