Ch. 25 Sec 1
1. How did Nixon rely on handpicked “team players / yes men” to develop his policies and advise him?
2. Who were John Ehrlichman, H.R. Haldeman, John Mitchell, and Henry Kissinger?
3. What is deficit spending? Why was Nixon considering this Keynesian tactic?
4. What is OPEC? How did their embargo to the U.S. lead to a recession in 1973?
5. What was the basis of Nixon’s legislative program known as the New Federalism?
6. What was Nixon’s “southern strategy”? How did this slow down integration and the advancement of civil rights?
7. How were Nixon’s views apparent in his handling of Supreme Court appointments? How did his presidency eventually reshape the court with his nominees that did get confirmed?
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
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