PPT-Watergate: Nixon’s Downfall

How does the Watergate cover up lead to Nixons resignation I All The Presidents Men A HR Bob Haldeman Chief of Staff B John Ehrlichman Domestic Policy Advisor C John . 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. Context. Vietnam. War and . anti. war . protests. President. . Nixon’s. . attempts. to . deal. with the . anti. war . movement. .. Bitter. . realization. . that. the . protests. . would. 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. . 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”. 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. Since the Great Depression, the Executive Branch of the U.S. government had continued to grow more and more powerful throughout the years. . Historians . refer to Nixon as the . “Imperial President” . Nixon and the White House. Watergate scandal. – . Nixon administrations attempt to cover up a burglary of the Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate office and apartment complex in Washington D.C. . 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. S21-23. W. inning. Silent Majority. Nixon made his comeback in 1968. 1947 – 1951 House. 1951 - 1953 US senator. 1953 – 1961 Vice President. 1960 lost to JFK. 1962 lost governor’s race in CA. the Silent Majority (non-shouters and non-demonstrators) voted for Nixon. 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 . and how two journalists . brought down a . presidency. History. In June of 1972, five men were arrested in a burglary at the Watergate Apartments in Washington, D.C.. June 17, 1972. During the early morning hours, a security guard notices that an office is being burglarized in the Watergate office building in Washington, D.C.. Week Twelve: Relevance to Today. Is it Déjà Vu all over again?. Geoff Shepard, Instructor. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. at Temple University. Philadelphia, 2019.