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