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Defining Documents in American History: The 1970s (1970-1979)

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Contributors




The Vietnam War




President Nixon on Operations in Cambodia




John Kerry’s Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee




Nixon on the Conclusion of the War in Vietnam




War Powers Resolution




A “Second Chance” for Vietnam-Era Draft Evaders and Military Deserters




Plea for Emergency Aid for Saigon




President Ford on the End of American Involvement in Vietnam




Nixon and Watergate




The New York Times Co. v. United States




Nixon’s Second Inaugural Address




United States v. Nixon




Watergate Tape Transcript




Nixon’s Resignation Address




Ford’s Remarks on Assuming the Presidency




Ford on Granting Pardon to Nixon




The Cold War and the Middle East




Documents Relating to Normalization of Relations between the United States and People’s Republic of China




Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty




Jackson-Vanik Amendment




President Jimmy Carter’s Notre Dame Commencement Address




Camp David Accords




Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty




SALT II




Ayatollah Khomeini on “The Great Satan”




Domestic Affairs




Twenty-Sixth Amendment




The “Powell Memo” on American Free Enterprise




Equal Rights Amendment




United States v. United States District Court




Title IX




Furman v. Georgia




Roe v. Wade




American Indian Movement—National Operational Goal




Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974




President Gerald Ford on the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act




Buckley v. Valeo




Church Committee Report on Foreign Assassinations




Gregg v. Georgia




President Ford on the US Bicentennial




Barbara Jordan’s Keynote Address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention




Ronald Reagan’s Speech at the 1976 Republican National Convention




Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural Address




Harvey Milk’s San Francisco Gay Freedom Rally Speech




Regents of the University of California v. Bakke




Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” Speech




Environmental Developments




On the Establishment of the EPA and NOAA




Clean Water Act




Endangered Species Act




Carter’s Address to the Nation on Energy




On the Three Mile Island Incident




Science and Technology




Bill Gates’ Open Letter to Hobbyists




Voyager Spacecraft Golden Record




Appendixes




Chronological List




Web Resources




Bibliography