Today we're talking about Nixon.
37th: 1969-1974.
Vice- President of Eisenhower. Lost in 1960 election to JFK. The only person to be elected twice to be elected twice to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency. Only President to resign office. "I'm not a crook" Pull troops out of Vietnam.
"Dirty Tricks" Pit these people against each other and not worrying about election. Took a good candidate away from the people and so he could win. He was just very paranoid.
He was brilliant man. He had such great knowledge.
Promised to get us out of Vietnam. "Peace with honor" Expanded the war to Cambodia and Laos bombing Ho Chi Minh Trail. Stared pulling troops out of Vietnam as promised. The Nixon Doctrine- "Vietnamization" of the war. Paris Peace Accords signed in 1773 stopped the fighting and go the US out of the war.
National Environmental Policy Act. Clear Air Act of 1970. Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Established many government agency's:
1. Environmental Protection Agency.
2. Occupational Safety and Heath Administration.
3. Council on Environment Quality.
He was very big on space.
War on Drugs- 1961. Supplemental Security Income- Provides $$ to low- income people who are either ages (65 or older) blind or disabled. Saw large scale integration of schools in the south. Supported affirmative action. Signed Title IX (1972) prohibiting gender discrimination in all federally funded schools. 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 Nixon's presidency (Roe v. Wade- 1973)
Erased problems between China and US.
Went to Moscow in 1972. SALT I was signed, limiting nuclear weapons.
Watergate: Woodward and Berstein were the reporters. Would not let this go. Five men were caught breaking into Democratic part headquarters.
This became one of the series of scandalous ads including the Committee to Re-Elect the President. Nixon was involved by trying to cover up the break-in and eventually resigned from the presidency.
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