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Nixon Foreign & Domestic Policy

Nixon & Communism Henry Kissinger: Nixon’s Sec. of State Realpolitik: focus on concrete national interests, not ideology So what does realpolitik mean? There is no united worldwide communist movement Focus on China & Soviet Union

Nixon & China Why China? 1) economic opportunities 2) weaken China’s relation with USSR Nixon meets with Zhou Enlai (China’s Premier) Results Trade thrives Americans visit China

Nixon’s Tool for Relations with China PING-PONG!!!!!!

In the End China & the US are BFFs!!!! Focus shifts to USSR when Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev invites Nixon to Moscow It bridged “the vastest ocean in the world, twenty-five years of no communication.” – Zhou Enlai

Nixon & Brezhnev SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) Major step towards ending the nuclear arms race Nixon worked towards détente easing Cold War tensions

Thoughts on Nixon? As an American can you trust Richard Nixon as the President of the US? Why?

Nixon Domestic Policy New Federalism Tired of “big” government Revenue sharing with states States fund social programs Silent majority People who give life to the American Dream Federal Government Programs OSHA(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

What was it? Office/apartment complex Headquarters o f Democrats

June 17,1972: The scandal starts CREEP (Committee to Re-Elect Nixon) Lead by John Mitchell (former Attorney General) “Dirty Tricks”- find ways to discredit Democrats Led by G. Gordon Liddy & E. Howard Hunt What happened? 5 men caught sneaking into Democratic headquarters Result: Mitchell informs Nixon of event Cover-up occurs

Televised Hearings Begin Before hearings: Liddy & 6 others are convicted of crimes Head prosecutor: Archibald Cox John Dean (White House Counsel) Claims Nixon knew about Watergate

Oval Office Tapes Nixon had all conversations in Oval Office taped Approval rating plummets Spiro Agnew (Nixon’s V.P.) resigns Watergate investigators want the tapes Nixon refuses (executive privilege) Supreme Court Cases: US v. Nixon Unanimous decision Nixon ordered to turn over the tapes

End of Richard Nixon 1974: Nixon threatened to be impeached August 8, 1974: Nixon resigns 1 st and only president ever to do so Gerald Ford ( Nixon’s V.P.) takes over

Exit of Richard Nixon

All the President’s Men Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein Washington Post reporters Inform public about scandal “Deep Throat” Watergate informer Later revealed as W. Mark Felt

Summary How would you determine Nixon’s presidency?

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