1. Friday May 22nd
No bellringer today- instead we will do questions for magical extra credit cards.
Hint: The questions will be from yesterday’s presentations so think back to those!

2. Bellringer Thursday December 10th ( Turn in your 1968 Qs if you didn’t yesterday)
1. Name the leader of the Chicano Movement Grape Boycott.
2. Name the neighborhood that was the center of “hippie” culture in San Francisco.
3. Name Betty Friedan’s book that exposed many housewives were unhappy.
4. Describe the Trail of Broken Treaties
5. Name Rachel Carson’s book about the environment
6. Name 2 events that happened in 1968!

3. Date
Topic
Page
12/10
Richard Nixon Notes 79

4. 1968: The Worst Week?

5. Bell ringer Wednesday Jan. 4th (Think wayyyy back to before break)
1. Name the leader of the Chicano Movement Grape Boycott.
2. Name the neighborhood that was the center of “hippie” culture in San Francisco.
3. Name Betty Friedan’s book that exposed many housewives were unhappy.
4. Describe the Trail of Broken Treaties
5. Name Rachel Carson’s book about the environment
6. Name 2 events that happened in 1968!

6. Reminders:
Unit 8/9 Combined Test will be Friday January 5th. Study Guides for BOTH units are due this day. You are able to do extra credit for one or both of the units (doing both is obviously worth more points)- just make sure you define ALL terms for the unit and label terms accordingly by unit.
Exams start on Jan 12th!

7. President Nixon ( ) Focus Question: What were the successes and failures under Nixon’s presidency?

9. Winning the election: The Southern Strategy
Nixon’s plan to attract unhappy southerners who hated desegregation and liberal courts
Nixon counted on these Southern votes
Silent Majority: large group of people who were unhappy with way America was going but not publically expressing views

10. Nixon’s Campaign Commericals
1968 Commercials

12. DOMESTIC POLICY: New Federalism
To reduce government responsibilities from the Great Society
Revenue Sharing
State and local governments can spend federal money however they wanted

13. Helping the Environment
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency Created under Nixon
Clean Air & Water Act
Endangered Species Act

14. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education
What happened :Stated that school districts may bus students to other schools to end pattern of all white or all black schools
Affirmative Action: a policy that tries to correct the effects of past discrimination by favoring the groups who were previously disadvantaged.

15. Space Program
1969: Apollo 11 landed on the moon- 1st man on the moon. Ended the space race- US Wins!

16. Jumpstarting the Economy
Stagflation: high inflation and high unemployment
Due to too much federal spending on wars and Great Society programs
How Nixon tried to fix the problems: Froze business prices and wages for 90 days

17. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Group of oil producing countries who fix prices (mainly from Middle East). During Arab-Israeli war, issue an oil embargo on the U.S. because U.S. supplying Israel with weapons.
Leads to huge energy crisis/oil shortage

18. Ending the Vietnam War
Vietnamization: Putting Faith in Vietnam Army to take over. Pulling US troops out of Vietnam
AKA: Peace
With Honor

19. Only Nixon Can Go to China
1971: Nixon said he would visit China to begin a new relationship
Both nations agreed to cooperate in the future 
Why would Nixon’s China visit be a big deal?

23. Nixon Visits Soviet Union
1972: First president to visit Soviet Union

24. Moscow Summit ~ Nixon meets Brezhnev

25. Détente’
Easing of tensions during the Cold War

26. S.A.L.T. I: Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (1972)
Agreement between U.S. & Soviet Union Placed limit on number of missiles each country has. 1st of its kind

27. Bungled Burglary
June 17, 1972
5 men caught breaking into Democratic HQ at the Watergate Hotel
Trying to plant bugs and photograph papers
White House began to cover-up link to President by shredding documents

28. The Heroes
Woodward and Bernstein were two reporters from the Washington Post
Found evidence linking burglary to White House
White House continuously denied claims

29. The Cover-Up Fails One of the burglars admits lied under oath
Said people in the white house were involved
Nixon fired his secret group and White House Counsel John Dean
Appoints special prosecutor to investigate Watergate
Archibald Cox
Senate began own investigation

30. Startling Testimony
John Dean tell Senate that Nixon was directly involved in the Watergate cover-up
Presidential aide Alexander Butterfield revealed Nixon taped all his conversations

31. Fall of a President 1974: Nixon releases edited tapes and transcripts
Investigators wanted unedited tapes
US v. Nixon (1974)
Supreme Court ordered him to give up the tapes
Nixon came on TV saying “I am not a crook”

32. The Final Straw
July 27: House of Representatives approves 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon
May 5: Nixon releases tapes, but 18 minutes missing
August 8th: Nixon resigns, but admitted no guilt

33. Watch This!
Nixon’s Resignation Speech

34. Effects of Watergate
25 Members of Nixon administration convicted for crimes connected to Watergate
American people and press image of presidency destroyed
Watergate Secrets Revealed

35. Cartoon Analysis
With your partner, analyze the four cartoons- they are labeled A, B, C, D.
Add detail to the back of your notes handout (see chart).

40. Caption Contest
With your partner, create a title or caption for each of the four cartoons.
The best caption/title for each cartoon will get extra credit on the Unit 8/9 Test
Write these on a ½ sheet of paper that you can turn in (with your name). Label it “Caption for cartoon A” and so on

41. Final Reflection Prompt
Evaluate the Presidency of Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon is routinely ranked as one of the worst presidents in American history (most recently based on a US News Report, Nixon tied for 9th worst with Herbert Hoover). Based on what we have studied so far in American history, is that a fair ranking?
In your evaluation, please include whether you agree or disagree with Nixon being one of the top 10 worst presidents of all time and please also include the overall grade you give Nixon (A,B,C, D, or F). Your evaluation should also include at least three specific and varied examples to support your argument.

42. Final Reflection
Complete the Richard Nixon Final Reflection prompt on a sheet of notebook paper.
The prompt is written on the tiny slip of paper
Due ____________________

43. Wrap Up Why is Watergate an important historical event?
What do you think was the impact of Watergate on how the public perceives the presidency and politicians?
Should Nixon’s presidency be judged more on his accomplishments or the Watergate scandal? Why?
What lessons can be learned from the Watergate scandal?