Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Presidency
of
Richard
M.
Nixon
The
Nixon
Administra8on
1969-‐1974
• Domes8c
Policy
– New
Federalism
– High
Infla8on
+
High
Unemployment
=
Stagfla8on
– OPEC
&
Gas
Crisis
– DraQ
Reform
&
18
year
old
Voters
• Foreign
Policy
– Realpoli8k
– Vietnamizaiton
&
Peace
with
Honor
– Détente
– SALT
I
Treaty
Overview
of
Watergate
Timeline
Watergate
&
the
Downfall
of
Nixon
• The
“Imperial”
Presidency
– Commi\ee
to
Re-‐Elect
the
President
(CREP)
– Enemies
List
/
Federal
Govt.
as
mechanism
for
revenge
– Watergate
Scandal
• Democra8c
Na8onal
Headquarters
Bugging
Break
In
June
1972
• Cover-‐up
/
“HUSH”
Money
• Saturday
Night
Massacre
–
Coct
1973
• Nixon
“Tapes”
Aug
1974
• Nixon
Resigns
Aug
9
1974
• Ford
Pardons
Nixon
Sept
8
1974
The
“Smoking
Gun”
Tapes
Gerald
Ford
Pardon’s
Nixon
Reevalua8ng
the
Nixon
Presidency
• Read
and
annotate
Document
1
“Richard
Nixon’s
Dark
Side
as
Obscured
his
Greatness”
• Answer
the
text
dependent
ques8ons
as
a
group
• Class
DeBrief
Google
Classroom
/
DBQ
Project
• As
a
group,
review,
CAPPT,
an
collec8vely
annotate
the
Nixon
Documents
2-‐7
• Take
out
the
LBJ
Documents
1-‐7
• Log
on
to
Google
Classroom
for
your
DBQ
Project