PPT-The Policies of Richard Nixon

Valeria Martinez IB History of the Americas Spring 2014 Richard Nixon Born in California on January 9 1913 Became the nations 37 th president on January 20 th 1969 until he became the only President to date to resign from office on August 9. 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.. Mary Meyerhoff. Civics, 1B. Mrs.Previle. 1-13-15. Biography of Richard M. Nixon. Date of Birth-. Born on January 9, 1913. Where he was born- California. Personal Info:. Marriage- He married Patricia Ryan in 1940. 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.. The Election of 1968. 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. . The 1960's began as an era of optimism and possibility and ended in disunity and distrust. . 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.. Road to the White House. Nixon lost two close elections. Lost to JFK in the 1960 election. 1962 lost an election to become California’s Governor. Claimed his political career was over. 1968 Nixon won the Republican Nomination for President . Subtitle. Nixon (1968-74) . Nixon wins the 1968 presidential election due to a rise of conservatism. Runs on the platform that he will get the U.S. out of the highly unpopular Vietnam War and “return us to law and order”. NIXON & WATERGATE. Objective. Discuss the successes and failures of Richard Nixon by creating an Epitaph for his presidency.. You will evaluate if he was a good president or not. . Richard Nixon. Objectives:. Identify Nixon’s key decisions and their consequences. explain the approach taken by Nixon to the cold war. . evaluate Nixon’s success’ and failures. Who was Richard Nixon?. Richard Nixon’s best known contributions to the Cold War were his roles in détente and ending the Vietnam conflict. However, he was an unlikely architect for both.. 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. Ciera Dalton Block 2 10/26/13. United States v. Nixon. The case was heard in June, 1974.. The case was decided in July, 1974.. Public Policy. The Public Policies that were in place and came up in this case were Separation of Powers along with Executive Privilege and Rule of Law. . 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 1960’s.. 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 .