1. Nixon as President

2. Election of 1968 Division in Democratic party led to Nixon’s election
Why???
Appealed to the ‘silent majority’
Southern Democrats hated the protests and rebellion of baby boomers
Law and Order Campaign
Bring peace back to the nation
Subdue protests

3. Nixon’s Domestic Policy
New Federalism
Give more power and resources to the states
Stagflation
Increased unemployment + inflation
Cut federal spending
Apollo Space Program
1969 Neil Armstrong on the Moon

4. Nixon’s Foreign Policy
Led by Henry Kissinger
Détente
Relaxing tensions through economic, political and cultural contact
Nixon visited Moscow
First US president to visit
SALT I ~ limit number of ICBM’s being produced & sell US wheat at a reduced cost to USSR
Nixon visited China
Ping-pong tourney
Regained diplomatic ties to China

5. Nixon in Vietnam Vietnamization Bring home troops
More ARVN in combat roles
Bring home troops
Left Vietnam w/o a ‘defeat’
Saigon falls to communists in 1975