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Nixon Project

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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VIETNAMIZATION

  • Nixon's policy to end involvement in the war
  • Trained the South Vietnamese forces
  • Wanted the South to take control of the war
  • Nixon hoped it would enable them to withdrawl U.S. from the war
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DETENTE

  • Easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation
  • Name given to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union
  • Took decisive form when Nixon visited the secretary-general of the Soviet Communist party
  • He became the 1st US president to visit Moscow
  • He signed seven agreements while there, including SALT
3.

STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS TREATY (SALT)

  • Were 2 rounds of bilateral talks involving the U.S. & Soviet Union
  • SALT I led to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
  • SALT II led a treaty the U.S. Didnt ratify
  • The U.S. withdrew from SALT II in 1986 due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
4.

NIXON'S VISIT TO CHINA

  • First president to go to china in the last 25 years
  • Created a vast shift in Cold War balance
  • Nixon claimed it was the week that changed the world
  • Improved relations with China and the Soviet Union
5.

WATERGATE SCANDAL

  • 5 men for arrested for breaking into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate complex
  • The FBI connected cash found on the burglars to a slush fund used by the CRP
  • It was revealed that President Nixon had a tape-recording system in his offices
  • Facing near impeachment, Nixon resigned in 1974
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THE END

  • Makenzie Grill
  • Chase West
  • Derek Wells

Makenzie Grill