1. The Changing 1970’s Vocab: 1.Henry Kissinger 2.Détente 3.OPEC Guiding Questions: 1.What advances were made for women’s rights? 2.What happened in the Watergate Scandal?

2. Election of 1968  Democrats were divided  After the death of RFK, they were divided between Hubert Humphrey (D) and George Wallace (who ran independently)  Allowed Nixon to win the election

3. Women’s Rights  The Feminine Mystique: Betty Friedan wrote a book about how women felt trapped by domestic life  More women were going to college, working to get jobs in the workforce  Campaigned for an Equal Rights Amendment for women  It failed  Roe vs. Wade  Made abortion legal in the US in 1973  Gave women control over their bodies

4. Nixon’s Presidency  Created the “War on Drugs”  Established the Environmental Protection Agency  Nixon named Henry Kissinger as his National Security Advisor (later Sec of State)  Kissinger believe in realpolitik—basing foreign policy on what is best for the nation…not on principles like “communism is bad”  Nixon was against communism but believed in détente: the easing of tensions or strained relations  Brought the troops in Vietnam home  Started working with China and Soviet Union to de-arm  Actually went to China  Oil Embargo  Because of war between Israel and other Arab countries OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) refused to ship oil to the US  Caused HUGE shortages

5. Watergate Scandal  Nixon had a secret group of men he called the “plumbers.” Their job was to fix any “leaks” in any secret information  For example: They broke into a shrink’s office and tried to find papers that would prove that this man leaked the “Pentagon Papers” which were documents about Vietnam.  Worried about re-election, Nixon and his team planned to break into the offices of the Democratic National Committee (at the Watergate Building)  The five burglars were caught in the act and convicted  Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein believed Nixon had something to do with it  Released information that would be incriminating to Nixon  Had a secret informant named “deep throat” who passed them information

6. Watergate continued  The Senate began its own investigation on Watergate to see if Nixon was involved  “I’m not a crook”  Nixon tried to have the people in charge of the investigation fired  Nixon was forced to turn over tapes of conversations  Transcripts of tapes suggested that Nixon knew about it  There was 18 min mysteriously erased  Nixon resigned as President before he could be impeached  His vice president Gerald Ford came to office  Pardoned Nixon