1. Richard nixon

2. Equal Rights
Equal Right Amendment (ERA) – an amendment in Congress that would have given women equal rights and protection under the law

3. Roe V. Wade
Roe V. Wade(1973) - upheld the right for women to control their own bodies and to have an abortion

4. The Environment
Silent Spring – book written by Rachel Carson that kick started the environmental movement
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)– agency in charge of enforcing pollution standards
Clean Air and Water Act (1970) – act that established standards for emission and contaminants in the water

5. Nixon’s Foreign Policy
Realpolitik: a practical approach stressing national interest rather than ethical goals (promoting liberty/democracy)
Means the end more important than the means
Détente: a policy, which attempted to relax or ease tensions between US and USSR during Nixon’s administration
No formal policy – just agreement made between Nixon and new Soviet premier Brezhnev
EX: SALT I and SALT II
Nixon Doctrine: US is 3rd world’s partner, not protector

6. End of Vietnam War Steps to “peace with honor”
Vietnamization—reduce American troop in Vietnam
1972 cease fire agreement: Paris Peace Accords
US troops leave, POWs returned, and N. Vietnamese troops can remain in S. Vietnam
Signed1973

7. China Growing split between China and the Soviets
This makes China attractive to the U.S so in Nixon visits China
Full diplomatic relations come in 1979

8. Salt II
Nixon visits Moscow to sign agreements on trade and the limitation of nuclear arms called SALT I
SALT II (1979) – agreement between the U.S. and Soviet Union to limit nuclear missiles and ballistic missiles

9. US and the Middle East
US becomes the main player in Middle Eastern affairs, not the Soviet Union.
Six Day War (1967): between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
Israel offers to give up lands in exchange for peace but Arab states won’t acknowledge Israel
Yom Kippur War (1973): Egypt and Syria attack Israel
US sends massive shipments of arms to fight assault.
In retaliation, Arab states create oil embargo on the U.S.

10. Domestic Policy
1969 – 1st manned mission to the moon by Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11
Respond to environmental movement with limited pesticide use, protections for endangered species, and safeguarding coastal lands.
Creates Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

11. Economic Problems
Nixon tries to deal with inflation and deficit by cutting government spending and raising interest rates
Result: stagflation (stagnation and inflation)
Increasing inflation so Nixon shifts and now increases deficit spending
Then OPEC boycott raises prices of oil
Economy is struggling.

12. Watergate Scandal Nixon won reelection in 1972
1973, reports suggested that the White House staff broke in to Watergate Hotel (Democrat headquarters)
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein from the Washington Post confirmed that certain officials did break in

14. U.S. v. Nixon
United States vs. Nixon (1974) – ruled that Richard Nixon had to turnover Water tapes that had been subpoenaed
Nixon turned over the tapes, much of it edited
Days later, Nixon resigned and was replaced by vice president Gerald Ford