Richard Nixon and the Rise of Conservatism

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Richard Nixon and the Rise of Conservatism

• Kennedy -Nixon 1960
• 1968- Richard Nixon back again!
• Vietnamization of the War in SE Asia
• Supressing the Left
• Watergate and the end of the Imperial Presidency

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Kennedy-Nixon debates1960 election
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The Election of 1968

• Republican Richard M. Nixon
• Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey
• Independent George Wallace

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Secret Plan to End the War
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Secret Plan to End the War

• Paris Peace Talks

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Secret Plan to End the War

• Paris Peace Talks
• Vietnamization of the War Reduce US troops and
  turn over responsibility for the fighting to the
  S. Vietnamese

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Secret Plan to End the War

• Paris Peace Talks
• Vietnamization of the War Reduce US troops and
  turn over responsibility for the fighting to the
  S. Vietnamese
• Escalation of the Air War

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Kent State University
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The Pentagon Papers

• Daniel Ellsbergs book about the War in Vietnam
  that indicated Johnson administration had lied
  about the Gulf of Tonkin incident and other
  things.

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Watergate-1972
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Watergate-1972

• 1970- Secret bombings in Cambodia

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Watergate-1972

• Plumbers- Dirty Tricks Squad under direction of
  Nixon plug leaks in White house.

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Watergate-1972

• Plumbers- Dirty Tricks Squad under direction of
  Nixon plug leaks in White house.
• 1971-Pentagon Papers published and Plumbers break
  into Ellsbergs Psychiatrists office.

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Watergate-1972

• Plumbers- Dirty Tricks Squad under direction of
  Nixon plug leaks in White house.
• 1971-Pentagon Papers published and Plumbers break
  into Ellsbergs Psychiatrists office.
• 1972- CREEP- Committee to Re-elect the President
  formed under John Mitchell.

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Watergate

• 1972 Plumbers plant wiretaps in Democratic
  National Headquarters at Watergate Hotel.

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Watergate

• 1972 Plumbers plant wiretaps in Democratic
  National Headquarters at Watergate Hotel.
• Washington Post investigates

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Woodward and Bernstein
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Watergate

• 1972 Plumbers plant wiretaps in Democratic
  National Headquarters at Watergate Hotel.
• Washington Post investigates
• 1974 Special Prosecutor appointed and Senate
  Hearing begins

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John Dean testifies
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Watergate

• 1972 Plumbers plant wiretaps in Democratic
  National Headquarters at Watergate Hotel.
• 1973 Washington Post investigates
• 1974 Special Prosecutor appointed and Senate
  Hearing begin
• 9 August 1974 Nixon resigns under threat of
  Impeachment

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Nixon after resignation
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New President Gerald Ford
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Effects of Watergate

• The people became more cynical

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Effects of Watergate

• The people became more cynical
• Office of the President badly tarnished

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Effects of Watergate

• The people became more cynical
• Office of the President badly tarnished
• Congress passes War Powers Act

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Effects of Watergate

• The people became more cynical
• Office of the President badly tarnished
• Congress passes War Powers Act
• Congress strengthens Freedom of Information Act

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Effects of Watergate

• The people became more cynical
• Office of the President badly tarnished
• Congress passes War Powers Act
• Congress strengthens Freedom of Information Act
• Divisions in society were deepened