Nixon and Carter

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Nixon and Carter

• The Conservative Backlash meets the Peanut Farmer

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Nixons Conservative Backlash wins in 1968.

• Inflation, rising prices, and funding for Great
  Society, cost of living tripled.
• Stagnant economy and an unpopular war.
• Nixon Vietnamizes the war in 1973. (540,000
  troops)
• My Lai and the Cambodia attacks create a negative
  image and protests.

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First Term and Re-election

• Twenty-sixth Amendment (vote _at_ 18)
• Détente (better relations with China and the
  Soviet Union), SALT, and Henry Kissinger
  (national security advisor).
• 1972 Democrat George McGovern was a liberal dove
  alienated the working class.
• With a peace is at hand statement, Nixon won
  with a landslide in 72 520 electoral votes to 17.

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Watergate and Impeachment

• Nixons paranoia led him to create the Plumbers
  unit of CREEP. June 17, 1972 five men arrested in
  Democratic headquarters with bugging equipment.
• Secretive, unethical, unlawful use of FBI, CIA,
  IRS, the enemies list, Vice President Agnew, and
  many resignations.
• Gerald Ford is appointed Vice President.
• The White House tapes, impeachment, resignation
  on August 8, 1974. Ford takes oath as the first
  un-elected President.

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Re-election and Detente
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Another End to the War!

• Secret bombings in Cambodia against Pol Pot and
  his regime.
• 1975 North Vietnamese move South and take over
  South Vietnam. Evacuation of remaining US
  citizens and 140,000 S. Vietnamese.
• Later some 500,000 S. Vietnamese arrive in the US
• 56,000 U.S. deaths, 300,000 injuries, and 118
  billion.

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Mr. Carter

• Bicentennial election with Ford (R) versus Carter
  (D). Carter won with a narrow victory.
• Positive diplomacy peace between Israel and
  Egypt, canal ownership to Panama, and relations
  open with Soviets.
• Negative diplomacy Cuban/Soviet troops in
  Africa, US supported Iranian government
  overthrown, SALT II talks halted because of
  Khomeini and the anti-American Muslims attack on
  the US embassy (hostages), Soviets attack
  Afghanistan (Soviets Vietnam).

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Jimmy Carter