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Section 1
A Divided America -Nixon determined to make America more conservative -Decrease size of government -New Federalism (give power back to states) -Revenue sharing -Allow states to spend fed'l money however they saw necessary -Reform welfare -Tried to eliminate Job Corps
Law and Order Politics -Nixon promised to end the social unrest / rioting -Wanted to appoint conservative judges -Strict constructionists -“Cracked down” on crime -Used FBI and CIA to investigate people -Sometimes political opponents
A Troubled Economy -Government was in debt -Vietnam War, Great Society -By 1970àrecession -High inflation, high unemploymentàstagflation -Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) -Raised oil prices, cut exports -Nixon froze wages and prices
Nixon’s Foreign Policy -Realpolitik -Foreign policy should be based solely on power -NOT morals, ideals -Ignore weaker countries -Promoted by Kissinger -Détente -Easing of Cold War tensions -Feb. 1972àNixon visits China -Tried to improve relations -May 1972àNixon visits USSR |
