- Pick a major Nixon legislative proposal (e.g., FAP, the 1971 or 1974 health care bill). Explain its origins and fate. Why did Nixon support it? What happened to it? Did it lay the foundation for future legislation?
- Pick any member of the Nixon White House staff (e.g., Haldeman, Buchanan, Moyhihan). Why did Nixon pick that person? What was his or her job? In the long run, did the relationship work to the benefit or detriment of either person?
- Compare and contrast Nixon's policies on civil rights both with his public rhetoric and his private comments about African Americans. What accounts for the difference?
- Write on any relevant topic, subject to my approval.
Sources may include:
- Presidential documents
- Nixon Library
- Nixon Foundation
- Nixon-Buchanan Papers
- Nixon speeches
- Nixon recordings
- Nixon Tapes
The specifications:
- Essays should be typed (12-point), double-spaced, and no more than four pages long. I will not read past the fourth page.
- Please submit all papers in this course as Word documents, not pdfs.
- Cite your sources. Please use endnotes in the format of Chicago Manual of Style. Endnotes do not count against the page limit. Please do not use footnotes, which take up too much page space.
- Watch your spelling, grammar, diction, and punctuation. Errors will count against you. Return essays to the Sakai dropbox for this class by 11:59 PM, Friday, March 15. Papers will drop one gradepoint for one day’s lateness, a full letter grade after that.
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