HIST 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 29: Persian Gulf, Phyllis Schlafly, Operation Linebacker Ii
17 May 2016
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Chapter 29 the 1970s: toward a conservative america: the nixon years. War on poverty programs reduced: d tente. Nixon went to china and opened relations. Summits in beijing and moscow became known as d tente: nixon"s war. More bombs and mining because china was no longer a threat. My lai massacre william calley wiped out entire town. Hanoi regime never aimed to be any country"s satellite, and so was not really a victory for communism: the 1972 election. Pivotal shift to the right: watergate. Agents of creep: the wheels of justice. Carl bernstein and bob woodward uncovered connection to white house. Nixon v. u. s. made nixon surrender tapes. Soviets suspected giant right-wing conspiracy against nixon. War powers act limited president"s power to deploy troops. Freedom of information act protected privacy and access to federal records. Federal intelligence surveillance act prohibited domestic wiretapping without a warrant: battling for civil rights: the second stage.
