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1940-90:
Budget Deficits, 1940-1990 - chart |
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1940-95: US military
(national defense) outlays, 1940-95 |
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1945-90:
Defense Expenditures, Armed Forces Strength - chart |
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1950-85:
Women in the Workforce, 1950-1985 - chart |
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1960-72:
U.S. Troop Levels in Vietnam, 1960-1972 - chart |
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1960-85:
American Birthrate, 1960-1985 - chart |
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1960-90:
Consumer Price Index, 1960-1990 - chart |
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1970:
1970 Economic
Statistics - Economy & Prices |
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1970:
Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast
Asia - President Nixon |
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1970:
CIA Operating Guidance on Coup Plotting in Chile
(10/16) |
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1970:
Clean Air Act |
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1970:
“A Clear Signal to Officials of the White South - ‘Go
Back to Your Old Ways’”- Vernon Jordan Argues Against the Nixon
Administration’s Voting Rights Proposal |
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1970:
Department of State, U.S. Embassy Cables on the
Election of Salvador Allende and Efforts to Block his Assumption |
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1970:
Earth Day Celebration - Washington Post (4/23) |
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1970:
Environmental Protection Act - from
"Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970" (7/9) |
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1970:
Elvis
Presley and Richard Nixon Shake Hands in the Oval Office after a
private meeting - photo (12/21) |
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1970:
The Gay Liberation Front, Come
Out |
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1970:
“The Higher, the Fewer” - Discrimination Against Women
in Academia |
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1970:
"It's the Real Thing for SEAsia" - political poster |
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1970:
Kent State Shooting - photo (5/4) |
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1970:
Letter from Elvis Presley to President Nixon (12/21) |
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1970:
Letter
from President Nixon to Elvis Presley (12/31) |
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1970:
NSC, Options Paper on Chile (NSSM 97), 11/3 |
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1970:
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (3/7) |
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1970:
Occupational
Safety and Health Act |
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1970:
“The Only Good Pig Is a Dead Pig” - A Black Panther
Paper Editor Explains a Political Cartoon |
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1970:
President
Nixon's Speech Justifying the Bombing of Cambodia (4/30) |
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1970:
Pulitzer Prize photo
of the Shooting at Kent State (5/4) |
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1970:
TIME
Magazine's 'Man and Woman of the Year' for 1969 - "Middle Americans"
(1/5 issue) |
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1970:
Treaty
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 729 U.N.T.S. 161,
entered into force (3/5) |
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1970:
"U. S. Imperialism" - political cartoon in a Black Panther newspaper |
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1970:
“We Must Destroy the Capitalistic System Which Enslaves
Us” - Stokely Carmichael Advocates Black Revolution |
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1970: "'Women's Liberation' Aims to Free Men Too" - Gloria Steinam in The
Washington Post (6/7) |
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1971-78:
Various Documents on
"The Path to Watergate" |
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1971:
1971 Economic
Statistics - Economy & Prices |
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1971:
26th.
Amendment to the U. S. Constitution |
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1971:
Cohen v. California -
issue of indecent speech |
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1971:
Congr. Ron
Dellums House Committee Hearings on War Crimes in Vietnam (4/25) |
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1971:
Democratic
Republic of [North]Vietnam Peace Proposal (6/26) |
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1971:
"I Want Out!" - political poster |
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1971:
Lemon v. Kurtzman -
government aid to church-related schools |
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1971:
New York Times Co. v. United States
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1971:
Peace
Proposal of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic
of South Viet Nam (7/1) |
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1971:
Reed v. Reed |
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1971:
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education |
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1971:
A Veteran Speaks--Against the War - Bob Muller, Vietnam Veterans
Against the War Presented at a meeting of the Student Assembly of
Columbia University Student Assembly (July 23) |
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1971:
Vietnam
Veterans Against the War Statement by John Kerry to the Senate
Committee of Foreign Relations (4/23) |
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1972:
1972 Economic
Statistics - Economy & Prices |
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1972:
"5
Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here" - Alfred E. Lewis in
The Washington Post (6/18) |
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1972:
"Bug Suspect Got Campaign Funds" - Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward in
The Washington Post (8/1) |
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1972:
E. R. A. unratified amendment |
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1972:
Furman v. Georgia -- issue of the death penalty as cruel and
unusual punishment |
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1972:
Joint U.S.-China communique Issued at Shanghai at the
Conclusion of President Nixon's trip to China (2/27) |
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1972:
Lemon v.
