HIST 1378 TTh 2:30-4 PM Lecture 24Outline of Last Lecture The Modern Civil Rights Era (cont.)o Liberal Backlash, post 1965 Northern Rage: Malcolm X Black Power/ Black Panthers Poor People’s Campaign The Assassination of KingOutline of Current Lecture 60s Backlash and The Age of Nixono Foreign Policy “Vietnamization” and Kent State Ending the War Arms Saleso At Home “Law and Order”? Evil Liberals Oil Crisis Welfare and Environment These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o The Legacy The Imperial President The Last Liberal?Current Lectureo Foreign Policy “Vietnamization” and Kent State- Nixon’s Idea: take American soldiers out of the Vietnam War to make the South Vietnamese responsible for their own war.- As a result, this actually increases the war - America invaded Cambodia, led to violent students protests such as Kent State in Ohio (4 kids were killed, 11 were shot) Ending the War- Everyone wanted the war to be over with- Watergate Scandal - People broke into Democrat’s office and stole information (campaign documents); Nixon administration tried to cover this over; Nixon was about to be impeached, but he resigned ahead of time- Nixon ends the war Arms Sales- Nixon sold weapons, but were not choosy in who to sell too; ended up selling arms to countries with conflictso At Home “Law and Order”?- Nixon wanted to restore conformity of America, supported McCarthyism and blamed liberals for all the problems Evil Liberals Oil Crisis - Many Arab countries put an embargo on their oil- This ended up increase the price of many other products Welfare and Environment o The Legacy The Imperial President- Nixon was one of the most hated presidents, but his administration seemed more like an empire/ monarchy The Last
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