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    Name Teacher AP US History September 20‚ 2012 President Richard M. Nixon’s administration had to face many international and domestic challenges in the United States between 1968 and 1974‚ some positive and some negative. His achievements in expanding peaceful relationships with both China and the Soviet Union are contrastingly different with his continuation of the Vietnam War. In the end‚ Nixon’s scandals and abuse of presidential power caught up to him‚ and his administration did much to

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    Throughout the 1970s‚ the title of presidency was tarnished as Republican President Richard Nixon was forced to resign in 1974 due to the Watergate Scandal. Because of his connection to Nixon‚ Vice President Gerald Ford’s presidency was unpopular as well. Ford’s successor to the Oval Office‚ Democrat Jimmy Carter‚ had a rather unsuccessful presidency as he only won one term. While both political parties controlled the presidency during the 1970s‚ political scholars view this era of presidents as

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    The Watergate scandal had a profound effect on American history and impact on the American public’s perception of the Presidency. The scandal was the first of its kind that truly grasped the media and public’s attention. In just over 780 days‚ America became gripped by the shocking revelation that behind this scandal was the man they elected to sit in the White House and run their country‚ President Richard Milhous Nixon. The Watergate Scandal led to Nixon becoming the first and to this date only

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    A Afghanistan War 2001-2014 The war was fought in three different phases. The first was taking down the Taliban. The second was fighting back against the Taliban army and rebuilding Afghanistan into being a better place. And the final third phase was when Obama decided to send more of our own troops to protect people from Taliban attacks. This war raged on for 13 years‚ and henceforth it became the longest war the US has ever taken part of. B Barry Goldwater He was the Republican nominee for

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    Analysis of Ronald Reagan ’s 40th Anniversary of D-Day Ronald Reagan‚ born February 6‚ 1911‚ accomplished a great many things in his life. He changed lives and inspired many people from a wide variety of standpoints as an actor‚ governor‚ soldier‚ and eventually president of the United States of America. Reagan was a brilliant and gifted speaker‚ garnering himself with fame as a star actor‚ trust and relateability as a loving husband and father‚ and the love of the American people as the

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    President Richard Nixon’s Watergate incident and resignation in August of 1974 left the nation feeling skeptic toward the national government. Gerald Ford‚ who was not elected by the public‚ took the oath of office and became the 38th president of the United States. President Ford‚ coined with a repugnant image in both the eyes of the public and the media‚ was defeated by 56 electoral votes in the election of 1976. Jimmy Carter managed to receive similar distasteful images by the end of his single

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    The Watergate Scandal was one of the largest scandals of American history. Richard Nixon was a father‚ a President‚ a friend‚ a Congressman and was the cause of the Watergate Scandal. But he betrayed his country by trying to cover up the fact that he was a part of the scandal. Nixon tried to hide the fact he didn’t know about the scandal by giving money to the people who broke into the Watergate and tried to stop the investigators that were looking into the crime and even tried to get the Federal

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    Objectives: Produce a focused analysis‚ three to four pages in length‚ of Gerald Graff’s essay‚ “Hidden Intellectualism.” Getting Started: Make sure you understand the meaning of analysis; according to the Norton Field Guide‚ “Your goal in analyzing a text is to lead readers through careful examination of a text to some kind of interpretation or reasoned judgment” (69). Consider it your job to attempt to define and explain what you see in Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism.” Rather than just answering

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    Many people fail to realize that Nixon had accomplished some impressive feats as a president. Instead‚ they all choose to look at negative things such as the Watergate Scandal and the fact that he was one of the few presidents to be impeached. While these are important aspects of his presidency‚ it is only right that Nixon’s accomplishments should be addressed as well. Richard Nixon was a president associated with controversy and deceit; however he was regarded as an able and versatile

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    Richard Nixon ’s presidency is one of the most examined‚ analyzed and discussed‚ yet least understood‚ of all the American administrations in history (Genovese 1). While many factors still remain to be discovered‚ and many mysteries are left to be resolved‚ we need to do the best that we can to make sense of this secretive president of our past and his era. He is the one American figure about whom very few people don ’t have strong feelings for. Nixon is loved and hated‚ honored and mocked

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