1. Richard M. Nixon Presidency 1969-1974 Republican Mr. Pearson

2. Nixon Biography Quaker Parents: Yorba Linda, CA

3. Nixon Biography Senator Nixon & Alger Hiss Case

4. Nixon Biography VP Candidacy “Checkers Speech” “Kitchen Debate” with Nikita Khrushchev

5. Nixon Biography 1960 Election Campaign (TV Debate) 1962 California Gubitorial Campaign Loss Political Comeback 1968 Democratic Party Problems Robert Kennedy Assassination: June 5, 1968

6. Election of 1968 Richard Nixon / Republican Hubert Humphrey / Democrat George Wallace / American Independent Party

7. Vietnam War Nixon Doctrine Vietnamization of the War Invasion of Cambodia

8. Domestic Impact of the War Anti-War Protests: In Tragedy Kent St. Ohio Exposing the War: Daniel Ellsberg and the “Pentagon Papers” Nixon Continued Removal of Troops Cease Fire and Paris Peace Treaty 1973

9. Nixon Foreign Policy Détente with Soviet Union and China Dr. Henry Kissinger

10. Opening Up China: A New Policy Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai

11. New Policy with the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev Grain Deal SALT Agreement

12. War Powers Act 1973

13. Nixon Domestic Policy: “New Federalism” Revenue Sharing Bill Conflict with Democratic Controlled Congress Inflation: Wage and Price Freeze, Gas Crisis Nixon Supreme Court Appointments

14. The Space Program U.S. Wins Space Race Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong 1 st Man on the Moon July 20, 1969

15. Consumer Rights Movement Ralph Nader: Unsafe at Any Speed “Nader’s Raiders” Consumer Protection

16. Environmental Movement Background Environmental Record in America Rachel Carson: Silent Spring 1962 Impact of Chemical Pesticides, Insecticides, and Herbicides DDT Effects

17. Environmental Movement Development Earth Day: 1970 EPA: Environmental Protection Agency: 1972 ESA: Endangered Species Act: 1973 Nixon Support Radical Environmental Groups: e.g. Earth 1st

18. Women's Rights Movement Background History Women’s Rights in U.S. Betty Friedan: The Feminine Mystique: 1963 NOW: National Organization for Women: 1966 ERA: Equal Rights Amendment (Never Passed) Advancements for Women Roe v. Wade: 1973 Title VI, Maternity Leave Rights Women Still Behind Men

19. Election of 1972 Richard Nixon / Republican George McGovern / Democrat Impact Events Help Nixon’s Reelection 26 th Amendment: 18 Year Old Vote Nixon Ends Draft Nixon Removes U.S. Troops From Vietnam

20. The Watergate Affair CREEP and the Break In: 1972 (Committee to Re-Elect the President) The “White House Plumbers”

21. The Cover-Up Investigation by the Washington Post FBI Agent Felt (“Deep Throat”) Senate Watergate Committee: Investigates the “Illegal, Improper, or Unethical Activities by the President”

22. Watergate Investigation Resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew The Tapes U.S. v. Nixon 1974

23. Nixon Resignation: August 9, 1974