PPT-Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal

Early Life Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9 1913 in Yorba Linda California Nixon lived a very modest childhood having lived in on a small family ranch in Yorba Linda California for his early years until 1922 when his family ranch failed and they moved to Whittier California. How did Nixon’s role in the Watergate Scandal impact the United States . politics and the Vietnam War?. Essential Question. KEY WORDS. Scandal . Nixon. Watergate building. Espionage operations. Vietnam 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. L/O – To identify the reasons for Watergate and to explain what happened. Nixon meets Chinese Premier Zhou . Enlai. – February 1972 . Nixon meets Chairman Mao – February 1972 . Nixon meets Leonid Brezhnev in USSR, General Secretary of the Communist Party which leads to SALT 1 and ‘peaceful coexistence’ – May 1972. 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. 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. 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. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: Did the U.S. Presidency become unmanageable in the 1970s? How well did American leaders deal with the challenge of stagflation?. TEKS and Objectives. We will…. (10A) . describe Nixon’s leadership in relations with China and détente. 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. Nixon meets Chinese Premier Zhou . Enlai. – February 1972 . Nixon meets Chairman Mao – February 1972 . Nixon meets Leonid Brezhnev in USSR, General Secretary of the Communist Party which leads to SALT 1 and ‘peaceful coexistence’ – May 1972. The Curtain of Watergate. THesis. The investigation of the Watergate Scandal was limited to the bugging of the Democratic Convention, and the stealing of files in the Watergate office. This was due to the White House’s strategy to insulate the President, and conceal its involvement in the case. The investigation proceeded because of the involvement of the press, who pushed for answers regarding political sabotage and espionage. . Pass out to students the document titled “Watergate Background” along with the student worksheet. Have students read the document and answer the 5 questions. – 20 minutes. Go through the first nine slides on the . The Roots of Watergate . Mounting a Re-election Fight . The president finishes triumphant trips to China and Soviet Union.. Alabama governor George Wallace, mounted a strong third-party campaign in 1968, he dropped his bid for another run at the White House after an assassin's bullet paralyzed him.. 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. Pass out to students the document titled “Watergate Background” along with the student worksheet. Have students read the document and answer the 5 questions. – 20 minutes. Go through the first nine slides on the .