1. Nixon and the Rise of Conservatism

2. The Southern Strategy
The Rise of Conservatism with John Birch Society and Barry Goldwater

3. Nixon’s Domestic Policy
Scale back of Great Society programs: Medicare and Head Start
Creation of EPA, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and Endangered Species Act
OSHA, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Welfare:
Creation of earned income tax credit
Expanded food stamps, Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Created hiring quotas for government contractors
$100,000,000 for Cancer research
26th Amendment

4. Nixon and Détente Opening of China China brings USSR to table
“Normalization: after the “Fall of China” in 1949
Increase in trade
China brings USSR to table
SALT I
ABM Treaty
Oil Embargo and “Project Independence”