Richard Nixon
he was the incumbent for the democrats and for the most part ran unopposed in 1972; put together the “Dirty Tricks” Organization, and they would play dirty tricks on candidates they didn’t want to run against until all the viable candidates dropped out (and all of the rumors were false). They did this to make sure that he would win by taking out all the democrats except the one he knew he could win against (McGowan)
Accomplishments
- Was a very paranoid person
- thought everyone was out to get him
- He believed that everything going on, those people were ruining out society
- He listened to the people
- Family assistance plan- food stamps, He wanted less federal control more local
- equal rights amendments- woman's rights. -never passed
- Set up state Committees - black and white equality
- Promised to end Vietnam war
- Expanded the war to Cambodia and Laos- Bombing Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Started pulling troops out of Vietnam
- Clean Air Act 1970
- War on drugs- 1971
- Title 9 -prohibiting gender discrimination in all federally funded schools
- Abortion was legalized/approved NASA's space shuttle program/opening relation with communist China during his presidency '
- mowdayzong
- Lowered the maximum U.S speed limit to 55 miles per hour
- took up out of the gold
Nixon went to USSR
- Went to Moscow
- SALT was signed-limited nuclar war
Civil Rights
- Did a lot to help segregation- 70% to 18%
- Environmental issues
Watergate
- Office/hotel complex
- Home to the democratic national headquarters
- 5 people were arrested for breaking and entering
- Nixon said he didn't know about it, but the people bugged the phone lines, one wasn't working, went back to fix it, got fixed
- There was a money trail
- The recorder they tried to tell them it was for confidential reasons
- Nixon got a way with it.
- Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward were the ones investigated the story
- "Deep Throat" told them to follow the money so they could tell who paid them
- CRED- Committee to re elect the pres ident
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