PPT-Richard M. Nixon

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. 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.. (1968-1980). Megan McGill. Sources of Stagnation. The US economy stagnated in the 70’s after enjoying large growth in the 50’s and 60’s. The vast amount of money spent on the Vietnam War and the Great Society sans tax increases led to rampant inflation. 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? . Context. Vietnam. War and . anti. war . protests. President. . Nixon’s. . attempts. to . deal. with the . anti. war . movement. .. Bitter. . realization. . that. the . protests. . would. 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”. 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. 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”. 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. 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..