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- What earned Nixon the Right to be President?
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- Schooling and WWII Whittier College then Duke University Law
School before Moved to Washington D.C. Starting practicing law
World War II, Nixon served as a Navy lieutenant commander in the
Pacific
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- The House of Representatives 1946 Elections Vs. Jerry Voorhis
(Dem) California 12 th district Campaign- 5 debates Nixon accused
Voorhis of being communist
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- Congress Seat on the House Committee on Education and Labor
Aggressive behavior Drafted the Taft- Hartley Act House Un-American
Activities Committee Find communists Accused Alger Hiss
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- Senate 1950 vs. Helen Gahagan Douglas Accused her of communism
in campaign pink lady Nixon won December 1950 Gained popularity
from California Made many speeches
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- Vice Presidency May 1952 Influenced Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
Offered the job of Vice president to Eisenhower Nixon &
Eisenhower vs. Gov. Aldai E. Stevenson & Sen. John J. Sparkman
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e&_playback=true Eisenhower became sick The Kitchen Table
Debate http://www.americangovernment.abc-
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- http://americanhistory.about.com/od/richard nixon/p/pnixon.htm
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- Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge Republicans John F. Kennedy
and Lyndon B. Johnson Democrats Nixon = superior foreign policy
knowledge and political experience Kennedy = support of Protestant
West VA and Democratic delegates similar agendas 49.7% popular vote
Kennedy; 49.5% popular vote Nixon
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- turning point in American politics first Presidential election
to be aired on live television Great Debates several topics covered
debates started September 26, 1960 10 pounds underweight, having
ignored advice to get a new shirt with a collar that fit. refusing
makeup, except for a pasty beard stick on called Lazy Shave to
cover his perpetual five oclock shadow. (Pathways to the Present
968) who won the debates? http://www.americangovernment.abc-
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- lost to Kennedy against Herbert H. Humphrey and George C.
Wallace traveled 36 states black capitalism and tax motivation for
private locations in cities electoral = 301 to 191 popular = 31.7
million opposed to 30.9 million
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- alliance with Southern conservatives wins Republican nomination
appoint strict constructionists, Southerner to Supreme Court,
opposed court-ordered busing, chooses a VP that South approves of
promises honorable peace in Vietnam secret plan Humphreys
slacking
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- running for a second term George McGovern Democratic Party John
G. Schmitz American Party radicalism and Vietnam War Spiro T. Agnew
as VP 520 electoral votes and 47,169,911 popular votes largest
margin with 23.2% margin biggest landslide
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- Kraus, Sidney. Televised Presidential Debates and Public
Policy. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Erlbaum, 1988. The White House. 10
May 2007. Video Encyclopedia of the 20 th Century, Sunrise Media,
1972 "Presidential Elections, 1789-2004." Information Please
Database, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 May
2007. "Nixon, Richard M.." Encyclopdia Britannica. 2007.
Encyclopdia Britannica Online. 11 May 2007.
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- Domestic Policy under President Nixon By, Holly Cundy
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- Approved building of Space Shuttle Approved building of Space
Shuttle Appointed Thomas O. Paine as administrator of NASA
Appointed Thomas O. Paine as administrator of NASA Fletcher
nominated for administrator Fletcher nominated for administrator
United States Space Week United States Space Week James Fletcher
and President Nixon
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- 1. continue moon exploration 2. explore other planets 3.
greatly reduce cost of the space program 4. expand the time
astronauts were able to spend in space 5. quickly expand space
technology concerning practical purposes 6. create a better
cooperation amongst other countries
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- Do nothing President Family Assistance Program (FAP)
Supplemental Security Income 26 th Amendment
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- Desegregation Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
New Federalism Revenue sharing program
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- Nixon and the War on Inflation Most important domestic issue
Most important domestic issue Nixon declared war on inflation in
1971 Nixon declared war on inflation in 1971 Inflation rate was up
to 12% Inflation rate was up to 12% New Economic Policy (NEP) New
Economic Policy (NEP) Nixons defense against inflation Announced in
August 1971 Inflation still continued to persevere This Cartoon
makes fun of Nixons failure in lowering inflation as the dollar
bill is worth 300 dollars
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- Nixons Foreign Affairs
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- Major foreign policy purpose: ending the war in Vietnam Nixon
Doctrine Henry Kissinger: National Security Advisor Goal
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- What Nixon did Peoples Republic of China We simply cannot
afford to leave China outside the family of nations May 22 to 26,
Nixon met in summit with Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow They signed ten
formal agreements, including an anti- ballistic missile (ABM)
treaty, an interim SALT treaty, and a billion-dollar trade
agreement.
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- Ping Pong Diplomacy Most significant cultural exchanged between
the two nations since 1949 Improved Nixons chances Helped convince
soviets
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- Nuclear Bomb Soviets had engaged with the United States in a
race for nuclear superiority Nixon proposed to the Soviets that the
two nations settle for a "strategic parity" in nuclear weapons
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- Thoughts madman strategy finally paid off More than 25,000
American lives had been lost Nixon gained little by delaying
withdrawal
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- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/
07/politics/main508210.shtml
http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/preside nts/nixon.html
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19980501far
eviewessay1394/david-c-hendrickson/all-
the-president-s-acumen-the-paradox-of- nixon-s-foreign-policy.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index? qid=20070429075544AAGnLHZ
Sources
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- Burglary June 17, 1972 Republicans steal from Democratic
Campaign http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/politics/interactives/watergate/
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- THE BURGLARS Bernard L. Barker Virgilio R. Gonzales James W.
McCord Eugenio R. Martinez Frank A. Sturgis
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- Waterga te Hotel, Washing ton D.C. Prestigio us, high- class
hotel Senator Bob Dole Monica Lewinsky Frank Wills
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- Pentagon Papers published in NY Times Watergate burglars sneak
into Democratic National Campaign office Bugging equipment
Arrested- June 17, 1972 John Mitchell, Attorney Gen., controls
secret Republican fund used to finance operations against Democrats
FBI gets involved- say Watergate is on Nixons behalf
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- Nixon aides convicted -Top White House staffers resign White
House council fired -Nixon disconnects White House taping system
Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General resign
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- Nixons Downfall Im not a crook Nixon refuses to hand over tapes
Supreme Court Nixon hands over tapes House passes first 3 articles
of impeachment August 8, 1974- Nixon is the first president to
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- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/onpolitics/watergate/splash.html
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srv/onpolitics/watergate/splash.html
http://watergate.info/chronology/brief.shtml
http://watergate.info/burglary/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/0618 72-1.htm
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