10.4 The Nixon Presidency

China

Under communist Rule and was visited by Nixon in his first term

School busing

An effort to integrate public schools by mixing students from different neighborhoods

Environmental Movement

Efforts by citizens at the grassroots level to demand that political leaders enact laws and develop policies to curtail pollution, clean up polluted environments, and protect pristine areas and species from environmental degradation.

Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)

Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States (1969-1974) after previously serving as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from California. After successfully ending American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with the U.S.S.R. and China, he became the only President to ever resign the office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

In this 1971 Supreme Court Decision, the court ruled that, even though the schools in the district worked out to be only minimally integrated because of the full black or white neighborhood, the schools had to be integrated based on the percentage of blacks in the whole district, meaning that blacks had to be bussed over great distances to integrate schools that naturally sat in all white neighborhoods. This cause a great push-back from middle America, who saw the end of the neighborhood school

Denate

policy that sought to ease the tensions that existed between the US and these nations through diplomacy rather than intimidation or force

New Federalism

system in which the national government restores greater authority back to the states

Watergate Scandal

A break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex in Washington was carried out under the direction of White House employees. Disclosure of the White House involvement in the break-in and subsequent cover-up forced President Nixon to resign in 1974 to avoid impeachment.

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

Federal agency created in 1970 to oversee environmental monitoring and cleanup programs