The Early 1970s

Kent ChroniclesDecember 2012

Presidents of the early 70s

Kent State Shooting

Nixon’s Foreign Policy Prowess

• China• SALT• Withdrawal from of

Vietnam• “Peace with Honor”

Watergate• 1972 break-in of the Watergate Hotel, then

the headquarters for the Democratic National Committee in Washington DC by five men.

That Liberal Media

The Cover-up

Out with the old/In with the new

Pardon me?

• Nixon resigned on August 8, 1974.• Ford pardoned him on September 8, 1974.• Too soon?

Meanwhile, in the Middle East

• 1972 Olympic Games Massacre in Munich• Yom kippur War

Oil Embargo

• Stagflation: Stagnant economy and rising inflation

• High unemployment

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