4.12 Nixon and Carter

Due today: ALL Chapter notes from this period

**Based on the sources you viewed last time, how do you think Americans (various groups) felt about their government at the end of the 1960s?

Warm up: Crash Course: Ford, Carter, and Economic Malaise

- Add to notes

READ: Watergate and a Lack of Trust in Government

Discuss: Do you trust the government? How did scandals involving Clinton/Trump influence Americans' view of government? The election?

Jimmy Carter's Struggles

A. Iranian Hostage Crisis

B. Crisis in Confidence & Analysis

What were the limits of the US as a superpower by the end of the Carter administration?

Homework: Key Concepts Study Guide (period 8)