Chapter 27: The Nixon Administration – Flashcards
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What was Nixon's goal regarding the Federal Government?
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To reduce the size of the federal government
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How did Nixon attempt to reduce the size of the federal government?
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He designed the New Federalism to distribute more power to state and local governments
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What was Revenue Sharing?
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It was a part of the New Federalism plan that allowed state/local governments to spend Federal Money however they saw fit.
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What did Nixon do away with in attempt to reduce the size of the federal government?
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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What did Nixon want to install?
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Law and Order
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Who wanted Nixon which led to his election in 1968?
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Silent Majority
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What was one of Nixon's promises during his campaign? What saying did it involve?
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To pull of the Vietnam war
"Peace with Honor"
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Peace with Honor
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A phrase U.S. President Richard M. Nixon used in a speech , to describe the Paris Peace Accord to end the Vietnam War.
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What methods did Nixon use to bring down his opponents in the 1968 election?
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1. wire taps
2. infiltrating "subversive groups" with FBI agents
3. IRS auditing
4. complied an enemies list of prominent Americans
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Who did Nixon appoint as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? What was its effect?
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He appointed Warren Burger which became overall more conservative than the Warren Court.
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What were the things Nixon did in his Southern strategy that were anti-civil rights?
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1. slowed down desegregating public schools
2. opposed extending the Voting Rights Act of 1965
3. tried to outlaw busing
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Who was Nixon's Vice President?
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Spiro T. Agnew
He was Southern
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What were 5 of Nixon's economic problems?
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1. Stagflation- inflation and unemployment rise quickly
2. Vietnam War and Great Society Programs
3. Other industrialized nations start to compete with U.S.
4. Baby boomers enter the work force in large numbers
5. OPEC- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries drove the oil prices up because of the U.S. supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur war.
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What was Nixon's main foreign policy?
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Détente- The easing of Cold War tensions
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Who was Nixon's secretary of state?
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Henry Kissinger Nixon
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What did Richard Nixon and Henry Nixon believe in?
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Realpolitik: dealing with nations in a practical and flexible manner. Deciding to deal with (negotiate or militarily engage) powerful nations, no matter what their political beliefs were.
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What is Nixon's goal with realpolitik?
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He wants to trade (lots of money) and a safer Asia
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What was Nixon's foreign policy regarding China?
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He formally recognized mainland China for the first time since 1949. He also visits China in 1972 on a goodwill tour to "normalize relations" and also to exploit tension between them and the U.S.S.R.
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What was Nixon's foreign policy regarding Moscow?
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He visits there and signs the S.A.L.T. 1 treaty which was a 5 year limit on ICBM's and sub-based missiles.
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How did Americans feel about Nixon's negotiating with Moscow?
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They were upset
