Although he had run on a conservative platform, Richard Nixon's administration continued some of the liberal programs of his predecessors and created new social legislation. Were his actions contradictory and why did he embrace some liberal programs? 4 page essay *Donaldson, The Making of Modern America: The Nation from 1945 to the Present, Chapter 8, "Out of the 1960s and Into the 1970s," pp. 185-202 • Anderson, The Sixties, Chapter 7, "The Climax and Demise of the Sixties," "Legacies," pp. 177-213 • Schulman, The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics, Chapter 2, "E Pluribus Plures," Chapter 3, "Plugging In," Chapter 4, "The Rise of the Sunbelt and the Reddening of America,".