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The Beginning of the End

The Beginning of the End. Richard Nixon wants to get rid of nightmares Begins to pull troops out of Vietnam in 1969, but STILL fights war Vietnamization Gradual withdrawal in order for the S. Viet to take a more active role in the war. By 1972 there were only 25,000 troops left

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The Beginning of the End

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  1. The Beginning of the End

  2. Richard Nixon wants to get rid of nightmares • Begins to pull troops out of Vietnam in 1969, but STILL fights war • Vietnamization • Gradual withdrawal in order for the S. Viet to take a more active role in the war

  3. By 1972 there were only 25,000 troops left • Nixon called this “peace with honor”

  4. Massacre shocks nation • NY Times report on My Lai Massacre • Shot more than 200 civs • Troops claim they were only following Lt. Calley’s orders • “Kill anything that breathed”

  5. Home front was calming down however in 1970, even after My Lai, but not protest free • 1.5 million students went on strike • Kent State saw burning of ROTC building • May 4, National Guard opened fire, killing four

  6. More lies… • Pentagon Papers • Plans for entering war, even as LBJ promised not to • Supported anti-war sentiments and a distrust of govt-although Nixon won’t feel sting • War Powers Act • Limits war making ability of President

  7. Nixon Policies-Good President or Bad? • Positives • Aids Medicare/Medicaid and Family Assistance Plan • Peaceful Foreign policy of détente and China/USSR trips • SALT

  8. Negatives • Stagflation- unemployment AND price rise • Civil Rights • Slowed integration for votes

  9. Watergate • Ordered “plumbers” to break into the Democratic National Committee and “bug” their phone lines • They get caught • After the election it is discovered that they were paid by Nixon

  10. Nixon denies involvement • Nixon fires many employees involved • Nixon withholds tapes and information from the Senate investigating committee • Finally hands over edited copies

  11. Nixon resigns • V.P. Gerald Ford becomes President • First act Pardons Richard Nixon of all crimes • Public outraged; destroyed any chance of being elected

  12. Jackson State sees 2 shot • Many supported the National Guard • “Got what they were asking for”

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