HS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Embargo Act Of 1807, Millennialism, Camp David Accords
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Yom kippur war 1973: attack on israel to take sinai peninsula. Israeli military was able to respond: command problems within egyptian party, nixon helped israel 1973. Late 1973 cut off all oil exports to us: cut production, embargo act. Ford pardons nixon: believes national nightmare should come to a close, watergate is over, country needs to move on, ford inherits. Low interest rates: american economy, trade deficit, debt/ vietnam, oil, unemployment high. Spent less: less cash, created more inflation. Inflation would start to come down (did not happen) Jimmy carter: hoped that country would get votes from ford, becomes president. Said "stop the spread of communism: containment (american for. Stop however one can stop it: by george kennon, communism vs. dictatorship, guatemala, cuba. Iran: vietnam, congo, cambodia, laos, us abandoned our values. Speech 1979: crisis confidence, moral, spiritual speech, people labeled it, negative terms, speech received in 1979, who would oppose the carter sp.
