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The 1970s: Toward a Conservative America

The 1970s: Toward a Conservative America. Richard Nixon. Winner of the 1968 and 1972 elections Conservative Republican base for his support. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg (1971). School busing upheld Voluntary integration in southern schools not working. Affirmative Action.

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The 1970s: Toward a Conservative America

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  1. The 1970s: Toward a Conservative America

  2. Richard Nixon • Winner of the 1968 and 1972 elections • Conservative Republican base for his support

  3. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg (1971) • School busing upheld • Voluntary integration in southern schools not working

  4. Affirmative Action • Requirements for hiring minorities or recruiting them for colleges

  5. Regents of UC v. Bakke • Using racial quotas is a violation of the 14th amendment • Equal protection clause

  6. Roe v. Wade • 1973 • Legalized abortion

  7. Foreign Politics • National security adviser Henry Kissinger • Changing international scene, secret deals

  8. China • 1971 – Nixon sent Kissinger secretly to Beijing to discuss their relationship • 1972 – Nixon traveled to communist China

  9. China • Became a member of the United Nations with a permanent seat on the Security Council

  10. Soviet Union • Nixon had a secret understanding with Leonid Brezhnev

  11. SALT I • Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty • Nixon traveled to Moscow for the signing • Limited the production and deployment of ICBMs

  12. Period of Detente • Tensions relaxed between major world powers • USSR, U.S. and China became world powers

  13. 1972 Election • Democrat – George McGovern • Republican – Richard Nixon • Landslide for Nixon

  14. Watergate • June 17, 1972 • Men carrying wiretapping equipment were arrested breaking into the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters

  15. Watergate • Former CIA agents working for Nixon’s Committee to Reelect the President • Arranged illegal wiretaps, spies

  16. Watergate • Web of illegal activities sanctioned by the White House • Nixon instructed the CIA to stop an FBI investigation = obstruction of justice

  17. The Tapes • Nixon ordered to release Oval Office tapes • 1974 – Nixon finally agreed • House Judiciary Committee considered articles of impeachment

  18. Nixon’s Resignation • August 9, 1974 • Vice President Gerald Ford took office • Sept. 1974 – Ford gave Nixon a full pardon

  19. Gerald Ford • Became vice president by appointment of Congress after resignation of Spiro Agnew • Became president in 1974

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