1. Nixon’s Administration
The Good,
The Bad,
& The Ugly

2. Nixon: The Good

3. Nixon: The Good Foreign Affairs Vietnam War Had to find a way out
Vietnamization = Withdrawing American troops while slowly having South Vietnamese fight “their own war”
Nixon Doctrine
While America would honor its current commitments in Asia, in the future Asian countries would not receive troop support in fighting off communism
Appealed to the “Silent Majority” to support him
But secretly started bombing Cambodia …

5. Nixon: The Good Domestic Fallout Over Cambodia Kent State Shootings
College students protested Cambodian bombings
National Guard called out to put down protest
4 students killed
26th Amendment
Lowered voting age to 18
Pentagon Papers
Leaked to NY Times
Showed Presidential lies regarding Vietnam

7. Nixon: The Good Détente = Relaxing of tensions
National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger started by conducting secret peace talks with North Vietnam

8. Nixon: The Good Nixon’s visit to China Purely ceremonial
Created Russian fear of a possible American-Chinese friendship

9. Nixon: The Good Nixon’s visit to USSR
Got lots of concessions because of visit to China
Great Grain Deal
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
Able to do this because already seen as “tough on communism”

10. Nixon: The Good All this led to a way out of Vietnam…
With a possible Chinese-North Vietnamese alliance neutralized, Nixon could force a favorable peace deal
“Peace with Honor”
NV got to keep the 30% of SV it had taken
US withdrew its troops and got its POW’s back
Fall of Saigon in 1975…

12. Nixon: The Bad

13. Nixon: The Bad Economy Stagflation Causes Effects
Economy not growing + Rampant inflation
Causes
LBJ’s handling of the Vietnam War & Great Society
Increase of 2 income households
Effects
Triple cost of living!!!
Nixon’s 90 day wage and price freeze

15. Nixon: The Bad Domestic Policies Domestic agenda = New Federalism
Wanted to shrink the size of the federal government
More power to local governments through revenue sharing
Ironic expansion of welfare
Food Stamps, Medicaid, AFDC & Social Security
Supplemental Security Income

16. Nixon: The Ugly
WATERGATE….