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- Essay Name : 1545.txt
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- Language : English
- Subject : History
- Title : 1978
- Grade : %84
- School System : Newport News
- Country : USA
- Author Comments : This was a paper that I had to write for World History about 1978
- Teacher Comments : <he did not write anything just a grade B>
- Date : 11-25-96
- Site found at : Freind
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- The year 1978 posed an eventful and intriguing year. From the stressful and
- exerting affairs of the world to the rising popularity in sports and entertainment. Many
- factors of the year 1978 contributed greatly to the changing times and future years. Each
- event played an intricate role in the overall picture of the world.
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- Many world news stories occurred in 1978 including the signature of China and
- Japan for The Treaty of Peace and Friendship in August which led to the establishment of
- normal diplomatic relations with the U.S. in December. Russia proved to have a bad
- political and economic year. The trade deficit with the West jumped sharply and its
- growth rate lagged. Saudi Arabia played the role of the honest broker in Arab disputes
- over the Egyptian - Israeli peace negotiations in 1978 while neutralizing its ties with the
- United States at the same time. The United Nations (U.N.) sent a peacekeeping force to
- Lebanon in 1978 after Israeli troops withdrew.
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- Moscow continued to lose authority it once possessed over the world. Communist
- movement and the Eurocommunists of Italy, France, and Spain lst ground in elections.
- Many noted world leaders also died in 1978. The prime minister of Australia ( Sir Robert
- G. Menzies ) and Golda Meir, the prime minister of Israel were among such persons.
- Another death included Jomo Kenyatia of Kenya.
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- Meanwhile, events in our own nations continued to stir. The years 1978 remained
- a year of discontent in the United States in which war was unnoted but peace with oneself
- also remained absent. The U.S. Didn't lose its influence in Asia and established
- Diplomatic Relations with the Communist Regime in China. Despite differences with the
- Soviet Union, The u>S. remained on the verge of signing a Second Strategic Arms
- Limitation Treaty with Russia and peace with the Middle East remained a bright
- possibility. The year 1978 saw the dramatic entrance of women into the work force of the
- nation and a wider reform movement for women's rights. There was also an increase in
- special-interest groups. Only thirty-seven percent of eligible voters went to the polls in the
- congressional election in November of 1978. This remained the lowest turn-out in 35
- years. President Carter introduced an austerity budget for 1978 -78 which infuriated
- liberals, major labor union leaders, and the blacks. Political controversies of 1978 and
- early 1979 illustrated this drift toward a transformation of people into new isolated yet
- powerful factions. By the beginning of 1979, the United States was a more aware and less
- arrogant nation. After humulation by Vietnam and the shock of the Watergate Scandal,
- the U.S. Took its time to sort things out before the eighties approached.
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- In December 1978, the major oil-producing countries raised their prices by 14.5
- %. This pushed the rate of inflation in the U.S. to eight percent and depressed the value
- of the dollar. In fact, through 1978, the value of the U.S. dollar created an almost
- insoluble dilemma not only for the U.S. but the entire Western world. Most of the blame
- was placed on President Carter and his inexperience. However, President Carter initiated
- an anti-inflation policy ( Phase II ) in October.
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