#1: In what ways did Nixon’s domestic policies
appeal to Americans’ racial and economic fears, and
in what ways did he positively address problems like
inflation, discrimination, environmental degradation,
and worker safety?
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Sources of Stagnation
Nixon on the Home Front
A New Team on the Supreme Bench
The Arab Oil Embargo and the Energy Crisis *
#2: What were Nixon’s fundamental goals in waging
the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1973? Did he
achieve them? Why did the secret bombing and
invasion of Cambodia cause such a furious reaction
by Congress and the public?
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Nixon “Vietnamizes” the War
Cambodianizing the Vietnam War
Bombing North Vietnam to the Peace Table
Secret Bombing of Cambodia | War Powers Act
Defeat in Vietnam *
#3: Was the Nixon-Kissinger foreign policy of
détente with the Soviet Union and engagement with
Communist China fundamentally a great success?
What were its major accomplishments, and what
were its limitations? *
#4: How did Nixon fall from the political heights of
1972 to his forced resignation in 1974? What were
the political consequences of Watergate?
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The Nixon Landslide of 1972
Watergate Woes
The Great Tape Controversy
The Unmaking of a President *
#5: How did both Republican and Democratic
administrations of the 1970s attempt to cope with
the interrelated problems of energy, economics, and
the Middle East? Why were they so largely
unsuccessful in addressing these concerns?
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The First Unelected President
Feminist | Civil Rights
Carter’s Humanitarian Diplomacy
Economic and Energy Woes
Foreign Affairs | Iranian Imbroglio *