Watergate Scandal Analysis

The main event of the 1970s was the New Federalism, which is the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government back to the states. This helped restore the states with some autonomy and power that they had previously lost to the Federal government as a consequence to President Roosevelt’s New Deal. It also involved the Federal government providing block grants to the states to help resolve social issues. The power was then divided at the national and state levels. The states could establish and maintain schools, establish local governments, regulate business within the state, provide public safety, and much more. National power includes declaring war, maintain armed forces, admit new states, post offices, coin money, and
This occurred on December 2, 1970 and was a United States Federal government agency. It was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment. Nixon was the President during this time and the EPA’s headquarters is located in Washington, D.C.
A major event called, the Watergate Scandal occurred during this time period as well. This is known as a major political scandal that President Nixon attempted to cover up so the United States Congress decided to investigate. The Watergate Scandal led to a constitutional crisis since Nixon abused his power. The term Watergate came from the illegal activities done by Nixon’s administration like bugging the offices of his political opponents. After this scandal, Nixon resigned as President in August1974 and Ford then took office.
The 1970s included the Vietnam War, throughout the ten years the United States was slowly pulling out of the war. January 27, 1973 both parties agreed to cease fire the next day and by the end of that year, almost all of the military personnel had left South Vietnam. After the war, it was calculated the 47,000 United States military personnel were killed and another 11,000 due to other causes like
Block grants are given to states to help them achieve social policy and these are allocated to states based on their population. This helps achieve or maintain self-sufficiency, including reduction or prevention of dependency. Also prevents neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children and adults that are unable to protect their own interests, or preserving, rehabilitating or reuniting families. Another product of Title XX was to prevent or reduce inappropriate institutional care by providing for community-based care, home-based care, or other forms of less intensive care. Next, on December 16, 1974 the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was signed into law. This act was to amend the Public Health Service Act to assure that the public is provided with safe drinking water and for other purposes like bathing. This act set standard for the drinking water quality and applies to every public water system in the United States. This act though does not apply to bottled water because it is covered under the FDA. Also doesn’t cover private wells people place on their properties, but there are about 155,000 public water systems this act does apply