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Richard Nixon Back Again!. Finding the Silent Majority The Candidates and the election The Results- Conservatism Triumphant Wooing the Right, Suppressing the Left Nixon and the War Peace with Honor? Watergate and the End of the Imperial Presidency. Richard M. Nixon. Spiro T. Agnew.
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Richard Nixon Back Again! • Finding the Silent Majority • The Candidates and the election • The Results- Conservatism Triumphant • Wooing the Right, Suppressing the Left • Nixon and the War • Peace with Honor? • Watergate and the End of the Imperial Presidency
The “New” Conservatives • Disillusioned liberals
The “New” Conservatives • Disillusioned liberals • Cold Warriors
The “New” Conservatives • Disillusioned liberals • Cold Warriors • Libertarians
The “New” Conservatives • Disillusioned liberals • Cold Warriors • Libertarians • The Religious Right
The “New” Conservatives • Disillusioned liberals • Cold Warriors • Libertarians • The Religious Right • State’s Rights Southerners
The “New” Conservatives • Disillusioned liberals • Cold Warriors • Libertarians • The Religious Right • State’s Rights Southerners • Disaffected Ethnic Americans
Watergate Scandal • The “plumbers”- dirty tricks squad
Watergate Scandal • The “plumbers”- dirty tricks squad • CREEP- The Committee to Re-elect Pres.
Watergate Scandal • The “plumbers”- dirty tricks squad • CREEP- The Committee to Re-elect Pres. • Break in at DNC HQ at Watergate Hotel
Watergate Scandal • The “plumbers”- dirty tricks squad • CREEP- The Committee to Re-elect Pres. • Break in at DNC HQ at Watergate Hotel • Nixon orders a cover-up
Watergate Scandal • The “plumbers”- dirty tricks squad • CREEP- The Committee to Re-elect Pres. • Break in at DNC HQ at Watergate Hotel • Nixon orders a cover-up • Agnew Resigns
Watergate Scandal • The “plumbers”- dirty tricks squad • CREEP- The Committee to Re-elect Pres. • Break in at DNC HQ at Watergate Hotel • Nixon orders a cover-up • Agnew Resigns • Nixon resigns to avoid impeachment