How Did The Watergate Scandal Influence Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. Richard Nixon had previously served as a Republican U.S. Representative and Senator from California. Also Richard Nixon was the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 ("Richard Nixon"). Richard Nixon had attended college and received a degree. In Richard Nixons early presidency was he liked or disliked? What do you think are some highlights both during and after presidency? How did the Watergate scandal affect Richard Nixon? President Richard Nixon showed excellent qualities as a president, mostly coming from his foreign policy, but the Watergate scandal brought his presidency to an end.
One qualitiy Richard Nixon seemed to "excell" (www.history.com) in was debating. When Richard Nixon attended Whittier College he was also elected as the student body president. In 1934 Richard Nixon graduated from Whittier College. Three years later he recieved a law degree from Duke University. Richard Nixon was head of the student bar association and graduated near the top of his class. After returning to Whittier California, while participating in a local theater group, Richard Nixon met his soon to be wife Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan. The had two children, both daughters, Patricia and Julie. In 1939, when America entered World War II, Richard Nixon joined the U.S. Navy. He served as an operations officer in the Pacific (www.history.com). "As a congressman, he served on the Education and Labor Committee and supported the enactment of the Taft-Hartley Act, which greatly restricted the powers of labor unions." ("Nixonlibrary.org"). Nixon also served on the Herter Committee, which traveled to Europe to prepare a preliminary report on the Marshall Plan. In January 1968, Nixon decided to once again seek the nomination of the Republican Party for president. Portraying himself as a figure of stability in a time of national upheaval, Nixon promised a return to traditional values and “law and order" ("Nixonlibrary.org").

In 1973, Richard Nixon ended Americas involvement in the Vietnam war. When Rixond Nixon visited the People 's Republic of China in 1972 he opened communications between the two nations. Which eventually led to the normalization of diplomatic relations. He initiated détente,"un freezing", and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union the same year. Richard Nixon was extremely liked in his early presidency ("Richard Nixon").

President Richard Nixon pursued two important policies that both culminated in 1972.
Richard Nixon visited Beijing in February where he set in the "motion normalization of relations with the People 's Republic of China" (www.history.com). In May, Richard Nixon traveled to the Soviet Union to sign the SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty). This began the spread of further arms control and disarmament measures. The Nixon Administartion evolved in the: international scientific, technological, and environmental issues. October of 1973 congress passed legislation creating the Bureau of Oceans and International Environments and Scientific Affairs (OES). This was created to handle environmental issues, weather, oceans, Antarctic affairs, atmosphere, fisheries, wildlife conservation, health, and population
matters.

"The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C." ("The Watergate Story").
Richard Nicon 's administration attempted to cover up the involvement of this. What was the Watergate scandal? Richard Nixon ordered men to break in to the Democratic National Committee HQ to find out how he could win the next election. These men got caught and Richard Nicon had lied. But, there were tapes of him saying damaging things. There was an FBI leak that made sure he got in trouble. Richard Nixon left before impeachement. What were people 's reactions to the Watergate scandal? At the beginning of the scandal, the American public found it hard to fathom the scandal. The Watergate details seemed too outlandish to fathom and therefore outside the range of most people 's immediate concern. But, when important White House officials began to resign, the public began to associate the White House and the President with scandal. The public then became outraged. The major people involved in Watergate were: Howard Baker, Robert Bark, Charles W. Colson, Bernard Barker, Richard Nixon of course and many other. The Watergate Scandal proved that the Constitution 's system of checks and balances could function to force an abusive or tyrannical president out of power. Richard Nixon left before
impeachement.

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913- April 22,1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. President Richard Nixon was a very like president in his early years. Whether that was because of his foreign policy being so great or not. The public greatly loved Nixon, but then we hit Watergate. President Richard Nixon would have been on top for successful presidents, then the public rated him extremely low due to Watergate. President Richard Nixon showed excellent qualities as a president, mostly coming from his foreign policy, but the Watergate scandal brought his presidency to an end.

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"The Watergate Story." The Watergate Story. The Washington Post. Web. 19 May 2014.