Nixon 1969 -1974 Good timing or bad

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Nixon 1969 -1974

Good timing or bad timing? • 1960 s – VW, Anti-war protests, CRM, Black Power, race riots, counterculture, etc. • 1968 – Tumultuous year

1968 Election • Wallace and the “silent majority” • “law and order”, and “peace with honor”

Vietnamization • • Bomb NV Reducing troop forces Peace talks ****But secretly bombing Cambodia and later …LAOS!!!

Apollo 11

Nixon Doctrine • Containment? ? But not with …troops!

Nixonomics • 1960 s (end) and early 1970 s (STAGFLATION) = stagnant (economy = no econ. Growth) and inflation!

Watergate

1972 Election

SALT I Treaty (1972) Strategic Warheads, ICBM’s, and Development plans

Nixon in China - Detente

Yom Kippur War

1973 Oil Embargo

Nixon Resigns

Ford (1974 -1976) Caretaker Presidency *only VP and Pres that was never elected!

Continuing Nixon’s problems • WATERGATE (all the time) • Stagflation (tries W. hip I. nflation N. ow) = taxes and cut spending (Cong. Says NO) • Vietnam (Cong. Says NO) – Khmer Rouge take over in Cambodia and Vietnam Falls!!!

Mayaguez

Election of 1976 • Ford barely beats out Reagan for nomination • Carter (Dem. ) an outsider

1976 Election Southern votes, and Af. Am’s! and low voter turnout

Jimmy Carter • • • Born-again Southerner Honest Character outsider

Energy Plans • Wanted: 1. reduce use of oil 2. deregulate natural gas prod. 3. taxes on gas 4. conservation 5. promote coal and nuclear power • All shot down by Cong. • Three Mile Island, Penn. (no more Nuclear ideas)

Economic Problems • Skyrocketing oil prices (1976) • End of term – cut social welfare, reduced capital gains taxes, and deregulation of industries

Foreign Affairs • Panama Canal • Camp David Peace Accords (1978) peace between Israel and Egypt • Nicaragua (no more support for dictators) • Iran (hostage crisis) • Afghanistan (invaded by USSR) = no reaction • US boycott of Olympics in Moscow

Election of 1980 • Carter v. Reagan • 1979 – Malaise Speech (Big no, no!!!)

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