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Nixon, Richard@
Learn about Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, the only person to be elected twice as both Vice President and President. Sites offer biography, history, political career, museum exhibits, notable events, bibliography, declassified documents, and the Watergate scandal which led to the impeachment of the only American President to have resigned from office.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Presidents/Nixon__Richard__1913_1994_
Carter, Jimmy@
Find sites for Jimmy Carter, the39th President of the United States and the 2002 Nobel Laureate. Sites offer biography, family, history of his presidency, online exhibits, manuscript collection, documentary film, and humanitarian services of the U.S President whose major international initiatives include the negotiation of SALT II Treaty and the historical Camp of David Accords.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Presidents/Carter__Jimmy
Pentagon Papers (6)
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Ford, Gerald R. (1913-2006)@
Learn about Gerald R. Ford, who became the 38th President of the U.S. with the resignation of Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Sites feature biography, political career, history of administration, museum exhibits, speeches, vice-presidency, and political events which led him to the power and the legacy of his Presidential tenure.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Presidents/Ford__Gerald_R___1913_2006_
Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster@
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Jonestown Tragedy@
dir.yahoo.com/.../1970s/Jonestown_Tragedy
Kent State Shootings (13)
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Camp David Accords@
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Hearst, Patty@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Hearst__Patty
Iranian Hostage Crisis@
dir.yahoo.com/.../1970s/Iranian_Hostage_Crisis
Love Canal@
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American History, 1970-1979
With background on presidents Nixon and Carter, Kent State, Gloria Steinem, Charles Manson, Roberto Clemente, and more.
www.liberty.edu/resources/library/public/as/history/american/1970.htm
Weather Underground Organization@
dir.yahoo.com/.../1960s/Weather_Underground_Organization
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) (12)
dir.yahoo.com/.../1970s/Symbionese_Liberation_Army__SLA_
American RadioWorks: The President Calling [read review]
All about how presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon bugged their White House offices and tapped their telephones, leaving behind thousands of secretly recorded conversations.
www.americanradioworks.org/features/prestapes
Battle of the Sexes: Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs (6)
Find sites discussing the classis tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
dir.yahoo.com/.../1970s/Battle_of_the_Sexes__Billie_Jean_King_vs__Bobby_Riggs
Attica Prison Riot@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Prison_History/Attica_Prison_Riot
18-Year-Old Looks Back On Life, An
1972 essay by Joyce Maynard about her generation.
www.nytimes.com/specials/magazine/seventies1.html
American Experience: The Boy in the Bubble
Considers the life of David Vetter, born with no immune system and famed as the boy in the plastic bubble. Features footage of his life, information about his family and doctors, and opinions about the ethics surrounding his life and death.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bubble

U.S. History > 1970s

U.S. History > 1970s