Today, in class, we got our blog assignments. IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS 1979, correct me if I'm wrong.
tricky dicky Nixon
War on Drugs-1971, first president to do so.
Supplemental Security Income-Provided money to low income people who are either old, blind or disable.
He saw large scale integration of schools in the south.
He supported affirmative action.
He signed Title IX in 1972, which prohibited gender discrimination in all federally funded school.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act enforces laws against workplace discrimination based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, perceived intelligence and disability.
Abortion was legalized during his presidency.
US astronauts landed on the moon in 1969.
Nxon approved the development of NASA's space shuttle program.
He opened relations with China. One of the main reasons we won the Cold War was because The USSR didn't have a good relationship with China.
The SALT treaty was signed in Moscow. The STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was signed which banned the development of systems designed to intercept incoming missiles.
This led to a new era of peaceful co-exsistence with the USSR.
Apparently Nixon rigged the 1972 election. He went through the list of Democrats and picked the guy that would be the least likely to win the election, George McCuhalsdfsdkgja. The dirty tricks campaign were middle school and high school type pranks on political figures, especially the one who was the biggest threat to Nixon. Edward Musky.
He supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War in 1973 when Israel was attacked by Egypt and Syria.
This led to the 1973 oil cristis. He lowered the Max US speed on highways to 55 mph.
Watergate. Five men were caught breaking into the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel to find dirt on them and embarrass them on the election. Two Washington Post reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward investigated the story. They relied on an FBI informant known as "Deep Throat" to link the men to the Nixon White House.
This ecame one of a series of scandalous acts involving the Committee to Re-Elect the President. Nixon denied at first and called this story biased and misleading. The FBI confirmed that Nixon had aides attempt to sabotage the Democrats. He later resigned.
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