President blog discussions again today, Nixon.
Cold War Presentations starting tomorrow for sure.
Last assigned blog this week......my topic is the War in Iraq, 2003. Why did we invade, whats happened over the years, what's going on now.
Osama Bin Laden died friday night. We killed him. He had been a main leader of Al-Qaeda since the 80s. He went into hiding after bombing the Twin Towers, bush couldnt find him. But they finally found him, outside a city (in a cowpound specifically built for hiding him when he was in the area) in Pakistan. Pakistan was ok with our going in without permission and killing him. So he died, his son died, and a woman (who had been used as a shield) was also killed. After they killed Bin Laden, they followed the Islam tradition of burying someone in the first 24 hours after their death.
Nixon
a very green president. Natural Environment Policy Act; Clean Air Act of 1970; Federal Water Polution Control Act....he established many government agencies: Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and another....
First pres to declare war on drugs.
Saw large scale integration of schools in the south, supported affirmitive action, signed Title XI (9) prohibiting gender discrimination in 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 (Roe vs. Wade....funny thing- Roe is now against abortion); US astronauts landed on the moon.
Nixon approved of NASA's Space Shuttle program, Nixon went to China and eased relations between them and us and we recognized China (but not Taiwan) officially as China.
Nixon signed SALT 1, which limited nuclear weapons. 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-existence" and detente with the USSR.
Major Blowout in voting.
Nixon was paranoid that people were out to get him. so he set stuff up to ensure his re-election. So the blowout was rigged. played dirty tricks, too.
Watergate: Scandal.
Nixon always supported Israel....oil crisis.
Nixon took our money of the gold standard.
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