Nixon (1969-74)

Question 1

why did the American independent party win 5 southern states in the 1968 election?

Answer 1

Johnson passed the civil rights acts for the democrats and the republicans were also united on this matter

Question 2

why did the democrats lose the 1968 election?

Answer 2

• Johnson and the democrats blamed for the Vietnam war
• democrats lost the youth vote as Humphrey was middle aged with old values
• assassination of Kennedy and king scared people
• democrats shut out and arrested students and anti war people at the democratic convention

Question 3

who did Nixon appeal to in the 1968 election?

Answer 3

• the silent majority with traditional values that were scared of the hippies and protest groups seen on tv

Question 4

how much did CREEP set aside for dirty tricks?

Answer 4

350k

Question 5

who were CREEP and how many of them were arrested for the Watergate scandal?

Answer 5

• committee for the reelection. of the president (controlled the Whitehouse)
• 5 were arrested

Question 6

what happened in the 1972 Watergate scandal?

Answer 6

• CREEP broke into democrat office and patted bugs
• Nixon won by landslide in 73
• Nixon admitted top advisors Ehrlichman and alderman were involved
• Supreme Court ordered tapers from Oval Office to be handed over after Nixon cut and edited them
• Nixon found guilty and resigned in 1974

Question 7

what was the aftermath of the Watergate scandal?

Answer 7

Nixon the only president to ever reign ion 1974

• republican reputation ruined
• no one trusts politicians

Question 8

what was the cause of the oil crisis?

Answer 8

• jews had Israel after ww2 but Palestine was supported by Egypt and syria for the oil
• US backed Israel against the arab countries
• caused embargo from arab oil company hitch was problem. as US wasn’t producing enough oil anymore

Question 9

what were the effects of the oil crisis?

Answer 9

• price of oil per barrel increase from $3-$12
• shortage at gas station caused queue and closures on Sundays
• emergency petroleum allocation act of nov 1973 set price and speed limits
• also affected Europe in a similar way

Question 10

what were his domestic achievements?

Answer 10

• conservative so appealed to “middle America”
• few civil rights apart from employing 13 black congressmen
• family assistance plan gave grants to poor families (rejected)
• more spending on programmes for great society

Question 11

what was the family assistance plan?

Answer 11

• tried to give poor families payment of $1600 but rejected by congress
• but did increase spending on social programmes from Johnsons great society