Nixon Domestic Policy Dates Flashcards
When is Nixon inaugurated?
January 1969
When does man land on the moon?
1969
When does Nixon request a wage and price restraint on television?
1970
When does the bugging of the White House begin?
February 1971
When does Nixon sign a Wage-Price Controls Bill
May 1971
When were the Pentagon Papers published?
June 1971
When was the Emergency Employment Act signed?
July 1971
When are the price freezes?
1971
When does Nixon dismiss the use of busing?
March 1972
When does Nixon enact legislation that devalues the dollar?
April 1972
When does the Watergate scandal begin?
June 1972
When does Nixon deny Watergate involvement?
August 1972
When does Nixon win reelection?
November 1972
When does Nixon take responsibility for Watergate?
April 1973
When does Agnew resign?
October 1973
When was the Saturday Night Massacre?
October 1973
When is it revealed that Nixon pays less than $1,000 in tax? (forced to pay back almost $500,000 in April 1974)
December 1973
When is the minimum wage increase by $2?
April 1974
When is the U.S vs Nixon ruling (8-0 Supreme Court decision that he has to turn over 64 tapes that disclose his knowledge of the Watergate cover up)?
July 1974
When does Nixon resign?
August 1974
How did Nixon’s make him appear alike the ‘ordinary man’?
interview programmes with the ‘ordinary man’ which also protected him from press questioning
How many police had Daley placed in Chicago in preparation for the Democratic Convention?
23,000
How many were at the Democratic Convention protesting it?
10,000
How much did the failure of the Democratic Convention increase Nixon’s lead in the polls by?
to double digits
