{"id":1868,"date":"2021-07-30T00:26:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T00:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/?post_type=chapter&p=1868"},"modified":"2022-05-20T18:34:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T18:34:54","slug":"introduction-to-nixons-presidency","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/chapter\/introduction-to-nixons-presidency\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Nixon's Presidency","rendered":"Introduction to Nixon’s Presidency"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do: describe the political and economic climate during Nixon's presidency<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7338\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"493\"]\"Photograph<\/a> Figure 1.<\/strong> Richard Nixon.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWhen a new Republican constituency of\u00a0White southerners and northern, blue-collar workers voted Richard Nixon into the White House in 1968, many were hopeful. In the wake of antiwar and civil rights protests, and the chaos of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, many Americans welcomed Nixon\u2019s promise to uphold law and order. During his first term, Nixon strode a moderate, middle path in domestic affairs, attempting with little success to solve the problems of inflation and unemployment through a combination of austerity and deficit spending. He made substantial progress in foreign policy, however, establishing diplomatic relations with China for the first time since the Communist Revolution and entering into a policy of d\u00e9tente with the Soviet Union.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: describe the political and economic climate during Nixon’s presidency<\/h2>\n
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Figure 1.<\/strong> Richard Nixon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

When a new Republican constituency of\u00a0White southerners and northern, blue-collar workers voted Richard Nixon into the White House in 1968, many were hopeful. In the wake of antiwar and civil rights protests, and the chaos of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, many Americans welcomed Nixon\u2019s promise to uphold law and order. During his first term, Nixon strode a moderate, middle path in domestic affairs, attempting with little success to solve the problems of inflation and unemployment through a combination of austerity and deficit spending. He made substantial progress in foreign policy, however, establishing diplomatic relations with China for the first time since the Communist Revolution and entering into a policy of d\u00e9tente with the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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