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Richard M. Nixon Presidency 1969-1974 Republican

Richard M. Nixon Presidency 1969-1974 Republican. Mr. Pearson. Nixon Biography. Quaker Parents: Yorba Linda, CA. Nixon Biography. Senator Nixon & Alger Hiss Case. Nixon Biography. VP Candidacy “Checkers Speech” “Kitchen Debate” with Nikita Khrushchev . Nixon Biography.

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Richard M. Nixon Presidency 1969-1974 Republican

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  1. Richard M. Nixon Presidency1969-1974 Republican Mr. Pearson

  2. Nixon Biography • Quaker Parents: Yorba Linda, CA

  3. Nixon Biography • Senator Nixon & Alger Hiss Case

  4. Nixon Biography • VP Candidacy • “Checkers Speech” • “Kitchen Debate” with Nikita Khrushchev

  5. Nixon Biography • 1960 Election Campaign (TV Debate) • 1962 California Gubitorial Campaign Loss • Political Comeback 1968 • Democratic Party Problems • Robert Kennedy Assassination: June 5, 1968

  6. Election of 1968 • Richard Nixon / Republican • Hubert Humphrey / Democrat • George Wallace / American Independent Party

  7. Vietnam War • Nixon Doctrine • Vietnamization of the War • Invasion of Cambodia

  8. Domestic Impact of the War • Anti-War Protests: In Tragedy Kent St. Ohio • Exposing the War: Daniel Ellsberg and the “Pentagon Papers” • Nixon Continued Removal of Troops • Cease Fire and Paris Peace Treaty 1973

  9. Nixon Foreign Policy • Détente with Soviet Union and China • Dr. Henry Kissinger

  10. Opening Up China: A New Policy • Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai

  11. New Policy with the Soviet Union • Leonid Brezhnev • Grain Deal • SALT Agreement

  12. War Powers Act 1973

  13. Nixon Domestic Policy: “New Federalism” • Revenue Sharing Bill • Conflict with Democratic Controlled Congress • Inflation: Wage and Price Freeze, Gas Crisis • Nixon Supreme Court Appointments

  14. The Space Program • U.S. Wins Space Race • Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong 1st Man on the Moon July 20, 1969

  15. Consumer Rights Movement • Ralph Nader: Unsafe at Any Speed • “Nader’s Raiders” • Consumer Protection

  16. Environmental Movement • Background Environmental Record in America • Rachel Carson: Silent Spring 1962 • Impact of Chemical Pesticides, Insecticides, and Herbicides • DDT Effects

  17. Environmental Movement Development • Earth Day: 1970 • EPA: Environmental Protection Agency: 1972 • ESA: Endangered Species Act: 1973 • Nixon Support • Radical Environmental Groups: e.g. Earth 1st

  18. Women's Rights Movement • Background History Women’s Rights in U.S. • Betty Friedan: The Feminine Mystique: 1963 • NOW: National Organization for Women: 1966 • ERA: Equal Rights Amendment (Never Passed) • Advancements for Women • Roe v. Wade: 1973 • Title VI, Maternity Leave Rights • Women Still Behind Men

  19. Election of 1972 • Richard Nixon / Republican • George McGovern / Democrat • Impact Events Help Nixon’s Reelection • 26th Amendment: 18 Year Old Vote • Nixon Ends Draft • Nixon Removes U.S. Troops From Vietnam

  20. The Watergate Affair • CREEP and the Break In: 1972 (Committee to Re-Elect the President) • The “White House Plumbers”

  21. The Cover-Up • Investigation by the Washington Post • FBI Agent Felt (“Deep Throat”) • Senate Watergate Committee: Investigates the • “Illegal, Improper, or Unethical Activities by the President”

  22. Watergate Investigation • Resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew • The Tapes • U.S. v. Nixon 1974

  23. Nixon Resignation: August 9, 1974

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