Chapter 35 - Nixon and the Arms and Space Races

Vietnam

Vietnam

Election of 1972- Immediate withdrawal from ________ + guaranteed income.

Nixon

________ administration- Successful foreign policy BUT domestic issues.

1972

Watergate Scandal

South

Democratic → Republican

AA

Republican → Democratic

1957

USSR launches Sputnik

1971

SALT I (limit deployment + missile production)

SALT II

Limit missile launchers

1969

Neil Armstrong on the moon

Election of 1972

Immediate withdrawal from Vietnam + guaranteed income

1972

Men broke into Democrat HQ

Bob Woodward + Carl Bernstein

Investigative reporters

"Plumbers"

Prevent press leaks (wiretapping)

1974

Nixon impeached + resigned

1972

Leaked by Daniel Ellsberg

"Smoking-gun tape"

Nixon told CIA to get FBI to stop Watergate investigation

1974

Gave speech to Americans

1974

Pardoned Nixon → Very unpopular

Nixon administration

Successful foreign policy BUT domestic issues

Richard Nixon

The 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974

Southern Strategy

Republican Party electoral strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans

Revenue Sharing

Distribution of part of the federal tax income to states and municipalities

Environmental Protection Agency

An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment

Vietnamization

Acquisition or imposition of elements of Vietnamese culture, in particular the Vietnamese language and customs

Henry Kissinger

A German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford

Sputnik

A Russian artificial satellite

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

Cold War superpowers dealt with arms control in two rounds of talks and agreements

Hydrogen Bomb

A nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light nuclei at high temperatures to form helium

Multiple Individually Targeted Reentry Vehicle

An exoatmospheric ballistic missile payload containing several warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit a different target

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

An independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research

Apollo Missions

The third United States human spaceflight program carried out by NASA, which succeeded in preparing and landing the first humans on the Moon from 1968 to 1972

George McGovern

An American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election

Watergate

A political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice

Pentagon Papers

Study of US involvement in Vietnam

G. Gordon Liddy

An American lawyer, FBI agent, talk show host, actor, and convicted felon in the Watergate scandal as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit during the Nixon administration

John Dean

Known for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal and his subsequent testimony to Congress as a witness

White House Tapes

Audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff, produced between 1971 and 1973

Gerald Ford

An American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and was the only president never to have been elected to the office of president or vice president