 Define détente. QOD 5/28

Nixon’s Foreign & Domestic Policies

 Cold War is not “us v. them”  Look at world politics in gray scale  We can use China and Soviet Union as future trade partners to increase our economy  Germany and Japan are future economic foes-WHY? Redefining Foreign Policy

 Nixon’s National Security Advisor  Communist plot to take over world does not exist Henry Kissinger

 First U.S. president to visit China since revolution in 1949  Wanted to establish diplomatic relations with China  Economic gains- SHOW ME THE $!  Vietnam War-also purpose for trip China

 Policy to ease Cold War tensions between U.S., Soviet Union & China  Examples:  Joint space mission between countries  Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I)  Helped America to make peace with North Vietnam Detente

 Name of Nixon’s Domestic Policy  Campaign to help “Middle America”  Revenue sharing with states, give $ to states for programs to help people  Creation of new government agencies: OSHA (work safety), EPA (environment), DEA (war on drugs), & Affirmative Action policies Nixon’s New Federalism

 Recession & Inflation = stagflation  Caused by:  Vietnam War  Foreign competition  Formation of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) = high gas prices Bad Economy

 Nixon won reelection in 1972  High approval ratings in `72  Won the entire South  However, his second term would soon be emblazed with scandal  Watergate 1972