Richard Nixon Tricky Dick Who was he What

Richard Nixon “Tricky Dick” • Who was he? • What did he do? • What is he known for?

Domestic Policies �Space Program �“Space Race” w/USSR �Put lots of $$$ into space exploration � 26 th Amendment �Voting age is 18 �WAR POWERS ACT � President must get Congressional approval for use of military �More than 90 days

Foreign Policy �Vietnam �Promised to get the US out �Began bombing Laos & Cambodia �Vietcong were hiding there

More Foreign Policy �Vietnamization = force the South Vietnamese to fight for themselves �Allow the US to leave �Paris Peace Accords �Ends US involvement in Vietnam

More Foreign Policy �China = 1 st American President to visit Comm. China �USSR �Détente = closer relations � Realpolitik = US interests are most important �Basis for our foreign policy �We only do something if we benefit

Watergate �Nixon was very paranoid �Wanted to keep tabs on everyone � 5 men are arrested for breaking into Watergate Hotel �Democratic Party Headquarters

More Watergate �Washington Post reports Nixon involvement �Woodward & Bernstein �Had inside contact codenamed “Deepthroat” �Nixon denies any involvement �Nixon refuses to hand over audio tapes from White House

More Watergate �Supreme Court ordered Nixon to turn over the tapes �Tapes prove Nixon’s cover-up = involvement �Nixon resigns �Would have been impeached �Gerald Ford takes over � Pardons Nixon http: //www. youtu be. com/watch? v=L Q 6 kf. NNb 5 q 8&feat ure=related

“I am not a crook…. ” http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=sh 163 n 1 l. J 4 M