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| What was the purpose of Nixon's New Federalism | distribute fed. power to state and local govn't |
| How did the relationship between the federal and state governments change with the implementation of revenue sharing | fed govn't stopped telling state and local govn't how to spend their money |
| How did Nixon propose to modify welfare with his Family Assistance Plan? | neither party liked it; every family of 4 w/o income would receive $1,600 p/year w/ up to $4,000 supplemental income; unemployed have to take job training and accept any reasonable work |
| In what ways did Nixon both strengthen and weaken fed programs | increase: fed spending for social programs, Soc security, Medicare, Medicaid, availability of food stamps; vetoed funding for Housing & Urban Development; impounded program funds; abolished Office of Economic Opportunity |
| What were the two promises that Nixon had made to American people during the campaign | end war in Vietnam; mend divisions within American public |
| What and who did Nixon use to implement his law and order policies | full resources; not always legal; wire tapped left-wing people and Dem party at Watergate; CIA investigated people and compiled an "enemy list"; used IRS tax returns to monitor people; Spiro Agnew was his "attack dog" |
| What was Nixon's "Southern Strategy" and why did he feel the need to implement such a strategy | tried to attract Southern conservative Dems; appealed to unhappiness w/ desegregation policies and liberal Supreme Court; promised to name a Southerner to the court |
| Why had many Democratic voters in the South become potential Republican supporters y 1968? | disillusioned by the part; too liberal (Great Society and civil rights); supported George Wallace in 1968 election (Conservative) |
| What two actions did Nixon take to delay integration in an appeal to white voters | delayed integration of schools in SC and MI; opposed Voting Rihts Act of 195. |
| Why did Nixon attempt to stop school busing | attempt to integrate, but a long commute; he wanted to win support from Southerners |
| What was Nixon's approach to choosing Supreme Court Justices | he appointed 4 conservative judges to try and make the court more conservative |
| What is stagflation | a state of high inflation and high unemployment |
| What factors contributed to the rise of stagflation | deficit spending for war and social programs led to inflation; increase international trade competition new workers (women and baby boomers); dependency on foreign oil |
| What happened to oil prices in 1974 as a result of the Yom Kippur War? | quadrupled b/c OPEC cut off oil sales and when they resumed sales they quadrupled the price |
| How did Nixon try to combat stagflation | price and wage controls |
| Who was Henry Kissinger | Nixon's secretary of State |
| what is realpolitik | foreign policy should be based on consideration of power instead of ideals/morals |
| How was realpolitik different from previous American policy | no longer believed in confrontational containment party |
| What is "detente" and how did Nixon demonstrate this in 1972? | a policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions; Nixon visited Communist China |
| Why did Nixon decide to change American policy toward China | wanted good relations with China because it would eventually help when negotiating w/Soviet Union |
| How did Nixon's trip to China change the US' relationship with China | opened up diplomatic and economic relations; agreed neither would control the Pacific; Science and cultural exchanges |
| What was the agreement reached with SALT I treaty? | limited number of ballisitic missiles and submarine missiles that could be launched to 1972 levels |
| What events helped Nixon get re-elected in 1972? | foreign policy triumphs with China and USSR; peace in Vietnam |
