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President Nixon

President Nixon. Chapter 31.1. Main Idea. Beyond the ongoing turmoil of the Vietnam War, the Nixon administration did enjoy some notable success. Conservative Revolution. On the heels of Vietnam, Civil Rights, and the counterculture, the average American was ready for stability.

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President Nixon

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  1. President Nixon Chapter 31.1

  2. Main Idea • Beyond the ongoing turmoil of the Vietnam War, the Nixon administration did enjoy some notable success.

  3. Conservative Revolution • On the heels of Vietnam, Civil Rights, and the counterculture, the average American was ready for stability. • Nixon’s election marked a change in political attitude in the US- from liberal to conservative.

  4. Get on the Bus • To end school segregation, some communities bused white students across town to traditionally AA schools (and vice-versa) • Some parents were outraged. • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (1971): Supreme Court allows busing of students to continue to aid in desegregation. • Nixon also widens Affirmative Action mandates to include women.

  5. Nixon You Don’t Know • Began Food Stamp program to help impoverished families. • Clean Air and Clean Water Act passed to aid environmental movement. • Environmental Protection Agency created to enforce new laws.

  6. Nixon the Cold Warrior • Détente: easing of Cold War tension between USSR, China and the US. • SALT I (Strategic Arms imitation Talks) agreement between USSR and US that limited the amount of nuclear weapons each nation possessed.

  7. Middle East • Yom Kippur War: Israel v. Egypt and Syria • USSR sent weapons and $ to Egy. And Syr. • US aids Isr. • Arab nations try to get US from aiding Israel by imposing an oil embargo. • Embargo drives up cost of gas, and increases consumer costs.

  8. Oil Embargo

  9. Apollo 11 • “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”- Neil Armstrong • July 20, 1969

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