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The nation in crisis

The nation in crisis. AIHE Kern County, CA February 8-9, 2013 Dr. Lillie Johnson Edwards Drew University Madison, NJ. Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) 37 th President of the United States (1969-1974). Nixon Administration’s Foreign Policies. Détente Vietnam Cambodia

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The nation in crisis

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  1. The nation in crisis AIHE Kern County, CA February 8-9, 2013 Dr. Lillie Johnson Edwards Drew University Madison, NJ

  2. Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)37th President of the United States(1969-1974)

  3. Nixon Administration’s Foreign Policies • Détente • Vietnam • Cambodia • Student, soldier and veteran anti-war protests • Pentagon Papers & the War Powers Act • Paris Peace Agreement

  4. Nixon Administration’s Domestic Policies • Welfare: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) • Race: Philadelphia Plan & Affirmative Action • Judicial Activism: The Burger Court • Gender Equity: Title IX and Equal Credit Opportunity Act • NEA & NEH budgets doubled • OSHA

  5. Median Age at First Marriage

  6. Rate of Divorce Per 1,000 New Marriages, 1950-1980

  7. Détente 1973 Leonid Breznev and Richard Nixon

  8. Vietnam: Cambodia Killing Fields Bones of ChoeungEk victims Commemorativestupa with the skulls of victims from ChoeungEk

  9. My Lai, 1968Lt. William Calley, Court Marshall, 1971

  10. Kent State, May 4, 1970 • Anti-War Students, • Soldiers and Veterans Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1967 Rebel soldiers in Vietnam

  11. The Pentagon Papers United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense Daniel Ellsberg, outside a federal courthouse in 1971, faced 12 felony counts as a result of his leak of the Pentagon Papers; the charges were dismissed in 1973.

  12. War Powers Resolution Public Law 93-148, 87 Stat. 555passed over President Nixon's veto on Nov. 7, 1973 Ensure collective judgment of Congress and the President in sending American troops into hostilities & Commander-in-Chief powers can only be used under a declaration of war Requires the President to consult with Congress before sending US troops into hostilities Requires the President to report to Congress on US troops in hostile engagements Troops required to be removed within 60 days except under specific condition established in the War Powers Resolution If a federal court rules that any one part of the law is invalid, all other parts will remain in force

  13. Paris Peace Agreement • Ends the Vietnam War, Jan. 27, 1973

  14. Watergate Chronology Jan. 20, 1969 Nixon becomes the 27th Pres. of the U.S. June 17, 1972 Burglary of Democratic National HQ at the Watergate Hotel, Washington, DC Jan. 20, 1973 Nixon re-elected with a landslide victory April 30, 1973 Nixon announces departure of aids Dean, Haldeman and Ehrlichman August 15, 1973 Defiant speech admitting no guilt in burglary or a cover-up Feb. 6, 1974 House of Representatives Resolution 803 by 410-4 authorises impeachment proceedings April 29, 1974 Nixon releases partial transcripts of the White House tapes August 8-9, 1974 Resignation Speech and resignation

  15. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein The Washington Post

  16. Economic Crisis • Decline of Manufacturing & deindustrialization • Stagflation • Social Impact • Job Loss • Declining “Rustbelt” Population • Declining Tax Base • Increase in Poverty Rate • Labor on the Defensive • Oil Embargo, 1973

  17. The Misery Index, 1970-1980

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