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 ID: 692503
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "The Nixon Administration" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
The Nixon Administration
Modern American HistorySlide2
The Election of 1968
Richard M. Nixon [R]
Hubert Humphrey [D]Slide3
The Election of 1968
Nixon
[
R]
Humphrey [D]
Wallace [AI]VP for EisenhowerAimed at “Middle America” “silent majority”Law and order
Streamlined governmentTraditional values at homeVP for Lyndon JohnsonSupport of Vietnam War unpopularOnly credible Democratic candidate after RFK’s assassination.Governor of AlabamaState’s RightsSegregationSlide4
Southern Strategy
Nixon refuses to concede the South, makes promises.
1) Appointing only conservatives to federal courts.
2) Name a Southerner to the Supreme Court.
Oppose court-ordered busing.Choose a southern-accepted vice president.Slide5
Spiro AgnewSlide6Slide7
Law and Order President
Nixon follows through on promises.
Slows desegregation
Overturns policies of the Johnson Administration
Rallies against draft evaders, unruly students, Warren Court reforms for criminals.Nixon appoints Warren Burger and 3 other conservative justices to the Supreme Court.
Warren Burger,
15th Chief Justice (1969-1986)Slide8
New Federalism
Nixon-supported policies of reducing the size of the federal government and giving more power to state and local governments.
Refuses to fund certain Great Society programs like the Dept. of Housing and Urban Renewal.
Revenue-Sharing
funnels funds to state governments.Nixon impounds funds, stifling Democrat controlled Congress.Slide9
Nixon’s Foreign Policy
The Nixon Doctrine
of gradual withdrawal from Vietnam (and later that allies will handle their own defense)
A policy of
détente with the Soviet Union shifts focus from a “bipolar” war.Improves relations with Communist China.
Henry Kissinger
, Nixon’s National Security AdvisorSlide10
“We must remember that
détente
is not a love fest. It is an understanding between nations that have opposite purposes, but which share common interests, including the avoidance of a nuclear war.”
-Nixon on
détente with the Soviet UnionSlide11
Ease of Tensions With the USSR
As the first president to visit the Soviet Union since World War II, Nixon holds a
summit
May 22
nd, 1972.SALT I – Strategic Arms Limitation Talks