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U.S. History 5/11/09 http//students.resa.net/mil
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• OBJECTIVE Demonstrate mastery of Chapter23 An
  Era of Social Change examine the Nixon
  Administration.
• I. Administrative Stuff
• -attendance
• -distribution of tests
• II. Chapter23 Test
• III. Journal 23 pt.A
• -Examine the Political Cartoon p.795
• -Answer questions (1-2) p.795
• IV. Journal 23 pt.B
• -notes on the Nixon Administration

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Homework Due 5/22/09

• Chapter24 Assessment
• -Terms and names (1-10) p.826
• -Main Ideas (1-8) p.826
• Chapter24 Review

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Richard Nixon

• In the late 1960s, many in the nation believed
  that the country had lost its sense of right and
  wrong.
• Conservatives attacked the counterculture and
  presented their own ideas on how to return the
  country to a just and moral society.
• They called the hippies spoiled kids that didnt
  have the tools for delayed gratification.
• They attacked the Great Society Programs for
  greatly increasing the size and power of the
  federal govt.
• Nixons promise to restore law and order helped
  propel him into the White House despite being
  declared politically dead.

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The election of 1968
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Nixon and the South

• Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and his party
  was not very popular in the defeated Confederacy.
• From the 1860s until the late 1960s white
  Southerners voted Democratic, but in the late
  1960s the Democratic Party was the party of
  Civil Rights which many white Southerners
  opposed.
• In 1968, many white Southern Democrats left the
  Democratic Party and voted for the third party
  candidate for President, the former Democratic
  Governor of Alabama George Wallace.
• Sensing the disillusionment of these Southern
  Democrats, Nixon slowed desegregation and opposed
  the use of busing to desegregate public schools.

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The Economy of the 1970s

• Stagflation - Combination of stagnant economic
  growth and high inflation.
• Inflation the rise in prices.
• Keynesian economics government spending and
  taxation policies suggested by John Maynard
  Keynes to stimulate the economy.

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Economy During the 1970s
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Inflation in the 1970s
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Foreign Policy

• Realpolitik - foreign policy based on strength,
  not ideals or moral principles.
• If a country is weak, ignore it even if it is
  communist.
• From 1949 to 1972, the United States did not
  recognize the government in Beijing as the
  legitimate government of China.
• In February 1972, Nixon went to China.
• In May 1972, Nixon went to the U.S.S.R.
• SALT I Treaty treaty between the U.S. and the
  U.S.S.R. that limited the number of ICBMs to
  1972 levels for 5 years.

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U.S. History 5/12/09 http//students.resa.net/mil
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• OBJECTIVE Examine the Life of President Nixon.
• I. Administrative Stuff
• -attendance
• -timeline
• II. Biography President Nixon Day1
• -notes on film about the 37th President
• NOTICE Journals Due Tomorrow!

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Timeline

• 1.) Journals Due Tomorrow!
• 2.) Unit II test Friday
• 3.) Chapter24 Test HW Friday May 22nd
• 4.) Good of the order.

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U.S. History 5/13/09 http//students.resa.net/mil
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• OBJECTIVE Examine the Life of President Nixon.
• I. Administrative Stuff
• -attendance
• -Journals Due!
• II. Biography President Nixon Day2
• -notes on film about the 37th President
• NOTICE Journals Due Tomorrow!

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U.S. History 5/14/09 http//students.resa.net/mil
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• OBJECTIVE Examine the Downfall of the Nixon
  Administration.
• I. Administrative Stuff
• -attendance
• II. Return of Chapter23 Test
• III. Journal 24 pt.A
• -Examine the Political Cartoon p.806
• -Answer questions (1-2) p.806
• IV. Journal 24 pt.B
• -notes on the downfall of President Nixon

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Foreign Policy

• Realpolitik - foreign policy based on strength,
  not ideals or moral principles.
• If a country is weak, ignore it even if it is
  communist.
• From 1949 to 1972, the United States did not
  recognize the government in Beijing as the
  legitimate government of China.
• In February 1972, Nixon went to China.
• In May 1972, Nixon went to the U.S.S.R.
• SALT I Treaty treaty between the U.S. and the
  U.S.S.R. that limited the number of ICBMs to
  1972 levels for 5 years.

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Nixons Downfall

• Nixon was scared of losing elections, so when
  re-election came up, he became paranoid.
• At 230AM June 17, 1972, five men were caught
  breaking into the Watergate Hotel, the campaign
  headquarters of the DNC.
• The story was only followed by two reporters from
  the Washington Post.
• By the time that the cover-up had been unveiled,
  Nixon had won re-election in a landslide.
• The Watergate incident eventually led to the
  resignation of Nixon.

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Election of 1972
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Nixon Tapes

• In March 1974, the President was ordered to turn
  over taped conversations held in the Oval Office.
• He at first refused, but then turned over edited
  recordings.
• On July 24, 1974 the Supreme Court ordered that
  he turn over the recordings in their entirety.
• On July 27, 1974 President Nixon Resigned

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U.S. History 5/15/09 http//students.resa.net/mil
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• OBJECTIVE Demonstrate mastery of
  Chapters21,22,23.
• I. Administrative Stuff
• -attendance
• -distribution of tests
• II. Unit2 Test