1. Nixon

2. Foreign Policy Nixon accomplished much in foreign policy
Henry Kissinger
Nixon’s Secretary of State
Harvard Professor
Greatly admired REALPOLITIK, or practical politics
Détente
Nixon and Kissinger’s greatest accomplishment
Détente was the easing of tensions with the USSR

3. China Nixon became first U.S. President to travel to China
The basis for diplomatic ties was established

4. USSR Nixon met with Leonid Brezhnev
Sought to end the PROLIFERATION of nuclear weapons
Nixon and Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) limiting nuclear weapons

5. Election of 1972
To regain White House in 1972, Nixon resorted to “dirty tricks”
Used “wire taps” to eavesdrop on telephone conversations
Punished people who “leak” information
Printed untrue stories about opposition
Sent hecklers to the Democratic Convention

6. Watergate
Phones at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters tapped by “Plumbers”
1st attempt resulted in failure
2nd attempt resulted in arrest
The FBI traced money found on the men to Nixon’s re-election campaign
Nixon called the CIA to try to get them to halt the FBI
People were bribed to keep the story quiet until after the election
Nixon won the election of 1972
Nixon tied to the activity via audio tapes
To keep from being impeached, Nixon resigned