Complete Short History Discussion (PETERSON)

Instructions: Provide a comprehensive response to the question(s) below. Be sure to draft your response in your own words (do not quote verbatim from the textbook).

Assignment Question(s)

Using a minimum of 200 words (at least 3 to 6 sentences on EACH topic), address the following:

• Describe the events that fueled the anti-war sentiment in the Vietnam era. Explain Nixon’s steps to withdraw the United States from the conflict in South Vietnam.
• Explain the significance of the Watergate crisis.
• In what ways were the policies of Richard Nixon different from those of his Democratic predecessors John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson? How were Jimmy Carter’s policies different from those of Nixon?
• What events caused voters to lose faith in the political system and the nation’s leaders in the late 1960s and 1970s?