Nixon An Overview Presidential Domestic Policies New Policies

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Nixon An Overview

Nixon An Overview

Presidential Domestic Policies • New Policies Included: – Revenue Sharing • Plan to share

Presidential Domestic Policies • New Policies Included: – Revenue Sharing • Plan to share a portion of the federal tax revenues with states to spend as they saw fit – Occupational Safety and Health Administration • Created to protect worker’s rights, including safety standards

Presidential Domestic Policies • New Policies Included: – Environmental Protection Agency • To protect

Presidential Domestic Policies • New Policies Included: – Environmental Protection Agency • To protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment – The Philadelphia Plan • Required construction companies working on federally funded projects to hire specific numbers of minority workers (Affirmative Action)

Presidential Foreign Policies • “Realpolitik” = the politics of reality • In dealing with

Presidential Foreign Policies • “Realpolitik” = the politics of reality • In dealing with Communism after the Vietnam War, the US would continue to protect itself and its allies against Soviet or Chinese attacks, but the rest of the world would be expected to do more to protect themselves

Presidential Foreign Policies • Détente = Relaxation of tension or hostility • To open

Presidential Foreign Policies • Détente = Relaxation of tension or hostility • To open new economic and political opportunities with China, Nixon made an official visit in 1971. China took a seat in the United Nations, and each country opened information offices in each other’s capitals

Presidential Foreign Policies • Détente with Russia included the first presidential visit to Russia

Presidential Foreign Policies • Détente with Russia included the first presidential visit to Russia in 1972, the sale of $750 million dollars of grains to Russia, and SALT I, a nuclear arms agreement that limited the building of missiles for the next five years

Presidential Scandal • On June 17, 1972, five men with ties to the Nixon

Presidential Scandal • On June 17, 1972, five men with ties to the Nixon administration broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC with bugging/wiretapping equipment. Though Nixon won the election, the scandal would soon break and end his presidency.

Presidential Scandal • Nixon had a long history of having an “enemies list” and

Presidential Scandal • Nixon had a long history of having an “enemies list” and of using illegal and threatening methods to plug leaks, provide payoffs, tap phones, steal information, etc. • In the 1973 trial of the “Plumbers”, they implied that Nixon had knowledge of the break-in and had attempted to cover-up his involvement.

Presidential Scandal • Facing impeachment, Nixon resigned his presidency on August 8, 1974.

Presidential Scandal • Facing impeachment, Nixon resigned his presidency on August 8, 1974.

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