02 nixon foreign and domestic policy
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Richard Nixon’s Domestic and Foreign
Policies
Southern Strategy 1968 –
70% of black studentsin south
1972 – 18% of black students in South
Food Stamps
Social Security
A Bit of Liberalism
Social Security – increase by 10%
OSHA – Decreases workplace fatalities by 60% over the first 30 years
OccupationalSafety andHealthAdministration
Philadelphia Plan – government contractors
Responsive to women’s rights -Brought sexual discrimination issues under
the Civil Rights Act -Increased hiring goals for women
Affirmative Action
1970 – Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
1973 – Drug Enforcement Administration
Supreme Court Justices – Nixon filled 4 openings with conservative judges – Rehnquist
Conservatives and Miranda
Conservative Moves
REALPOLITIK
KISSINGER
FOREIGN
Basing foreign policy on national interest
No longer based on broad principles like containment
Each foreign policy issue by itself, What is in the best interest of the U.S.
Realpolitik
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Effort to curb recent arms developments
ABM Defense systems
1969 - 1972
SALT I
Yom Kippur War - 1973 Shuttle Diplomacy
Egypt and Syria attack Israel
1973 OPEC Meeting
By 1973 – U.S. dependedOn foreign sources for 1/3 of its oil
Ping Pong Team in China
Visit to China
Letter from China to Nixon
Letter from Nixon to China
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