Chapter%2029%20Disorder%20and%20Discontent,%201969-1980

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Chapter 29Disorder and Discontent, 1969-1980

• The American People, 6th ed.

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The Decline of Liberalism
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The Republican Agenda

• Nixon was willing to use economic tools to
  maintain fiscal stability
• Although parts of his monetary plan worked,
  inflation plagued the economy
• Nixon worked to control the communications
  industry as best he could, denounced disruptive
  elements of the population, and was able to
  appoint four Supreme Court justices

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Civil Rights

• Nixon was less sympathetic to the cause of civil
  rights than his Democratic predecessors
• Nixon felt that any effort to woo the black
  electorate in the South was a waste of his time
• Nixon denounced busing of Black students into
  white school districts, effectively prolonging
  segregation in the South

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The Ongoing Effort in Vietnam
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Vietnamization

• This was Nixons plan to bring American soldiers
  home from the Vietnam war by gradually replacing
  American forces with Vietnamese troops
• With this reduction of troop number, Nixon ramped
  up the bombing of North Vietnam and (illegally)
  extended the destruction to Cambodia and Laos

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The End of the War

• The conflict in Vietnam lingered past Nixons
  reelection in 1972 until the spring of 1975
• The Communist-aided North finally broke through
  weakened South Vietnamese lines and took Saigon
• 58,000 men and women had died in the war

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Constitutional Conflict and Its Consequences
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Watergate

• Early in 1972, Nixons aides proposed an
  elaborate scheme to wiretap various leaders of
  the Democratic Party and use gained information
  to disrupt their nomination process in the
  upcoming election
• The wiretappers were arrested and every member of
  the Nixon administration was suspected
• The lengthy unraveling of the facts took several
  years and led to the eventual resignation of
  Nixon

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Ford and Carter

• Gerald Ford became president upon the resignation
  of Richard Nixon and handily lost to former
  Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter in the 1976 election
• Carter stood for honesty, home-spun virtue and a
  reduction of presidential powers
• Severe problems with the economy and American
  hostages in revolutionary Iran spelled his
  political downfall after one term

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The Continuing Quest for Social Reform
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Attacking the Feminine Mystique

• National Organization for Women (NOW) a
  pressure group concerned with the promotion of
  equal opportunity for women
• The combined womens movement pushed for adoption
  of an Equal Rights Amendment, but the required 38
  states for ratification could not be achieved

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Protests

• This era saw fledgling protest movements in the
  Latino communities of America and a resurgence of
  nationalism within the various Native American
  tribes who were eager to use the legal system to
  try to win back their original lands stolen by
  the U.S.
• Gays, Lesbians, Environmentalists and Consumer
  advocates used the era to promote their causes
  and encourage national change

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