US HISTORYUnit 9 Week 3

Monday 4/28• Agenda

• Nixon T-chart exchange• Nixon and the end of Vietnam War notes• The Century video clip

• Homework: None

#13 Positive and Negative Aspects of Nixon

Positive Aspects Negative Aspects

Directions: 1. Partners choose either the positive or negative2. Read section 54.2-54.3 and find

positive/negative things done by Nixon3. Exchange info with your partner

Homework Review Nixon t-chart

• Swap info with your partner

• Below the chart, answer the question:

Why would Nixon’s policies be considered a blend (mix) of conservative and liberal? Give examples.

Give an example of Nixon’s blend (mix) of conservative and liberal domestic policies.

Liberal policies

- EPA

- Clean Air Act

- Occupational Safety & Health Administrations

- Increase in food stamps

Conservative policies

- appointing segregationist judges

- continue to bomb Cambodia/Laos

- gave more autonomy to states (New Federalism)

- cutting many Great Society programs

• Nixon’s support of/actions on Civil Rights was:

• 1. weak• 2. strong• 3. mixed

• “stagflation” refers to the unwelcome/bad combination of:

• 1. inflation and rising prices• 2. deflation and unemployment• 3. inflation and unemployment• 4. inflation and expansion

Can you answer the following?• Which of the following is NOT a reason Nixon won the

presidential election in 1968?

1. Nixon chose his VP (Agnew) to earn conservative/Southern votes

2. Lyndon Johnson had lost support of the public

3. Nixon appealed to the moderate/conservatives

4. Nixon promised to get the US out of Vietnam

Nixon and the “silent majority”

• Nixon portrayed himself as a figure of order & stability.• He appealed to the "silent majority” • =large group of conservatives who generally

supported the war but didn’t voice their beliefs in the 60s.

“Peace with Honor”- Nixon• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx3rt9IYtUM

• Peace with Honor= Just a reelection strategy?

• Bombing Cambodia & Laos

• “Vietnamization” (Nixon Doctrine)= pulling US troops, shift responsibility to S. Vietnam

Tuesday, April 29th • Discuss Century Video• HOT ROC- lessons from Vietnam• Dining Room Table Prep

Ending the War in Vietnam

• 1971-1975 Approaching the Apocalypse

1. Why did Ambrose call Nixon possibly the worst president for the time?

2. What was the reaction of the “silent majority” to anti-war protesters? (Kent State)

12:50-15:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cLvv5FH0FA

The War Ends

• Ho Chi Minh dies 1969• Negotiations w/ Le Duc Tho • 1973 Ceasefire declared• Paris Peace Accords

• troops out, bombing ends… war ends

Vietnam After the War

• Fighting continues• Communist takeover 1975• Hundred thousands of South

Vietnamese fled

• Believed to be a war that “nobody won”

What lessons were learned from Vietnam War?

Step 1. work in groups of three

Step 2. divide reading on textbook 53.6• Person A: reads the paragraph on Robert McNamara• Person B: reads the paragraph on William Westmoreland• Person C: reads the paragraph on David Horowitz

Step 3. together, discuss the question below

• What is the lesson that the writer takes from the war in Vietnam?• What kind of advice would the writer like to give on the war in

Afghanistan/Iraq?• Do you believe the writers’ lesson/advice is valuable? Why?

#14 HOT ROC- lessons from Vietnam

• What are the lesson(s) that Americans learned from the war in Vietnam?

*quote the writers when appropriate

SO… HOW DID AMERICAN FAMILIES FEEL ABOUT THE WAR IN VIETNAM?

Dining Room Table simulation

• Tomorrow we will be performing a simulation of a dinner at the Smith’s house in 1971.

• Roles:• Mom• Dad• Older son• Daughter• Daughter’s boyfriend• Younger Son• Grandpa• Visiting Vietnamese journalist

Welcome to the Smith Household, 1971

• You are a having dinner at the Smith house. During this time, the country is divided between Hawkes and Doves, Hippies and the Silent Majority, the haves and the have not’s. Smiths will be discussing at dinner because they are very interested in both foreign and domestic policy.

• You will be assigned a role to play. As you get to know your character, think about the following questions:

• 1. Should the U.S. continue to be involved in the war in Vietnam? • 2. What would victory mean in the war? • 3. How were America’s founding ideals influenced/affected by the war?

