PPT-The Nixon Administration

Politics and Economics Appealing to middle America Many Americans supported the government and longed for a silent majority end to the violence and turmoil that seemed to plague the nation in the 1960s. Nixon’s New Conservatism. Nixon was determined to turn the US into a more conservative direction with a sense of order. The US was intensely divided over Nam. Nixon felt LBJ’s Great Society programs gave the federal government too much responsibility. FOREIGN POLICY. Advance organizer. Richard Nixon rose through the political ranks as a staunch anti-communist; however, the policy of his predecessors brought the world to the brink of nuclear war and brought the U.S. into an expensive and increasingly unpopular war.. 1969 - 1974. Nixon and . the ’70s. The Election of 1968. The 1968 presidential election marked a shift to the right in American politics. . . Country is in . Stagflation. High inflation and unemployment. What earned Nixon the Right to be President?. 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. By: Sky P., Noah S., Brittany V.A., Vanessa Z.. Questions:. What was the long-standing impact of Nixon’s economic policies?. What was Nixon’s general attitude towards Communist-allied countries during the Cold War? . By: Ai Hue Nguyen, Morgan Riccobene, Vasiliki Dinoulis, and Julia Dunn . Period 3. Pragmatic Liberalism. Nixon’s first term of presidency began on a hopeful note, as Nixon promised to bring the country peace and respite, in contrast to the turbulence of the 1960s. Pledging to unite the country, Nixon. Was he a Liberal or a Conservative?. Nixon’s agenda was to decrease the size and influence of the federal government. Nixon believed that Lyndon Johnson’s . Great Society. programs, had given the federal government too much power & responsibility.. 1968 - 1974. Nixon and . the ’70s. The Election of 1968. The 1968 presidential election marked a shift to the right in American politics. . Country is in . Stagflation - . High inflation and unemployment. 1969 - 1974. Nixon and . the ’70s. The Election of 1968. The 1968 presidential election marked a shift to the right in American politics. . . Country is in . Stagflation. High inflation and unemployment. Modern American History. The Election of 1968. Richard M. Nixon [R]. Hubert Humphrey [D]. The Election of 1968. Nixon . [. R]. Humphrey [D]. Wallace [AI]. VP for Eisenhower. Aimed at “Middle America”. Nixon promises to bring Americans together but.... Vice President Spiro Agnew- attacks the media and the left. The Press:. “Nattering . naybobs. of negativism” . The Democrats:. “Sniveling hand-wringers”. The Nixon Administration. Nixon’s New Conservatism. 1968- Entered in the Presidency. Wanted to lead the nation in a conservative direction.. New Federalism. Distribute a portion of federal power to state and local governments.. SWBAT: Explain Nixon’s domestic and foreign policy initiatives. Do Now. Identify examples of . both. conflict/hostility and peaceful relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War. Richard Nixon only narrowly won the 1968 election, but the combined total of popular votes for Nixon and Wallace indicated a shift to the right in American politics. . Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers .