1. Nixon and The 1972 Election Josh Armour

2. Who? Richard M. Nixon Americans Southern Democrats (Dixiecrats) The rest of the world

3. When? The years after the 1968 election(1969-1972) And more specifically the 1972 Election

4. What? Nixon’s plan and strategy to lead the nation His attempt to win the support of Southern Democrats “Stagflation” Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” Winning the 1972 election

5. Why? Nixon’s paranoia with making sure he was reelected Republicans securing their place in the 1972 election Declining economy in America

6. Southern Strategy What was it? -Nixon only won by 1% in 1968 and hoped to increase it -Aimed to solidify the Republican Party's electoral hold over conservative white Southerners. What happened? -Southern Democrats took notice of the fact that 1964 Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater had voted against the Civil Rights Act.

7. Southern Strategy (Cont’d) What happened? (cont’d) -1969, Nixon ordered the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to delay desegregation of South Carolina and Mississippi schools. -Nixon apposed the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that added nearly 1 million African Americans to voting rolls

8. Southern Strategy (Cont’d) What happened? (cont’d) -1971,Nixon attempted to stop using busses to integrate schools, favored by southerners, but was overruled in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. -Boston and Detroit protested the mixed bussing. -Nixon Appeared on National TV urging Congress to halt the integration through busing.

9. Southern Strategy (Cont’d) What happened? (cont’d) -1971,Nixon attempted to stop using busses to integrate schools, favored by southerners, but was overruled in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. -Boston and Detroit protested the mixed bussing. -Nixon Appeared on National TV urging Congress to halt the integration through busing.

10. Works Cited Danzer, Gerald A., J. Jorge Klor de Alva, Larry S. Krieger, Louis E. Wilson, and Nancy Woloch. The Americans: McDougal Little Inc., 2003