Use the packet and pages 675-679 to answer the questions based on your character’s POV

Block Day 4/30 & 5/1• Agenda

• Dining Room Table• Watergate and Nixon

• Reminders• Unit 9 Test, Tuesday 5/6

Character Name

Father- Harold Smith Reese W, Joseph, Alyssa, Fernando

Mother- Lucille Smith Heather, Reanna L, Athena

Grandpa- George Smith Vanessa V, Nic L, Diana C

Older Son- John Smith Brandon G, Peter S, Morgan, Genesis

Younger Son- Tommy Smith

Haley, Sebastian, Mia C

Daughter- Debbie Smith Marissa, Hanna, Jimi W

Boyfriend- Sam Young Luis Ortega, Lucy, Reagan, Jodi

Journalist- Ly Qui Chung Samantha C, Elaine, Mikaela, Natalie

Group Roles- 6th Period

Character Name

Father- Harold Smith Pierce, Kalvin G, Mackenzie D

Mother- Lucille Smith Aliana, Reyna C, Wendy S, Brooke

Grandpa- George Smith Chris M, Marcus, Bradley W

Older Son- John Smith Tomas, Maynard S, Jenna A, Tinashe

Younger Son- Tommy Smith

Gerardo G, Sam H, Daniel V, Cailin

Daughter- Debbie Smith Isabella K, Jenna C, Jackie M

Guest- Sam Young Eleanor, Trezhur, Owen

Guest- Ly Qui Chung Corinna L, Arlynda, Daniel C

Group Roles- 5th Period

• Step 1: Character background info (check notes and textbook); can add more

• Step 2: Examine evidence packet. Identify quotes and instances that would support your character’s beliefs.

• Step 3: Prepare arguments based on the table in your packet.

Simulation Procedures:• Step 4: Listen closely as each dinner table participant

makes an opening remark.• Step 5: Through questioning and discussion, draw out

information from the other participants.

Pre-Dinner Preparation:

• Step 6:

Questions for dinner discussion—

1. Should the U.S. continue to be involved in the war in Vietnam?

2. What would victory mean in the war?

3. How were America’s founding ideals influenced/affected by the war?

Dining Room Table1. Characters, make an opening remark

2. Discuss the following topics:• Should the U.S. continue to be involved in the war in Vietnam? • What would victory mean in the war? • How were America’s founding ideals influenced/affected by the

war?

*audience, fill all 8 in your notes

*actors are exempt from 4

characters (fill notes for 4)

Debrief• Which role from the dinner table conversation do you

most identify with? Which role do you least identify with? Why?

• Character Name• Father- Harold Smith• Mother- Lucille Smith• Grandpa- George Smith• Older Son- John Smith• Younger Son- Tommy Smith• Daughter- Debbie Smith• Guest- Ly Qui Chung• Guest- Sam Young

Friday 5/2• Agenda

• Checklist • HOT ROC- Nixon’s presidency (détente, impeach)• Watergate

• Reminder:• Unit 9 test on Tuesday• Unit 9 packet on Tuesday

HOT ROC: Nixon’s Presidency: New Vocab

•Choose a partner• Partner A: Détente (read pgs. 701-703)• Partner B: Impeach (read pgs 704-705)

•Discuss with the partner:1. Explain how the vocab is related to Nixon.

2. What are the events before & during détente/impeachment?

3. How do you judge Nixon’s presidency?

Watergate Scandal

What are the events (1972-1974) that led to Nixon’s resignation?

In what ways did the the scandal changed the public perception of the presidency/government?

Downfall of Nixon: The Watergate Scandal

http://www.history.com/topics/watergate

Phase 1- CREEP Phase 2- Did Nixon

Know? Phase 3- Battle for the

tapes Phase 4- The end

June 1972, five men carrying wiretapping equipment were arrested breaking into

the Democratic National Committee’s HQ located in the Watergate Hotel.

Watergate Burglars

PHASE 1. All five ‘burglars’ were connected to the

Committee for the Re-election of the President (CRP => CREEP).

Their job was to protect the Nixon administration, anyway necessary, legal

or not.

Howard HuntG. Gordon Liddyhttp://www.helmr.com/images/liddy.jpg http://media.keprtv.com/images/070124_Howard_Hunt.jpg

Hunt and Libby had arranged for the illegal wiretaps at the Democratic

HQ as part of their campaign of ‘dirty tricks’ against the rival party.

As election time was close, Nixon quickly arranged hush money for

the burglars and instructed the CIA to stop the FBI investigation, which

is an obstruction of justice.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/images/crook.jpg

Nixon managed to keep the lid on the incident and he is re-elected

(72’)

Meanwhile, Carl Bernstein and Bob

Woodward from Washington Post, begin to investigate CREEP.

