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Richard Nixon, Cultural Upheaval, and Cold War
 * Republican and "Hawk"
 * Former U.S. President
 * Middle of Roader on domestic policy
 * Chosen since Democratic Party was divided
 * Pleased Goldwater Conservatives
 * Called for victory in vietnam, strong anticrime policies
 * Won election with 301 electoral votes, and 43.4 percent of the popular tally for 1968 presidency
 * Beat Hubert Humphrey who was scorched by LBJ brand and his policies

__Cultural problems__
 * Undefined values
 * Church-going decreased
 * Skepticism about authority
 * Protests against established authority(ex. Berkley at UCal)
 * Counterculture-against american ways
 * Mattachine Society-gays and lesbians for sexual tolerance
 * Students for Democratic Society-organized underground riots "weathermen"
 * Upheaval due to the Three P's
 * 1) Youthful population bulge
 * 2) Portest against racism/war
 * 3) Belief of Permanence of Prosperity
 * 70's they had their own kids, war ends, civil rights movement falls silent, and end of economic stagnation
 * Young people looked for jobs in society rather than against it

__Cold War__
 * Soviet Leader Khruschev met with Kennedy, threatens a treaty with East Germany that would cut off western access to Berlin (June 1961)
 * Berlin Wall (starts August 1961)
 * Soviet install nuclear missiles in Cuba (Cuban Missile Crisis)
 * U.S. naval quarantine on Cuba and demands removal of weaponry(October 1962)
 * ANy attack from Cuba would be considered from Soviets, Nuclear retaliation
 * Compromised, pulled missiles, U.s pulled theirs from Turkey and stopped quarantine
 * Nuclear race when U.S. found out they were ahead
 * Moscow-Washington "hot line" permitted teletype commun. in case of crisis





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