Transcript Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Answer the following questions in
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Describe what audience the speech was intended for and why this
is significant when analyzing the speech.
List in order of importance three of the justifications Ford
discusses in his speech.
Using a quote from the speech as evidence, what in your opinion
was the most significant justification Ford described in his speech.
Describe two facts from the speech that tell you about life in the
United States at the time the speech was delivered.
How did Ford’s role as president impact the outcome of the
Nixon’s presidency and the American public’s view of the
government?
Create a political cartoon from the stand point of an American
citizen on Sept 9, 1974.
Create an encyclopedia about Ronald
Reagan’s presidency
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Election of 1980
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Iranian Hostage Crisis
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What it was
Ayatollah Khomeini
Outcome
Reagan’s Economic Program
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Campaign
Role of the right
Supply-side economics
Successes
Failures
Reagan & the Cold War
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Weapons
SDI
U.S.-Soviet Relations
5. Reagan & Latin America
• Sandinistas
• Contras
6. Election of 1984
• Supreme Court changes
• Outcome
7. Iran-Contra Affair
• What was it?
• Outcome
8. Cold War Tensions Ease
• Gorbachev
• Glasnost
• Perestroika
• INF Treaty