richard m. nixon presidency 1969-1974 republican
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Richard M. Nixon Presidency 1969-1974 Republican. Mr. Pearson. Nixon Biography. Quaker Parents: Yorba Linda, CA. Nixon Biography. Senator Nixon & Alger Hiss Case. Nixon Biography. VP Candidacy “Checkers Speech” “Kitchen Debate” with Nikita Khrushchev . Nixon Biography. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Richard M. Nixon Presidency1969-1974 Republican
Mr. Pearson
Nixon Biography
• Quaker Parents: Yorba Linda, CA
Nixon Biography
• Senator Nixon & Alger Hiss Case
Nixon Biography
• VP Candidacy• “Checkers Speech”• “Kitchen Debate” with Nikita Khrushchev
Nixon Biography
• 1960 Election Campaign (TV Debate)• 1962 California Gubitorial Campaign Loss• Political Comeback 1968• Democratic Party Problems• Robert Kennedy Assassination: June 5, 1968
Election of 1968
• Richard Nixon / Republican• Hubert Humphrey / Democrat• George Wallace / American Independent Party
Vietnam War
• Nixon Doctrine• Vietnamization of the War• Invasion of Cambodia
Domestic Impact of the War
• Anti-War Protests: In Tragedy Kent St. Ohio• Exposing the War: Daniel Ellsberg and the
“Pentagon Papers”• Nixon Continued Removal of Troops• Cease Fire and Paris Peace Treaty 1973
Nixon Foreign Policy
• Détente with Soviet Union and China• Dr. Henry Kissinger
Opening Up China: A New Policy
• Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai
New Policy with the Soviet Union
• Leonid Brezhnev• Grain Deal• SALT Agreement
War Powers Act 1973
Nixon Domestic Policy: “New Federalism”
• Revenue Sharing Bill• Conflict with Democratic Controlled Congress• Inflation: Wage and Price Freeze, Gas Crisis• Nixon Supreme Court Appointments
The Space Program
• U.S. Wins Space Race• Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong 1st Man on the
Moon July 20, 1969
Consumer Rights Movement
• Ralph Nader: Unsafe at Any Speed• “Nader’s Raiders”• Consumer Protection
Environmental Movement
• Background Environmental Record in America• Rachel Carson: Silent Spring 1962• Impact of Chemical Pesticides, Insecticides,
and Herbicides• DDT Effects
Environmental Movement Development
• Earth Day: 1970• EPA: Environmental Protection Agency: 1972• ESA: Endangered Species Act: 1973• Nixon Support• Radical Environmental Groups: e.g. Earth 1st
Women's Rights Movement
• Background History Women’s Rights in U.S.• Betty Friedan: The Feminine Mystique: 1963• NOW: National Organization for Women: 1966• ERA: Equal Rights Amendment (Never Passed)• Advancements for Women• Roe v. Wade: 1973• Title VI, Maternity Leave Rights• Women Still Behind Men
Election of 1972
• Richard Nixon / Republican• George McGovern / Democrat• Impact Events Help Nixon’s Reelection• 26th Amendment: 18 Year Old Vote• Nixon Ends Draft• Nixon Removes U.S. Troops From Vietnam
The Watergate Affair
• CREEP and the Break In: 1972 (Committee to Re-Elect the President)
• The “White House Plumbers”
The Cover-Up
• Investigation by the Washington Post• FBI Agent Felt (“Deep Throat”)• Senate Watergate Committee: Investigates the• “Illegal, Improper, or Unethical Activities by
the President”
Watergate Investigation
• Resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew• The Tapes• U.S. v. Nixon 1974
Nixon Resignation: August 9, 1974