Exploring American History Unit X

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Exploring American HistoryUnit X Modern
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• Chapter 30 Searching for Order
• Section 1 Nixons Presidency and Watergate

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Nixons Presidency and Watergate

• The Big Idea
• Richard Nixons policies helped ease Cold War
  tensions before the Watergate scandal brought
  down his presidency.
• Main Ideas
• Americans faced domestic challenges, including an
  energy and economic crisis.
• Nixons foreign policy led to improved relations
  with Communist powers.
• The Watergate scandal forced Nixon to resign.
• Gerald Ford became president upon Nixons
  resignation and faced many challenges.

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Kissinger the Middle East (0222)
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War in the Middle East
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Main Idea 2Nixons foreign policy led to
improved relations with Communist powers.

• Nixon took a realpolitik approach to foreign
  policy.
• Foreign policy decisions would be based on
  practical American interests, not on moral or
  political ideals.
• Helped bring an end to Vietnam War
• Approach was controversial.
• The United States backed harsh military
  governments in Latin America because they were
  friendly to the United States.
• Nixon worked to widen the split between Soviet
  Union and China and also to improve U.S.
  relations with both Communist powers.

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Soviet Union and China
China

• In 1972 Nixon visited China.
• Met Chinese leader Mao Zedong
• Improved U.S.-China relations

Soviet Union

• In May 1972 Nixon flew to Moscow and participated
  in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
  with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
• Talks led to a treaty limiting each countrys
  nuclear weapons.
• Opened a period of détente, or less hostile
  relations, between the United States and the
  Soviet Union
• Soviets began buying grain from American farmers.

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Nixon visits China
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Nixon Reaches Out (0342)
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Nixon Visits U.S.S.R.
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Nixon Visits U.S.S.R.

• China and U.S.S.R. are bitter rivals.
• U.S. needs to balance its relationship with the
  two.
• Nixon goes to Russia for summit meeting with
  Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev.
• Agreements on space, health and science
• SALT- Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty- may 26,
  1972 to slow down the dangerous and expensive
  nuclear arms race.
• Détente- successful in easing tensions and
  reducing risks of war with Communist powers.

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Watergate (0706)
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The Secret Tapes and Nixon's Resignation (0343)
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Nixon And Ford (0126)
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The Pardon (0503)
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Election of 1976

• Election of 1976
• Candidates
• Republican- Ford
• Democrat- Jimmy Carter
• Issues
• Inflation
• Cut in govt spending
• unemployment
• energy problem
• honesty in government
• Problems in Campaign
• Nixon pardon
• Carter-Ford Debates
• Outcome- Carter wins close one.
• 50 of popular vote to 48
• 297 electoral votes to 240
• only 53 of votes bothered to vote