Phase 2. Did Nixon know?In January 1973, All Watergate

burglars were found guilty. One of them began to talk about his White House connections.

In May, congressional investigation discovered that the Watergate break-in was linked to the White House. Bernstein and Woodward find out that CREEP had illegal slush funds, controlled by key white house aides.

Attorney General John Mitchell,controlled secret “slush fund.”

The guilty White House officials implicated President Nixon. During the testimony, it was discovered that Nixon had installed a secret taping system in the Oval office.

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall06/Weiner/IMGS/nixonsmen.gif

http://www.magazine.org/ASSETS/11AAAD4DFD224BCCBDEB0C4AD7B43A83/33a.jpg

Phase 3. Battle for the Tapes

Claiming executive privilege, Nixon refused to surrender the White House tapes. Under enormous pressure, he

eventually released some of the tapes. One of the tapes was suspiciously missing 18-minutes of

recording.

http://watergate.info/images/740429address.jpg

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/images/hblock11.jpg

Finally on June 23, 1974, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to

release the unaltered tapes. Lawyers were shocked to find

concrete evidence that the president had ordered the cover-up

of the Watergate break-in.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/12/19/1229689270212/Gallery-deepthroat-dies---010.jpg

http://video.anews.eu/videos_clips/theway/img/watergate2.jpg

By then, the House of Representatives had began to consider articles of impeachment, to remove the president from office.

http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2005/graphics/watergate3.jpg

Phase 4. The end Certain that he would be convicted

by the Senate, on August 9, 1974, Nixon became the first U.S.

president to resign from office.

http://cafamilytree.com/past/1970/headline.jpg

Gerald Ford swears in as President of the United States.

http://img.servihoo.com/kinews/AFP/SGE.DSI00.281206002935.photo00.quicklook.default-245x183.jpg

The next day, Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as president. (Spiro Agnew

resigned in 1973 for accepting “kickbacks” while governor of Maryland)

http://www.globalgeografia.com/attualita/img/spiro_agnew.jpg

A month later, Ford stunned the nation by granting Nixon a “full,

free, and absolute “pardon” for all offenses he had committed or might

have committed during his presidency.”

http://www.haisentito.it/img/_gerald-ford.jpg

President Ford took that action, he said, to spare the country the

agony of Nixon’s criminal prosecution. He felt the country

needed to move on.

http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/speechgfx/ford-pardons.jpg

What are the lesson learned from Watergate?

Form a group of 3 Read your paragraph on pg. 706-707

Person A: Detroit Free Press Person B: Lawrence Meyer Person C: Washington Post

Discuss: Summarize your findings to your group mates

Write down: Which lesson is most important? Why?

In Moscow, puzzled Soviets leaders could not understand, how a powerful

president could be forced to resign, because of what they viewed as a minor

offense.

President Nixon shaking hands with Soviet Premier Brezhnev.

http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/images/H60s.jpg

Soviet history knew no parallel. That was one lesson of Watergate –

that, in America, the rule of law prevailed. No one is above the law,

not even the president.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulhamby/2963265158/

A second lesson involved the constitutional separation of powers. As

commander-in-chief, Nixon asserted unlimited authority, excusing his

wiretapping. The president does not have absolute power due to checks & balances.

http://video.anews.eu/videos_clips/theway/img/watergate11.gif

Congress pushed back against the abuses of the Nixon administration, passing the War Powers Act (1973), limiting the president’s ability to deploy U.S. forces without congressional approval.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92971534@N00/157448527/

Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act (1974), protecting

privacy and access to federal records, and the Fair Campaign

Practices Act (1974), limiting and regulating contributions in

presidential campaigns.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/09/16/campaign.finance/campaign.finance.jpg

Lastly, Congress passed the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978),

prohibiting domestic wiretapping without a warrant.

http://www.illuminati-news.com/graphics/07-08/14/wiretapping.gif

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87362701@N00/341954487/

Watergate and Today

• What is the lasting impact of watergate?http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-16/watergate-scandal-changed-political-landscape/55639974/1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME9biwO-u2w

•Pew survey

Survey

Rate from 0 to 5 (0 being very untrue and 5 being very true)

• It is the federal governments’ job to manage the economy• It is the federal governments’ job to conserve natural

resources (energy reserves, national parks)• government does a good job managing its programs and

providing services • program run by government is usually inefficient and

wasteful

• I am angry with the government• I am frustrated with the government

• Discussion question:• Do you trust the government? Political leaders?

• What are your reasons?

Monday 5/5 agenda• Return glossaries• Test review