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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He is well known for the escalation of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. He is the only US president to have resigned his office.
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How was Richard Nixon involved in the Vietnam War?
he helped the war end and helped us get all of are pows back from the north vietnams
What President Nixon do in 1972?
Term: January 20, 1969 - August 9, 1974
Political Party: Republican
Vice-President: Spiro Agnew (1969-1973), vacant (October-December 1973), Gerald Ford (1973-1974)
Major Domestic Policy: During Nixon's presidency on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Colonel Edwin Aldrin, Jr. were the first to walk on the moon. American's hesitated whether the Apollo program was helpful towards our country, but their hesitation dissipated as their patriotism increased. Also occurring during Nixon's presidency was the creation of the 26th Amendment which was proposed on March 20, 1971when American's stated that if an 18 year old can fight in the Vietnam war, then they should have the right to vote. The amendment was then ratified on June 30th and allowed for people from 18 years old to 21 to vote. Another amendment that was for "equal protection of all laws" under the 14th Amendment was also proposed, but failed when not all states supported it. Nixon also had issues of inflation during his presidency. He then got government control in order to decrease the inflation. Federal employees did not receive their pay raises until later, the gold standard was abolished which allowed for the dollar to rise and fall in the economy. The New Economic Policy was very successful and lasted up to 90 days. Congress then realized that passing a phase two was necessary in order to lower of rate of inflation by 2/3% in a year. Resulting from the Yom Kippur war, the countries that we received oil from cut off our supply due to the fact that we supported Israel, causing the United States to have an energy crisis. Gas stations began running out of gas and Congress came into a panic. The construction of the pipeline from Alaska was then devised, which linked the United States to the port of Valdez. The Watergate Scandal also occurred during Nixon's Presidency, and eventually led to his resignation. Once Nixon had tried to cover up burglars that were trying to get into the Democratic Headquarters, Nixon tried to cover it up in order to keep his administration looking good because these burglars had connections to him.
Major Foreign Policy: Nixon's plan was to train the southern Vietnamese known as Vietnamization, which would allow for the United States to withdrawal all of its troops. The number of troops present in Vietnam dropped from 549,000 during Johnson's presidency to 70,000 in April 1971 demonstrating that the plan was a success. There was still fighting occurring in Vietnam, but Nixon still kept to his word saying that by August 1972, all troops would be withdrawn from Vietnam. The peace agreement was then signed in January 1973 and all troops left North Vietnam by March 1973. North Vietnam took over South Vietnam turning them into a Communist government two years later. Nixon also created a better relationship with China when he lowered the restrictions on the immigration of Communist Chinese into the United States. Nixon had a formal talk with China, and ended 22 years of aggression between the United States and China. He stated "The primary goal of this trip was to reestablish communication with the People's Republic of China. We achieved this goal." Once he was done speaking with China, Nixon went to a conference with the USSR. The conference was focused at the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, and ended with both the United States and the USSR agreeing to limit the amount of missiles. This was a breakthrough that showed the nations were now at peace, and had a lower chance at starting a nuclear war.
Major Supreme Court Decisions:
• Roe vs. Wade (1973)-Held that the Texas law violated woman's rights under her due process rights when it stated a women could not get an abortion.
• U.S. vs. Richard Nixon (1974)-Held that the Supreme Court makes the final decision when determining constitutional issues, and not even the President can use his power over them.
Intellectual and Social Development:
• Nixon visited China in 1972 and in 1972 the SALT initiates. In 1973 the Paris Peace Accords was established.
• The Watergate scandal occurred, causing Nixon to resign in 1974.
• The Arab oil embargo occurred from 1973 to 1974 and a dramatic increase in inflation took place.
• The Televangelists mobilized evangelical Protestants.
• There was a rise in consumer and environmental protection movements.
• There was a gas shortage as gas stations began running out of gas.
Nixon's Legacy: Nixon's time in office is viewed as a crucial importance towards the development of the United States military, diplomatic, and political. He was known for being liberal, moderate, or conservative. He will always be remembered for his achievements in the controlling of nuclear weapons with the Soviet Union. . Despite the Watergate Scandal, Nixon's term was significant towards American History.
There were three specific charges that grew out of the Watergate cover up. They were drafted as articles of impeachment. (obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress)
watergate scandal or something like that
How was Nixon's Vietnam policy different from his predecessors?
LBJ hated the Vietnam War, it interferred with his "Great Society" plans, furthermore he didn't want to be the first US President to either start WWIII or lose a war! Consequently, he escalated the war slowly in the hopes that North Vietnam would "see the light" and stop fighting...after receiving partial elements of US FIREPOWER...a process called "escalating." LBJ knew full well that Red China had entered the Korean War in 1950 after the US invaded North Korea, therefore he would NOT invade North Vietnam. His process of a growing war, slowly began to destroy him, and his health began to erode, culiminating in his refusal to remain as commander in chief for another term.
Nixon was a fighter, bred from losing so many battles in the world of politics; commencing with his loss to JFK in 1960. Nixon was so battered, so toughened, so battle (political) experienced, he really didn't give a darn...he slyly engineered peace agreements with North Vietnam, Red China, and the Soviet Union...then sent mass waves of B52 Stratofortress bombers over the skies of North Vietnam and subjected them to maximum effort bombing! Nixon did "multi-tasking", he talked and bombed! Coupled with those bombings, he ordered invasions of Vietnam's neighboring countries Cambodia & Laos in 1970 & 1971; the '70 invasion erupted into violence in the US...the Kent State University shootings in Ohio on 04 May 1970. Nixon was on a mission! (And he succeeded!)
The primary purpose of president Richard Nixon's policy of detente was to?
