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The Nixon Presidency

The Nixon Presidency. Foreign Affairs Watergate. What do you know about Nixon?. Election of 1968. Richard Nixon (Republican) wins. Nixon and Foreign Affairs. Realpolitik - foreign policy based on power of other nations, not ideals or morals Weak countries (Vietnam)? “Ignore” them

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The Nixon Presidency

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  1. The Nixon Presidency Foreign Affairs Watergate

  2. What do you know about Nixon?

  3. Election of 1968 • Richard Nixon (Republican) wins

  4. Nixon and Foreign Affairs • Realpolitik- foreign policy based on power of other nations, not ideals or morals • Weak countries (Vietnam)? “Ignore” them • Powerful countries (USSR & China)? Engage / deal with them Henry Kissinger- Nixon’s National Security Advisor and Eventual Secretary of State (hoodie and wall clock For sale

  5. Detente • Policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions • Nixon visits China (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5V9sP_nDCM) • February 1972- recognize for first time since 1949 • Agree to expand diplomatic and economic relations

  6. Détente… USSR • May 1972- Nixon goes to Moscow- 1st president ever • SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) • SALT I Treaty: • Limits number of ICBMs and submarine launched missiles

  7. How can realpolitik and détente be seen as a departure from “containment”? • *****How did Nixon’s successful policy of “détente” allow him to remove US troops from Vietnam “with honor”?

  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXCxZE0hZ40Watergate: • What are examples of Nixon’s abuse of power as president? • What happened at the Watergate hotel? • Please explain how the Watergate scandal was an example of “checks and balances”:

  9. Nixon and Vietnam • “Vietnamization”: Prepare South Vietnam to defend itself • 1st? Secretly bombs “Ho Chi Minh Trail” in Cambodia • Starts Civil War there

  10. What is “impeachment”? • Why did CRP burgle Watergate hotel?

  11. …Nixon • While bombing, brings troops home slowly • 500,000 to 25,000 troops, 1969- 1972 • Peace talks begin in Paris

  12. End of war • 1973- cease fire is arranged • 1974- last troops leave

  13. Aftermath • US continues to aid S Vietnam w/ $$$$ • April 1975- Vietnam reunited, communist Modern day celebration of “Reunification Day”

  14. …Aftermath • Cambodia goes Communist • Brutal reign of terror by (Pol Pot) Khmer Rouge

  15. Aftermath… • > 58,000 American dead • > 1,000,000 Vietnamese

  16. Backlash against Presidential Power • “Pentagon Papers” leaked in 1971 • Proof the gov’t was planning on entering war even while LBJ was saying they wouldn’t • “War Powers Act”- 1973 • President MUST inform Congress within 48 hours if troops are mobilized • Congress must approve or declare war within 90 days • ***Limits the power of the president***

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