Kurtzman |
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1972:
Letter from Jackie Robinson to President Nixon (4/20) |
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1972:
"Mitchell
Controlled Secret GOP Fund" - Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward in
The Washington Post (9/29) |
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1972:
"Nixon Wins Landslide Victory; Democrats Hold Senate, House; McGovern
Admits Defeat; President Calls for Harmony" - David S. Broder in
The Washington Post (11/8) |
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1972:
The Shanghai Communiqué (2/27) |
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1972:
TIME
Magazine's 'Man of the Year' for 1971 - "Richard Milhaus Nixon:
Determined to Make a Difference" (1/3 issue) |
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1972:
Wisconsin v. Yoder --
issue of compulsory education |
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1973:
1973 Economic
Statistics - Economy & Prices |
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1973:
"3
Top Nixon Aides, Kleindienst Out; President Accepts Full
Responsibility; Richardson Will Conduct New Probe" -
Laurence Stern and Haynes Johnson in The
Washington Post (5/1) |
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1973:
"Boycott Grapes: Support the United Farm Workers Union" -
political poster |
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1973:
"Bury My Heart at
Wounded Knee" - song & lyrics by Buffy Sainte-Marie |
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1973:
"Court
Battle Set as Nixon Defies Subpoenas" - Susanna McBee in The
Washington Post (7/27) |
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1973:
"Dean
Alleges Nixon Knew of Cover-up Plan" - Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
in The Washington Post (6/3) |
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1973:
Endangered Species Act |
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1973:
First Address to the Nation About the Watergate
Investigations - President Nixon |
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1973:
"Haig
Tells of Theories on Erasure" - George Lardner, Jr. in The
Washington Post (12/7) |
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1973:
"Haldeman,
Intensely Loyal, Key to Access to Nixon" - Edward Walsh in The
Washington Post (5/1) |
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1973:
Hess v. Indiana -- issue
of the "incitement test" |
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1973:
"I'm not a crook." - President Nixon (sound file) |
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1973:
Letter from President Nixon to President Thieu of the
Republic of Vietnam (1/5) |
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1973:
Miller
v. California |
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1973:
"Nixon
Forces Firing of Cox; Richardson, Ruckelshaus Quit
President Abolishes Prosecutor's Office; FBI Seals Records" - Carroll
Kilpatrick in The Washington Post (10/21) |
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1973:
Nixon speech on Watergate (4/30) |
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1973:
"Nixon
Tells Editors, 'I'm Not a Crook'" - Carroll Kilpatrick in The
Washington Post (11/18) |
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1973:
Paris Accords
(1/27) |
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1973:
President Nixon's "Enemies List" |
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1973:
Richard Nixon's "Peace With Honor" Speech (1/23) |
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1973:
"President
Refuses to Turn Over Tapes; Ervin Committee, Cox Issue Subpoenas;
Action Sets Stage for Court Battle on Powers Issue -
Carroll Kilpatrick in The Washington Post (7/24) |
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1973:
"President
Taped Talks, Phone Calls; Lawyer Ties Ehrlichman to Payments;
Principal Offices Secretly Bugged Since Spring 1971" - Lawrence
Meyer in The Washington Post (7/17) |
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1973:
"Pressure for Impeachment Mounting" - Jules Witcover in The
Washington Post (10/21) |
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1973:
Rehabilitation Act |
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1973:
Roe
v. Wade (1/22) |
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1973:
Second Address to the Nation About the Watergate
Investigations - President Nixon |
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1973:
Second Inaugural Address of Richard M. Nixon |
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1973:
Text of Letter From President Nixon to Sam Ervin Rejecting a Request
for Tapes - The Washington Post (7/24) |
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1973:
TIME
Magazine's 'Men of the Year' for 1972 - "Nixon and Kissinger:
Triumph and Trial" (1/1 issue) |
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1973:
Vice President Agnew's Letter of Resignation (10/10) and President
Nixon's Response |
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1973:
War Powers Act (11/7) |
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1973:
"We Remember Wounded Knee" - political poster |
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1974:
1974 Economic
Statistics - Economy & Prices |
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1974:
"A
Passion for the Covert: The Response to the Threat of Discovery" -
editorial by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward in The Washington Post
(8/9) |
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1974:
Address to the Nation Announcing Answer to the House
Judiciary Committee Subpoena for Additional Presidential Tape
Recordings - President Nixon |
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1974:
Address to the Nation Announcing His Resignation -
President Nixon |
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1974:
Articles of Impeachment Against President Nixon (7/27) |
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1974:
"Attica" - political poster |
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1974:
Brezhnev - Kissinger talks (3/25) |
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1974:
Charges Against Richard Nixon - House Judiciary Committee Report |
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1974:
Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (D-TX)
testifies on "the nature of impeachment" (7/25) |
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1974:
"Court
Orders Nixon to Yield Tapes; President Promises to Comply Fully;
Justices Reject Privilege Claim in 8-to-0 Ruling" - John
P. MacKenzie in The Washington Post (7/25) |
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1974:
Farewell Address - President Nixon |
