Today we did blog discussions and talked about the death of Osama Bin Laden. Abortion was legalized during Nixons presidency. US astronauts landed on the moon 1969. Nixon approved the development of NASA's spave shuttle program. Traveled to china where the president was to have direct talks with mao zedong and chou en lai. Eased relations with the US and China and China not Taiwan was recongnized as the official China. Nixon also visited the Soviet Union and treaties and laws were passed limiting the use of Nuclear Weapons. He helped ease the tensions of the cold war between china and Russia. The 1972 election was a complete blowout for Nixon. Nixon administration looked at who would be the best person to defeat them in the election and undermined their election campaign. They also looked at who wouldnt be able to beat them, Which is George McGovern. Nixon showed support of Israel we sent them supplies and weapons to help them in the war. Lowered speed limit to 55. Watergate Scandal- 5 guys broke into Democratic Party HQ in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972 to find dirt on the Democratic Party. 2 washington reporters looked into it more and found out they bugged phones in the HQ these 2 were the only people who thought it was something more than that. Deep Throat was an FBI informant. He told the 2 reporters to follow the money to find out who paid them. They started tracing and eventually found out it was Richard Nixon election campaign party. At 1st Nixon denied the scandal and denounced the story as biased and misleading. Nixon tried to cover it up. He tried to stop the investigation therefore breaking the law leading to his resignation. The FBI found out about tapes that were set up around the white house.
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