PPT-The Impact of Richard Nixon on the Cold War

Objectives Identify Nixons key decisions and their consequences explain the approach taken by Nixon to the cold war evaluate Nixons success and failures Who was Richard Nixon Richard Nixons 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. 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.. 1 Nixon also served on the Herter Committee, which traveled to Europe to prepare a preliminary report on the Marshall Plan. In 1948, as a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Mary Meyerhoff. Civics, 1B. Mrs.Previle. 1-13-15. Biography of Richard M. Nixon. Date of Birth-. Born on January 9, 1913. Where he was born- California. Personal Info:. Marriage- He married Patricia Ryan in 1940. Richard Nixon. Background. Brought up during the _. Worked his way through_. Served in _. After serves in the _. In 1960, loses the presidency to _. His comeback in 1968. LBJ doesn’t run for re election. 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. 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. Eastern Europe. Nikita Khrushchev followed Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union.. Destalinization. was the purging of the country of Stalin’s memory.. When Hungary tried to gain independence the Soviets invaded and kept communist control.. 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 - 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. 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. Cold War Policies. Truman Doctrine. Containment - George Kennan - 1947. Rio Pact (NATO Formed) 1947. Marshall Plan. National Security Act (NSC created) – 1947. NSC 68 Report lays out rationale for build-up of military to respond to Soviet expansion and goals - 1950. Satellite nations. Iron curtain. Cold War. Containment. Truman Doctrine. Marshall Plan. Berlin Airlift. NATO. 9. Collective security. 10. Warsaw Pact. HUAC. McCarthyism. Blacklist. Conformity—doing what others do. The Presidential Election of 1972. By: Mary Beth Lahl. Background. The 26. th. Amendment was passed in 1971, making this the first election in which people from 18-21 could vote.. The House and Senate were both Democrat..