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24.1 Nixon’s Presidency

24.1 Nixon’s Presidency. Nixon at Home. New Federalism attempted to give more power to the states & local govts . “revenue sharing” allows states and locals to choose how to spend federal govt. dollars Both liberals and conservatives opposed his Family Assistance Plan (FAP)

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24.1 Nixon’s Presidency

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  1. 24.1 Nixon’s Presidency

  2. Nixon at Home • New Federalism attempted to give more power to the states & local govts. • “revenue sharing” allows states and locals to choose how to spend federal govt. dollars • Both liberals and conservatives opposed his Family Assistance Plan (FAP) • Would require unemployed people to work, but would guarantee them govt. payments too.

  3. Nixon at home • With a liberal Congress, he increased Social Sec., Medicare, Medicaid • But cut other liberal programs that helped the poor, women, minorities • His “law and order” politics appealed to middle class white voters… • But sometimes involved illegal FBI and CIA actions

  4. Nixon at Home • Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” flipped conservative Democrats to the Republicans • He allowed many conservative southern states to slow down the process of school desegregation

  5. Nixon at Home • As Supreme Court Justices retired/died, he replaced them with more conservative ones • But they sometimes made liberal decisions • The “Swann” decision said districts could bus their students across town to combat de facto segregation • For the most part, busing has been abandoned over the years, highly unpopular

  6. Fighting “Stagflation” • High inflation was caused by high govt. spending • High unemployment caused by increased foreign competition (“outsourcing jobs”)

  7. Fighting “Stagflation” • OPEC (oil-rich countries) cut off oil to us 1973-1974 • Price of gas went up 400% • Nixon was unable to combat “stagflation”

  8. Nixon Abroad • Nixon and Kissinger decided to actually start talking with Communist countries • We shifted our focus towards powerful countries, not weak ones like Vietnam • Overall, they worked towards détente, easing tensions with Commies

  9. Nixon Abroad • Nixon’s week in China in 1972 allowed us to start creating business ties with them • Also just improve “friendliness” (ping pong scene from Forest Gump, anyone?) • Nixon’s visit to Moscow led to the SALT I treaty • This limited certain types of missiles (but not the total # of nukes)

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