The policy of detente, also known as the Nixon Doctrine, was created to relax tensions between the 2 superpowers, The Soviet Union and the United States.
Detente is a spanish word meaning "relaxation of tensions."
Why did president Nixon expand the war in Vietnam?
Nixon learned from Lyndon Johnson's mistakes, and successfully negotiated and end to the war in Vietnam. (The Paris Peace Accords) The only expansion of the war by Nixon was done to force the North Vietnamese to the negotiating table.
Also because the Ho chi minh trail had extended into those countries allowing them to move supplies and men without the threat of being bombed.
To destroy the communist snacturies in Cambodia where communists were hiding after attacks on south Vietnam which became worse after Sihanouk was overthrown because the North vietnamese may then have supported the Khmer rouge who would overthrow the current government and make it communist.
To prevent the build up south vietnamese forces which would make it harder to win battles against them and to improve ARVN moral and resassure them that the US were not abandoning them
At the 1956 Democratic National Convention, Kennedy was nominated for Vice President, for the presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson, but finished second in that balloting to Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. Kennedy received national exposure from that episode; his father thought it just as well that his son lost, due to the political debility of his Catholicism, and the strength of the Eisenhower ticket.
When was Richard Nixon resigned from presidential office?
In the summer of 1974 Richard Nixon faced mounting pressure because of the continuing discoveries of the Watergate scandal. His approval rating reached an all time low of 23%. Finally on August 9th, 1974 Richard Nixon resigned in order to avoid facing impeachment by the Congress.
What vice president served multiple presidents?
No vice-president has ever served more than 2 terms, Those that served 2 full terms are John Adams ( under Washington) , Daniel Tompkins (under Monroe) , Thomas Riley Marshall ( under Wilson) , John Nance Garner ( under FDR), Richard Nixon (Eisenhower), George Bush (Reagan), Albert Gore (Clinton) and Dick Cheney ( George W. Bush).
John Calhoun resigned with about three months left in his second term so that he could accept a Senate seat.
What were some of Richard M. Nixon accomplishmensts while president?
Although it's hard for many to get past watergate, Nixon's administration was actually one of the most accomplished of the 20th century.
I'll keep comments posted to specific events regarding his presidency, rather than prior or post.
Nixon opened foreign relations with china, he took america off the gold standard with relatively no disruption, he instigated price freezes and foreign tax increases to promote domestic growth, he established the EPA (the first specific environmental agency in the US), he reduced tensions with Russia most notably through SALT (strategic arms limitations talks), he won one of the biggest landslide presidential results, he managed to get out of vietnam with at least the thin appearance of having not lost the war and also secured the release of american POW's, although he was pro-desegregation he fought against forced busing (to manufacture racial balance in schools by forcing children to travel to schools upwards of 50 miles from where they lived) and perhaps his biggest accomplishment was achieving all this even with a democratic house and senate.
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Richard Nixon was 5 feet 11 inches tall. Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.
US President Richard Nixon was elected US President in 1968. He was reelected in 1972. Due to the Watergate scandal, Nixon was forced to resign.
In the kitchen debate Richard Nixon argued?
That the American system was designed to take advantage of new technology
What year was Nixon nominated for president?
Nixon was nominated for President for the first time in 1960. He was nominated again in 1968 and 1972,
What policy did President Nixon pursue in Vietnam?
Nixon used his strategy of Vietnamization. It called for gradually withdrawing US forces and turning the Ground fighting over to the South Vietnamese. However, Nixon also begun secret bombing raids of Cambodia, a country which borders Vietnam. This was meant to stop North Vietnamese troops and supplies from moving along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
When did president Gerald Ford pardon Richard Nixon?
Gerald Ford offers Nixon a "free and full" pardon on September 8th, 1974.
Ford released Proclamation 4311 on September 8, 1974 which gave Nixon a complete pardon for any criminal acts committed before his resignation.
What president uses the policy detente?
Detente' is actually a form of peaceful coexistence. It was pursued by all the US presidents after the death of Stalin. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was a proponent of this policy as well.
At what point during the impeachment process did President Richard Nixon resign?
Richard Nixon was not impeached. Three articles of impeachment (for abuse of power, obstruction of justice, and contempt of Congress) were drafted by Congress but the case never proceeded. Nixon resigned to make impeachment a moot point and Ford's pardon of Nixon made indictment impossible.
What did the investigation of Watergate reveal?
The president is held in check by the powers of Congress and the courts.
Where did Nixon live after he was president?
Richard Nixon had to re-build his credability following his resignation.
After a period of 'wallowing' and a serious illness, which with the media frenzy many people claimed he 'faked' the illness or was on a 'deathwish', Nixon very nearly did die, however made a full recovery and following this one of his 1st action was to visit China as a private citizen. This at the time was against the wishes of Ford, however Nixon was not an unpopular figure outside of the USA with many countries (Egypt, Russia, China, France etc.) incredulous that Nixon had been effectively forced to resign over what was in reality a very trivial matter.
Nixon spent the remainder of his life still largely active as an elder statesman of politics, providing useful council, particularly for Reagan and Bush Sr. and other presidents to follow.
He continued to visit foreign countries as a private citizen, however unofficially seen as a foreign dignitary with all honours and continued to do so often without the blessing of the then current administrations.
Nixon was also one of the few presidents to request all national security information available to the current president (which is a privilege extended only to previous presidents).
Richard Nixon also dedicated a significant part of his later life (post presidency) to writing his memoirs as well as books on his political policies and predictive world events. He was to prove very astute on some of his political predictions, including iran/contra as well as the fall of the soviet union (however Nixon did state he thought the Soviet Union had '50 years' left in 1980, however at the time he was one of a small number of politicians actually predicting the fall of the union.
Richard Nixon died in 1994 shortly after his wife's death.
