PPT-The Watergate scandal Politics and economics

The Roots of Watergate Mounting a Reelection Fight The president finishes triumphant trips to China and Soviet Union Alabama governor George Wallace mounted a strong thirdparty campaign in 1968 he dropped his bid for another run at the White House after an assassins bullet paralyzed him. How did Nixon’s role in the Watergate Scandal impact the United States . politics and the Vietnam War?. Essential Question. KEY WORDS. Scandal . Nixon. Watergate building. Espionage operations. Vietnam War. 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. The Military Intervention: 27 May 1960 and its aftermath (1960-1971). W 4. The 1961 Constitution which ironically came into effect in the aftermath of a coup . d’etat. was the most liberal constitution of the Turkish Republic. . US History Live Lesson. Pentagon papers. Watergate . scandal. Group Activity! . Agenda. Objective: explain how Vietnam and watergate affected U.S. Public opinion of the government . Disillusionment: BEING CONFRONTED WITH REALITY AFTER BELIEVING IN A FALSE IDEAL. 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. 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 Curtain of Watergate. THesis. The investigation of the Watergate Scandal was limited to the bugging of the Democratic Convention, and the stealing of files in the Watergate office. This was due to the White House’s strategy to insulate the President, and conceal its involvement in the case. The investigation proceeded because of the involvement of the press, who pushed for answers regarding political sabotage and espionage. . Nixon. Conservative Policies : . Small gov.. Southern strategy . Tough on crime & drugs . Nixon. Liberal Policies:. Increased funding for food stamps & social security. Environmental issues. Advanced affirmative action. 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 . 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. 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.. SSUSH 25. SSUSH 25a. Describe President Richard M. Nixon’s . opening of China. , his resignation due to the . Watergate. scandal, changing . attitudes toward government. , and the Presidency of . Gerald Ford.. Week Twelve: Relevance to Today. Is it Déjà Vu all over again?. Geoff Shepard, Instructor. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. at Temple University. Philadelphia, 2019.