1968 Election - Nixon

1968 Election - NixonVice President under

Eisenhower from 1953-1961.Law and Order“Secret Plan” to bring “Peace with Honor” to Vietnam“Silent Majority”Spiro Agnew Gov. of Maryland for V.P.

Nixon Hubert Humphrey George Wallace

Nixon Domestic Policy

Nixon Domestic PolicyProblems: inflation due to rise of energy costs &

unemployment from deindustrialization Nixon: Raise interest & restrict money - “stagflation”“Law and Order” - FBI & Justice Dept. target activists“Southern Strategy” - weaken civil rights measures“New Federalism” - $ to states to dismantle “Great Society”Reshape S.C. -“Burger Court”(1969-1986) & 3 other conservative judges.

Chief JusticeWarren Burger

Nixon Foreign Policy

Nixon Foreign PolicyHenry Kissinger: National

Security Advisor and Sec. of StateRealpolitik“Vietnamization”“After a period of confrontation, we are entering an era of negotiation.” - - Nixon’s 1st Inaugural Address

The Nixon Doctrine (1969)

The Nixon Doctrine (1969)

America will support allies but they take care of own military defense.America provide economic and limited military aid but no extensive ground troops.Most direct application: “Vietnamization”

NIXON GOES TO CHINA (1972)

NIXON GOES TO CHINA (1972)

Détente with China and the U.S.S.R.

Détente with China and the U.S.S.R.Détente = deliberate reduction of Cold War

tensionsChina visit in Feb. 1972 met with Mao & Zhou EnlaiVisits Brezhnev in Moscow S.A.L.T. I (Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty)Triangular Diplomacy

1972 Election1972 Election

Nixon ran on success of detanteGeorge McGovern surprise liberal anti-war candidateGeorge Wallace paralyzed by assassinV.P. candidate Sen. Thomas Eagleton had electroshock therapy - replacedDemocrats maintain control of Congress

Sen. Thomas Eagleton

George McGovern

Other Foreign Issues

Other Foreign Issues1973 October “Yom Kippur” War - Syrians

& Egyptians attack Israel - Nixon gives $2 billion in aid to Israel for victoryOPEC embargo on oil to Israel’s alliesGas shortage - Americans turn to Japanese & German efficient cars55 mph speed limit & Oil Drilling in Alaska1973 CIA coup to remove Salvadore Allende in Chile replaced with dictator Augusto Pinochet