| 1971 | Nixon opens talks with China Wage-price controls My Lai massacre revealed Pentagon Papers published |
| 1972 | Intensive bombing of North Vietnam Watergate Nixon re-elected GNP over 1 trillion |
| 1973 | Cease-fire in Vietnam U. S. forces withdraw Spiro Agnew resigns |
| 1974 | Watergate tapes Nixon resigns, Ford's pardon Serious inflation and recession |
| 1975 | Vietnam falls 44% of married women employed |
| 1976 | Bicentennial Jimmy Carter elected President |
| 1977 | Human rights |
| 1978 | Camp David Accords Panama Canal treaties ratified |
| 1979 | SALT 2 completed U. S. recognizes china American Embassy in Iran occupied USSR invaded Afghanistan |
| 1980 |
U. S. boycotts Olympics, withdraws from SALT 2 |
