The Uneasy Era 1974-1980The end of the good feeling eraThe Watergate scandalThe Vietnam warUncertainty in foreign policyDecline is masculinityLosing the image of a great soldierAfter the great war they were treated as hero’sAfter Vietnam they were greeted as baby killersNo honor in there efforts at VietnamCauses (of the Decline in Masculinity)Women’s liberationWomen rejecting the typical women workWomen throwing their brasWomen wanting equalityWomen saw the removal of bras as a sign of independenceSexual liberationWomen were not supposed to show sexualityMasters and JohnsonResearch of the university at St. LouisInitially invited prostitutesStudied the physical responses of sexual contactObserved over 10,000 sexual encountersHuman sexual response-bookAlex Comfort-The Joy of Sex-book NYT best sellerNormalizing premarital sexSexual fetishesRise of jiggle televisionLove showsGay liberationNew years eve 1967- police infiltrated a gay bar and arrested men for kissingThis sparked a riotFew days later there was a demonstrationHappening in LAMovement encouraged people to come out of the closetChristopher Street Parades(gay pride parades)The “Me” DecadeExerciseNew York Marathon increased by 10,000Books on exercise and runningJim Fix published a running bookIndividualismStopping the good life, my love affair with natureMany self help booksBest Seller Boook –I’m ok you’re okPeople were more independentGerald FordOnly president to ever be VP and President without a voteFocused on trying to restore calm and order and pride and trust in the office of the presidencyHe granted many pardonsHe pardoned Richard NixonFord Foreign PolicyTried to give money to VietnamThe north then went on to invade the southHis hold on policy was very weekJimmy CarterHe claimed to represent the new southHe was an evangelicalHis term gave light to a reassurgance of Christian people in politicsProgressive removal of Christianity in governmentThe Moral Majority- Christian based political lobbying committeeMany people didn’t really support himHe failed to enforce legislation like prayer and SchoolCarter’s Foreign PolicyWithdrew support for support in the Nicaruagua RegimeDid not supports dictatorsWithdrew support for the Shaw in IranOversaw the orderly departure of south Vietnamese refugeesU.S. took in half a million refugeesOther countries also took them in“Piece in the Middle east”1973- Attack on Israel by Egypt and SyriaJimmy Carter handed out an agreement for the countriesEgypt would recognize them as a country if Israel retreated from their territoryIsrael asked them to visitHe oversaw the handing back of the Panama CanalEconomyEconomy wasn’t doing wellLack of economic stimulation and high inflation ratesIt was called stagflation1970’s series of oil embargosU.S. supported Israel so oil companies placed an embargo on U.S.OPEC was learning to work together while gas prices and oil prices continued to riseLack of economic growth because of the shortage of oilImportation of fuel efficient cars from Germany and JapanChrysler went bankruptIranJimmy Carter withdrew support of the ShawIranians were against alcohol being servedThe loss of Traditional cultureThis movement was embodied by peopleDemonstrations began against the ShawThe Shaw left the countryThe Shaw was treated for cancer in the U.S.Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy58 were taken hostage6 were saved and 52 remainedPeople wanted to do moreHe attempted a military raidHelp hostage for 444 daysHe raid went wrongIt was shittyThe rescue attempt failedThe military suckedThe U.S. looked like a wounded giantJimmy Carter was seen as weekPro-Soviet regime in AfghanistanReliant of Soviet supportThey sent soldiersThey remained their for nine yearsSoviet Unions VietnamCarter announced a U.S. boycott for the winter Olympics in RussiaJimmy Carter was weakRonald ReaganHe accused Jimmy Carter for many thingsPainted the picture that Carter was pendejoReagan’s values of the 1950’sHe was super popularHe was old and handsomeRonald Reagan was just a likable guyReagan easily wonReagan was shot and survivedit enhanced his political imageSome stocker shot the presidentEconomy of ReaganRelated to the trickle down theoryHis policy was based on cutting taxes and increasing government spendingSupply side economicsThe idea that consumers would have more moneyMuch of the spending came in the national defense industry to private contractorsHe started building B2 BombersIncreased the navy to 600 shipsHe ordered and Upgrading of the U.S. nuclear arsenalStrategic Defense InitiativeInvolved arming outspaceAnd state side antimissilesThis never materializedThe starwars plan didn’t work outThe defense initiative did stayAll of these policies cost over 1 trillionIncrease in the deficitPart of his plan was to reduce the size of the federal governmentHe cut funding for the EPA and tried to cut social security by 30%Rejected by the senateThe Reagan Years-very popularEconomySupply side economicsDefense SpendingMore B2 bombersAir Traffic Control Strike1981The union had been pushing for more employersShorter hoursMore payThey were unable to get any of these thingsThey wanted to go on strikeReagan told them they couldn’t13,000 went on strikeStand off between Roland Reagan and the workersCalled in the Air Force to helpForbid the strikers from working for any federal jobMany people were pushed to povertyHe “broke the backs of the union”He destroyed the power of the unionsForeign PolicyDefense spendingHe renewed the era of competition with the Soviet UnionHe started talking about them as the evil empirePut the U.S. in a hostile stance towards the soviet unionHe invaded Grenada1983Grenada ruled by a leftist governmentThey were building a new airportThey hired Cubans for the workReagan believed it was an aggressive act for Soviet BombersIt was about U.S. flexing their muscleSaid they had to rescue the U.S. medical students8,000 soldiers invaded and the U.S. set up a more U.S. friendly government1984First female VP candidateHer husband had shady business practicesMedia investigated thisHusband had evidence of fraudThis negated any positive effectLargely on economySpending 300 million every year in deficitReagan cut taxes (supposedly) and was strong in MilitaryReagan won 49 out of the 50 statesThe Reagan ParadoxDemocrats were in control of congressAmericans were sold on Reagan but they did not fully support the Republican PartyThe Moral MajorityChristian lobbyist