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**Chapter 13 – The Nixon Era**

 * I. PA History Standards**:


 * 5.2.12.E** How civic and political participation help attain individual and public goals
 * 5.3.12.C** Analyze causes of and solutions for conflict in society
 * 5.3.12.E** How civic and political participation help attain individual and public goals
 * 5.4.12.J** The role of media in political life
 * 8.1.12.C(3)** Historical interpretations of political leaders
 * 8.3.12.A(1)** U.S. since 1890: contributions of political leaders
 * 8.3.12.D(1)** U.S. since 1890: domestic instability
 * 8.3.12.D(5)** U.S. since 1890: military conflicts

Text book pages 443-451
 * Chapter 13, Part 1**: 1968 Election, Domestic Policy, and Stagflation

I. Objectives: • Identify the turbulence that made up the year of 1968 • Identify the candidates of the 1968 election and their party platforms • Explain why Nixon was not enthusiastic about domestic affairs • Identify “Silent Majority” and “Southern Strategy” and explain how they aided Nixon’s ascension to the White House. • Explain how Nixon failed at slowing the pace of desegregation and the civil rights movement.

II. Vocabulary: Richard Nixon ................Robert F. Kennedy ............George Wallace .............Eugene McCarthy Hubert Humphery ..........Henry Kissinger .................Southern Strategy ..........Silent Majority Stagflation.......................revenue sharing

III. Materials: Study Guide: Chapter 13 Section 1

Text book pages 451-460
 * Chapter 13, Part 2**: Nixon Foreign Policy

I. Objectives: • Explain Henry Kissinger’s key role in shaping foreign policy in the Nixon administration. • Identify the bold steps taken by Nixon to relax international tensions • Identify how and why Nixon reversed existing American policy toward the People’s Republic of China • Explain the initial steps toward arms control between the United States and the Soviet Union. • Explain the reason for student protests during the Nixon administration. • In what ways did Nixon fight back against the growing opposition to the war • Identify the Treaty of Paris, 1973 and describe the end of the Vietnam War. • Explain the War Powers Act, 1973

II. Vocabulary: Détente ...................ARVN ......Pentagon Papers .............My Lai Nixon Doctrine. .......SALT .......Operation Linebacker .......Kent State Mao Zedong ...........ABM ........Lt. William Calley ..............Henry Kissinger Jou En-lai ...............MIRV .......Shanghai Communique ....Vietnamization

III. Materials: Study Guide Chapter 13 Section 2

Text book pages 463-476
 * Chapter 13 Part 3**: Watergate

I. Objectives: • Describe the atmosphere of suspicion that existed in the Nixon White House • Explain that Nixon and his team went to extreme lengths to secure his reelection. • Identify the Pentagon Papers and their impact on the Nixon administration. • Explain that Nixon and his team went to extreme lengths to secure his reelection. • Describe Nixon’s efforts to cover up his involvement in the Watergate break-in and cover up. • Explain that Nixon’s involvement led to the likelihood of impeachment proceedings and thus his resignation.

II. Vocabulary: Pentagon Papers .................Daniel Ellsworth .........CREEP ........................“The Plumbers”......... G. Gordon Liddy Haldeman and Erlichman......E. Howard Hunt..........John Mitchell.................John Dean ................Spiro Agnew Woodward and Bernstein......"Deep Throat".............Executive Privilege ...... John J. Sirica.....Leon Jaworski Saturday Night Massacre .....Archibald Cox ............Smoking Gun ...............United States v. Nixon (1974) Freedom of Information Act (1974) ..........................Sunshine Laws

III. Materials: Chapter 11, Part 3 Study Guide Watergate Timeline


 * FILES AND LINKS**:

KENT STATE SHOOTINGS: [|**LINK**]

WASHINGTON POST WATERGATE: **[|LINK]**

THE FINAL REPORT: WATERGATE __**[|LINK]**__ Video Guide in MSWord __**The Final Report**__: Video Guide Questions

1. What are the burglars looking for? 2. Why do the members of the Committee to re-elect the president resorts to illegal activities? 3. What does the Nixon campaign hope to learn? 4. Why does the taped door cause so much of a concern? 5. What is Nixon paranoid about? 6. What are Nixon’s aids concerned that the press will find? 7. How important is Deep Throat to the Watergate story? 8. Does the White House know who’s leaking the information? 9. Who’s paying the burglar’s legal bills? 10. Did Nixon play any role in the Watergate break-in? 11. Why does Nixon dismiss his closest aides? 12. What did the President know and when did he know it? 13. What prompts the Committee to ask about listening devices? 14. Why is the President taping his conversation? 15. Why doesn’t Nixon destroy the tapes? 16. (on the 18-minute gap in the tapes) Was the tape deliberately erased? 17. Would the Senate have removed Nixon from office? 18. Who was Deep Throat?

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