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1974:
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 |
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1974:
Front page of The New York Times Announcing President Nixon's
Resignation (8/8) |
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1974:
Memorandum to Leon Jaworski concerning factors to be considered in
deciding whether to prosecute Richard M. Nixon for obstruction of
justice (8/9) - page 1
page 2 |
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1974:
"Nixon Debated Paying Blackmail, Clemency; 'Keep Cap on Bottle'
- Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in The Washington Post (5/1) |
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1974:
"Nixon Resigns" - Carroll Kilpatrick in The Washington Post
(8/9) |
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1974:
Peanuts cartoon on energy conservation |
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1974:
President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4311, Granting a Pardon to
Richard Nixon (8/8) |
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1974:
President
Ford's TV speech announcing his pardoning of Richard Nixon |
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1974:
President
Nixon's
letter resigning the Presidency (8/9) |
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1974:
President Nixon's
Resignation Speech (8/8) |
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1974:
Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act
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1974:
"The Resignation of the President" - The Washington Post
editorial for 8/9 |
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1974:
Safe Drinking
Water Act |
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1974:
Spence vs. Washington --
issue of the improper use of the American flag |
|
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1974:
TIME
Magazine's 'Man of the Year' for 1973 - "Judge John J. Sirica:
Standing Firm for the Primary of Law" (1/7 issue) |
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1974:
"We Will Be a City Upon a Hill" speech - Ronald Reagan
at the First Conservative Political Action Conference (1/25) |
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1975:
1975 Economic
Statistics - Economy & Prices |
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1975:
American Evacuation of Saigon (photo) |
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1975:
The Evacuation of Saigon |
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1975:
Executive Session Testimony on Kennedy-Castro Dialogue
(7/10) |
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1975:
Goss v. Lopez - issue of
due process rights of students |
|
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1975:
National Security Council, Disarray in Chile Policy
(7/1) |
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1975:
Page Law |
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1975:
President Ford's First State of the Union Address |
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1975:
"Southie Won't Go" - Ione Malloy |
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1975-76:
Various
Documents on "Bicentennial America"
(additional documents) |
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1975-78:
Various Documents on the "Path to Watergate"
(additional documents) |
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1976:
1976 Economic
Statistics - Economy & Prices |
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1976:
Buckley v. Valeo -- issue of campaign finance reform and the
First Amendment |
|
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1976:
Democratic Convention
Keynote Address: "Who Then Will Speak for the Common Good?: -
Congresswoman Barbara
Jordan, NYC (7/12) |
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1976:
First Carter-Ford
Presidential Debate (9/23) |
|
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1976:
Gregg v. Georgia
- legality of the death penalty |
|
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1976:
"I'm
Feeling Good About America" - Gerald R. Ford campaign song |
|
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1976:
Jimmy Carter
campaigning for
President, speaks of growing up behind "an invisible wall of racial
segregation," Los Angeles, CA (6/1) |
|
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1976:
President Ford's Second State of the Union Address |
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1976:
Proclamation 4417 - President Ford on the internment of
Japanese-Americans during World War II |
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1976:
Republican Party Platform of 1976 |
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1976:
Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act |
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1976:
Second
Carter-Ford Presidential Debate (10/6) |
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1976:
Third Carter-Ford
Presidential Debate (10/22) |
|
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1976:
TIME
Magazine's 'Women of the Year' for 1975 - "American Women:
Great Changes, New Chances, Tough Choices" (1/5 issue) |
|
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1976:
"To Restore America" speech- Ronald Reagan (3/31) |
|
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1976:
Toxic
Substances Control Act |
|
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1976:
Various Documents on Bicentennial America |
|
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1976:
Washington v. Davis --
issue of unconstitutional discrimination |
|
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1977:
1977 Economic
Statistics - Economy & Prices |
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1977:
Arlington Heights v. MHDC
-- issue of unconstitutional discrimination in police testing |
|
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1977:
Carter-Brezhnev Letters (January-February) |
|
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1977:
Clean Water Act |
|
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1977:
"Human Rights and Foreign Policy" - speech by President Carter |
|
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1977:
Hyde Amendment |
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1977:
Inaugural Address of Jimmy Carter |
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1977:
Ingraham v. Wright --
issue of corporal punishment of students |
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1977:
Moore v. East Cleveland --
issue of the definition of a "family" |
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1977:
Mt. Healthy School District v Doyle -- issue of
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