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Ancient Russia

Key Players- Oleg- in 882 he captured Kiev which opened up a trade route between Constantinople and Scandanavia

Vladimir I- was Oleg's great grandson, he expanded the empire and also known for changing their religion from Pagan to christ

Richard Nixon (1969-1974)(R)

Background:

• Vice President of Eisenhower
• Lost 1960 election to JFK
• the only person to be elected twice to both Presidency and Vice Presidency
• Only President to resign from office

Election

• 1968- against Humphrey (Johnson VP) and

Nixon-was very paranoid

watergate

Woodward and Bernstein relied on an FBI informant, called "deep throat", to link the men to the white house "follow the money"

this became one of a series of scandalous acts involving the committee to re-elect the presi

Nixon-was very paranoid

watergate

Woodward and Bernstein relied on an FBI informant, called "deep throat", to link the men to the white house "follow the money"

this became one of a series of scandalous acts involving the committee to re-elect the presi

Watergate

I finally DId my blog discussion

Nixon helped with de segregation

Watergate is a motel

Nixon was paranoid

Nixons speech

The 1976 Election

Im Jimmy Carter and Im running for president

Lot's of Smoking

Ancient Russia:

Vladimir I:

Known for expansion of ancient Russia, changing religion from Pegan to Christian. United Ancient Russia.

Oleg:

Trade route between Scandinavia and Constantinople. Leader.

WWII Russia:

it was U.S.S.R.

Joseph Stalin: leader in WWII

Ancient Russia

Oleg

Trade Route: Scandinavia and Constantinople

leader that created trade route

Vladimir I

expansion of ancient russia

pagan religion to christian orthadoxy

U.S.S.R

Joseph Stalin

leader in WWII-never declared president

killing more people than

Gerald Ford- only vice and president to not be elected.

Vietnam: 1950-1975

Watergate

• Two Washinton Post reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, investigated the story
• They relied on an FBI informant known as Deep Throat to link the men to the Nixon White house; he said to follow the money
• This became one of a series of sca

Ford which is my President was all we did today.

• Education for all handicapped children Act 1875 Established special education in school throughout the US
• continued detente with the USSR
• Ford wanted to help south Vietnam when North Vietnam invaded 1974

President Gerald R. Ford ('74-'77) 38th:

• Background:
  • Nixon's vice president
  • took over after Nixon resigned
  • Only vice-president and president to never be elected
  • Had two assassination attempts with in 3 weeks
• Assassination/Attempts:
  • 2 women
  • stopped to shake L

JFK had a lot of affairs. Marylin Monroe was the most famous.

Richard Nixon:

background- real name was Leslie Lynchkame. Changed it to Gerald Ford because of his adopted father. went to college at Michigan. Only person to never be elected by the people

Blog discussion cont.

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'

Watergate

• they weren't caught the first time, but the second time when they went back to fix phones
• mark felt was a assistant CIA director
• was told to "follow the money"
• 1974 Nixon gives "I am not a crook" speech
• supreme court v. Richard Nixon rules that

Nixon Watergate Continued:

Watergate is a motel office complex in Washington DC, Democratic national headquarters. 5 People broke in to find out dirt on the Democratic Party. They went in twice and were caught the second time. It was a page 3 story, b

oleg rade route between scandinavia andconsinople. vladimir known for expansion of russia also changed religions to more christian.