Beginning in the mid 1970s the Shah begins treatment for cancer and starts a program of modernisation in the economy. As a result he manages to avoid the unrest of the late 1970s, preventing the revolution of 1979.
Upon arriving in the White house, president Carter decided to focus on inflation head on, appointing Vogel in 1977 rather than 1979. This combined with no iranian oil crises means that Inflation drops in the late 1970s. This combined with the success of the Camp David Accord allows Carter to Defeat Reagan in a close election.
Carters second term sees a period of economic recovery. Carter's energy policy sees the Untied States as a world leader of Solar energy and alternative energy. The Early 1980s sees a program of investment in Mass Transit and High speed Rail in the 1980s. Meanwhile there is a steady program of deregulation, combined with a small tax cut as part of the early 80s job program, dropping the top rate from 70 % to 65 %.
The Passage of the ERA in 1983 and a Gun Control bill, following the near assassination of Carter by John Hinckley in 1981, see a new period of liberalism in the United States. In 1983 Carter managed to achieve successful healthcare reform, working with Ted Kennedy. Carter also passed a program to successfully deal with aids in the early 80s, resulting in the containment of the disease by the early 1990s.
With the success Of President Carter, Walter Mondale is elected in 1984, defeating former Reagan running mate George H.W. Bush. Mondale oversees a period of economic prosperity in the 1980s. Investments in new technology allowed the US to proposer while Urban America experienced a period of revival due to the economy and federal programs. The Cold War begins to cool during this period with the economic woes of the USSR worsening, combined with the War in Afghanistan. Mondale was able to defeat the republican ticket of Dole/Robertson in 1988, which was hurt by the Religious conservatism of the platform. Mondale's second term saw the collapse of the USSR Boosting Mondale's popularity. During this period the Untied States supported the transition of several nations Including Afghanistan, with Ambassador Charlie Wilson gaining millions of dollars for education and investment in the country. Meanwhile the Mondale Administration put pressure on China following the crackdown of 1989, resulting in a series of sanctions, which ultimately led to the Liberalisation of the early 2000s. However Democratic party fatigue and the economic slowdown results in the Republicans regain the white house in 1993.
The Martin Administration oversaw a period of economic de-regulation and entitlement reform. However the Administrations attempts at finance reform were stalled, pushing only a watered down version of de-regulation for Wall Street. The Economic boom of the 1990s continued, while president Martin Oversaw a re-aligemnt of the GOP to the centre, abandoning the Culture war politics which hurt the GOP in 1988.
Martin was an active president in the field of foreign affairs. The US deployed troops into Yugoslavia in the 1990s and Rwanda in 1994. The Iraq regime, weakened by the collapse of the USSR,began to disintegrate with Kurdish resistance fighters in the North weakening the regime. In 1995 the Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, declared War on iras, following terror attacks on targets in Iran, including the US embassy. America provided military support, and Saddam was toppled with weeks. The threat of Terrorism soon emerged in the late 1990s, following attacks on Russia and Iran by the Terror group Al-quida. Initially supported by the Taliban, the Afghan government expelled him in the mid 1990s. After seeking refuge in Baghdad, and participating in the attacks of 1995, He fled to Sudan. In Sudan he was eliminated by A US task force, working with the Iranians. However Martins real achievements during tis period was the successful peace accord between Israel and Palestine, signed in 1999. These successes enabled Vice President Lamar Alexander to ascend to the Presidency in 2001.
Gerald R Ford/Nelson Rockefeller 1974-1977
Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale 1977-1985
Walter Mondale/Elizabeth Holtzman 1985-1993
Lynn Martin/Lamar Alexander 1993-2001