Unit+9+Class+1+-+Overview+of+the+Nixon+Era

For a review of this lesson, look at your textbook on pages 1012-1013. Some of the key things that we talked about in this class were:


 * The "Silent Majority"
 * Nixon's Southern Strategy
 * Liberal legislative reforms under Nixon
 * The difference in political ideology between liberals and conservatives
 * The impact of the Supreme Court on legislation and how a president can shape the Supreme Court (i.e. Nixon appointed three justices).
 * Judicial activism vs judicial review