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Nixon's First Term. Economic Stalemate of the 70s. Stalemate of the 70s. End of postwar boom Doubling of American standard of living. Would it happen again? Median income stagnated Baby boomers faced?. Causes of Economic Stagnation. Women & teens in workforce Less productivity
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Economic Stalemate of the 70s
Stalemate of the 70s • End of postwar boom • Doubling of American standard of living. Would it happen again? • Median income stagnated • Baby boomers faced?
Causes of Economic Stagnation • Women & teens in workforce • Less productivity • Cost of gov’t compliance • Economic shift from ? to ? • Less investment surpassed by? • Vietnam & Great Society
Detente • Beijing & Moscow • End to Vietnam war? • February, 1972: Historic trip to Beijing • May, 1972: Trip to Moscow • Grain deal of ’72 • ABM Treaty • SALT Treaty • Slowing of arms race • End of Vietnam in sight
Supreme Court • Chief Justice Earl Warren’s judicial activism • Decisions on: sexual freedom, rights of criminals, religion, civil rights, & political representation • Conservative criticism • Nixon appointed Warren E. Burger as CJ & 3 others • Nixon’s disappointments in his appointments? • Roe v. Wade
Significant Warren Court Decisions • Griswold v. Connecticut • Gideon v. Wainwright • Escobedo v. Illinois & Miranda v. Arizona • NY Times v. Sullivan • Engel v. Vitale & Abington v. Schempp
Nixon’s Domestic Policy • Significant extension of? • AFDC, welfare programs, SSI • Philadelphia Plan, 1969 • Affirmative Action • EPA & OSHA prompted by Rachel Carson’s book
Election of '72 vs.
1972 Election • Dominated by? • Spring, 1972: North Vietnamese moved? • Nixon ordered bombing • McGovern promised? • Kissinger’s announcement 12 days before election? • Huge landslide for Nixon • 520 EV’s to 17 for McGovern