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The Stalemated 70s
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The Stalemated 70s
What caused the sudden slump in productivity?
Workforce
more women and teenagers
declining investment in new machinery
- heavy cost
- compliance with government regulations/health regulations
shift from manufacturing to the service industry
Vietnam
drained tax dollars
- took funds from education, scientific skills, and manufacturing capacity
LBJ funded Vietnam and the Great Society without a tax increase
inflation
a sustained increase in the general level of prices for goods and services
prices increased throughout the 70s
cost of living tripled
U.S. lost its world leadership in manufacturing by not updating features
Warren Court
Earl Warren 1953-1969
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
-chuch and state
School District of Abington Township v. Sempp (1963)
-no Bible in school
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
-legal counsel
Escobedo (1964)
-warning
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Miranda (1966)
Warren E. Burger
Roe v Wade (1973)
legalized abortion
Nixon's Foreign Policy
The Communist Countries
Naional Security Adviser - Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
July 1971 - Nixon accepts an invitation to China- goes February 1972
Shanghai Communique - "normalize" relationship, accept "one China" policy
visit Moscow in May 1972
detente
sell USSR $750 million worth of wheat, corn, and other cereal
Vietnamization
SALT
MIRVs
ABM treaty - limit defense missiles
withdrew 540,000 troops from South Vietnam
Chile
Nixon Doctrine
U.S. would honor its defense commitments but Asians would have to deal with this in the future
My Lai Massacre
Cambodia
1970 Nixon ordered an attack on Cambodia
North Vietnamese were resupplying there
April 29, 1970 - Kent State University
June 29,1970 Nixon "withdraws" troops from Cambodia
June - Pentagon Papers