Lyndon Johnson
The Great Society, lots of educational funding, reduce crime with regulation to firearms
Vietnam War, believed in Domino Theory, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (Congress gave Johnson power to wage war in Vietnam as he saw fit), tet offensive
1968 election, Johnson chose not to run
Richard Nixon
VP of Eisenhower, lost 1960 election to JFK
only person to be elcted twice to both Presidency and VP and only president to resign
promised to end Vietnam War "peace with honor"
accused of accepting $ while running for VP, said he only accepted a dog
improved our relations with the Soviet Union and China
the Watergate Scandal, democratic headquarters, republicans broke in to get dirt on them, suspected prostitution ring, Nixon resigned instead of going through an impeachment
1968 election, Nixon, Humphrey, Walace. Nixon won pretty easily. close popular vote between Nixon and Humphrey.
Nixon was a paranoid person "black panthers" called himself "law & order" president. wanted the silent majority to speak up or risk the US breaking apart.
wanted to win Vietnam War by expanding the war to Laos and Cambodia, bombing Ho Schi Minh Trail. bomb until they give in, no, they outlasted us until we pulled out.
The Nixon Doctrine, "Vietnamization" of the war
Paris Peace Accords signed in 1973, stopped the fighting and got the US out of the war
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