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 . 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. 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. Context. Vietnam. War and . anti. war . protests. President. . Nixon’s. . attempts. to . deal. with the . anti. war . movement. .. Bitter. . realization. . that. the . protests. . would. 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. Woman’s Rights. Hispanic . Native American. Environmental. Betty Friedman. “ Feminine Mystique”. NOW. Gloria Steinman. Title 9- . Banned gender discrimination in educational and other activities supported by federal funds. 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 Cold War continues. 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. . 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. Hispanic . Native American. Environmental. Betty Friedman. “ Feminine Mystique”. NOW. Gloria Steinman. Title 9- . Banned gender discrimination in educational and other activities supported by federal funds. 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. 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 . Week Twelve: Relevance to Today. Is it Déjà Vu all over again?. Geoff Shepard, Instructor. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. at Temple University. Philadelphia, 2019.