5.3.13

Richard Nixon (1969-1974)(R)

Background:

Election

1968- against Humphrey (Johnson VP) and Wallus
Nixon won
issuse with civil rights
Vietnam war would be ended
Nixon had 43% - overall
Nixon had 58.6%-Shelby County
Wallus took some of Nixon states
1972- against McGovern
blow-out (red country)
staged election?
Dirty Tricks- played dirty tricks on the Democratic candidates
One time dirty tricks sent flower, pizza, and chicken delivery people to a motel where a Mustagey fundraiser, so he had to pay for them and run out of money.

Accomplishment

Took control of the war in Vietnam, and took all the troops out
He had "Vietnamization" the war, we are pulling out and letting the Vietnamze fight it.
Expanded the war to Cambodia and Laos bombing Ho Chi Minh Trail, which caused hating on Nixon.
He ending the war by extended the war
Young people hated him because of this
He was good with environment and helped it out a lot.
He started the space shuttle program
We landed on the moon! July 20th 1969.
went to china and taught peace
War on Drugs- (1971)
helped alot of poor people
last president to deal with segregation in school.
he also helped women, women started to protest
Title 9- required high school and college to show do gender favoritism
Equal Employment Opportunity- enforces laws against workplace discrimination based on an individual's race, color, religion, sex, age, perceived intelligence and disability.
Roe v. Wade- abortion was legalized during Nixon's presidency
Nixon went to Soviet Union in Moscow, SALT was signed liminting nuclear weapons
70's was a era where things got better

Scandals-

Water Gate- a office/hotel complex, Democratic National Committee
On June 17, 1972, a group of guys broke into water gate, and tried to get photographs and install listening devices
They were trying to find dirt or important information on the Democrats so they won the election
They were caught the second time
Bob Woodward and Bernstein would not let the story go, and keep it going and investing
They got the information, from former employees
The reporters almost gave up until the got a informative that gave him information
The informative was Mark Felt who worked for the CIA
Richard Nixon was paranoded
He tried to cover up the investigation, which is illegal \
He resigned to save the country
Last day August 9th, 1974
He thought everyone was out to get him down

Gerald Ford

His name was Leslie Lynch King
His parents were separated two weeks after his birth
He took his step father name
He went to Michigan and played football and turned down the Pros to go into Politics
was vice president for Nixon then appointed President when Nixon resigned

Assassination:

He liked the people so he went and shook hands and noticed a lady with a gun
Her friend Charles he was arrested because he was accused of killing a actress and she wanted to get him around
Sarah Jane Moore, Ford was getting done with a speech, and she tried to fire at her head, but Sercet Service grabbed the gun

Election:

Accomplishments

Ford didnt care about gender, race, culture
Ford told Nixon to do segregation
They think Ford was
He lived for 93 years, and lived longest than any other president
crime rate went down
Pardoned Nixon "corrupt bargain"
Offered contitional amnesty program for Vietnam war draft dodgers who had fled to countries such as Canada
"Whip Inflation Now" called for Americans to reduce their spending and conumpstion in an attempt to stop inflation
Education for Handicapped Students were added into the all schools
Continued denente with the USSR
Ford wanted to help Vietnam when North Vietnam invaded in1974 but Congress refused
By April 1975, all of Vietnam became communist

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