Nixon's America

Question 1

vietnamization: 1968

Answer 1

• plan to gradually withdraw troops from Vietnam
• 25,000 troops come home in the first year
• “peace with honor”
• no real time table to withdraw (it will take a total of 7 years)

Question 2

detente

Answer 2

• did not attempt to use with Iran
• cooling of tensions with countries you don’t get along with
• talking with your enemies
• 1972 - nixon is the first president to meet with communist China
• no treaties signed with China. But trip is monumental with cooling tensions with China
• 1962 - Nixon meets with Soviet Union
• treaty is signed - SALT I - limiting nuclear weapons in both the US and USSR
• first real nuclear treaty signed with the Soviet Union

Question 3

watergate

Answer 3

• 1972 - nixon is going for re-election as president
• nixon was very paranoid of others
• Nixon orders the bugging of the Democratic Headquarters (Nixon is a republican)
• nixon’s men are caught breaking in - arrested - sent to jail
• 1974 - news surfaces of a possible cover-up
• nixon refuses to cooperate
• tapes surface of all of nixon’s conversations - including watergate
• nixon is on the verge of being impeached
• august 1974: nixon is the first president to resign while in office

Question 4

remember this…

Answer 4

be careful what you get remembered for. nixon did a lot of good things, but will forever be remembered for the watergate scandal and disgrace

Question 5

nixon attempted to bribe the __

Answer 5

watergate burglars