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Ford and Carter
Gerald Ford
• Took over as President when Richard Nixon resigned
Title IX
• Said that schools have to provide equal funding for both men and women’s sports
• Gave women opportunities to play traditional men sports
Jimmy Carter
• Defeats Ford 1976
• Becomes first Southern Democrat to be elected President
Camp David Accords
• Agreements settled issues between Israel and Egypt (leader of the Arab countries) over border disputes
• Looked at as Carter’s greatest contribution at President
Regents of UC vs. Bakke
• Supreme Court case that said it was illegal for universities to achieve racial diversity through racial quotas
• A blow to affirmative action
Three Mile Island
• Partial nuclear meltdown at a nuclear energy plant in Pennsylvania
• Led to widespread protests against the use of nuclear power and safety of nuclear power plants
Iran Hostage Crisis
• 1977, Iranian Revolution ousts U.S. backed government
• The Ayatollah Khomeini, a radical Muslim cleric, takes over as head of the government
Iran Hostage Crisis
• November 4, 1979, 500 college students seized the American embassy in Tehran
• 52 U.S. hostages were taken and held against their will for 444 days
• This proved to be Carter’s downfall