Guiding Questions for Text

Guiding Questions for Text

The American People

Pages 1015-1021

Vocabulary:

welfare state
"Eastern establishment"
partisan
CREEP
perjury
constitutional mandate
"smoking gun"

What was the Republican agenda in 1968?
What were the issues and what were the constraints upon these?
What was the economic climate and what caused it?
In what ways did the economic situation support the changes desired by the Republican agenda
In what ways did Nixon deal with detractors? And who were these detractors?
From whom and how did Nixon seek support?
What actions were undertaken to ensure that Nixon would be reelected in 1972?
Who were involved in these actions? What was the role of each?
How was "Watergate" discovered?
List the events that led to Nixon's resignation.