We talked about the points for the presentations.
Key term blog assignment this weekend.
President Johnson.. Conintued..
The Great Society
Medicare bill- old people get health care insurance
Gun control act of 1968 regulates the fiearms industy and firearms owners. Passed in response to the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK.
Johnson and Vietnam
The Vietnam Conflict dominated much of Johson's presidency
Believed in Domino Theory- one country falls into communism and then all of them eventually will
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)- Congress gave Johnson pwoer to wage war in Vietnam as he saw fit.
1968 Election
Johnson could have ran again but did not.
he was tired from the vietnam war.
President Richard Nixon (R)- 37th 1969-1974
Vice President of Eisenhower
Lost 1960 election to JFK
the only person to be elected twice to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency
Only President to resign from office
Ran against Herbert Humpfry in 68
"Checkers" speech - checkers was his dog
scandal
ended the draft from WWII and it became volunter
friends with China- opened relations with communist china
lots of accomplishments- desegregated classes in the south
president that saw the mose desegregation happen
faught against foreign oil price
Richard Nixon vs. Hubert Humphrey Vs. George Wallace
"Silent Majority"- lots of protestors for the vietnam war
silent majority need to stand up and speak their minds
Nixon's Presidental Accomplishments
Vietnam Conflict dominated much of his presidency war became very unpopular
promised to end the war- "Peace with honor"
presidents never wanted to be the first to win the war
Expanded the war to Cambodia and Laos- bombing Ho Chi Minh Trail
Started pulling troops out of Vietnam as promised
THe Nixon Doctrine- "Vietnamization" of the war
Paris Peace Accords signed in 1973 stopped the fighting and got the US out of the war
Enviornmental Decade
Nation Environmental Policy Act
Clean Air Act of 1970
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Established many government agencies: Encironmental Protection Agency, and Occupational Segety and Healt Administration and the Council on Environmental Quality
War on Drugs- 1971
Supplemental Security Income- provides $$ to low income people who are either aged blind or disabled
saw large scale integration of schools in the south
supported affirmative actions- AA getting jobs and going to college
Signed Tiele IX prohibiting gender discrimination in all federally funded schools
Equal Employment Opporunity Act-enforces laws against workplace discrimination based on an individuals race, color, national orgin, relgion, sex, age, percieved intelligence and disablity.
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