“I am not a crook” ironically spouted from the mouth of a man later found guilty of multiple crimes that came to be known as Watergate. There are so few people now that remember Nixon for the positive first term momentous national victories he achieved or for his dedication to the American people. His final speech in office was an emotional appeal to the people to retrieve some of his dignity and to quell the sourness left by his
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Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He was sworn into office in January‚ 1969 and he resigned from office during his second term in 1974. Nixon is the only president to resign in all of American history (History.com Staff). Many people have a negative outlook on Nixon’s presidency because of the Watergate scandal. However‚ despite his bad reputation‚ Richard Nixon was one of the most transformative political figures in the 20th Century. He improved diplomatic relations with
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President Richard Nixon became the President of the United States of American in 1969‚ during one of the bleakest foreign policy crisis ever in History. President Nixon is remembered for The Watergate Scandal but he did succeed in doing many great things for the United States while he was in office. The Vietnam was going on and the American people were split as to for or against our troops being in Vietnam. The Cold War was at its highest point‚ President Nixon knew he need to help change America’s
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Essay 7 Nixon’s Future In 50 Years Richard Nixon has been known for his Watergate scandal and never known for his accomplishments. He was the first president and Vice President to ever meet with Soviet Union‚ not only that but when no other President or Vice President were able to. He also started the Environmental Protection Agency. Not only that he also gave 18 yr olds the right to vote and ended the draft. Most importantly he ended the Vietnam War‚ depending how you look at it. He did many
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Nixon knew a military victory in Vietnam was no longer possible. He wanted to end the war as quickly and as soon as possible. He wrote that‚ “without continuous and massive aid from either or both of the Communist giants‚ the leaders of North Vietnam would not have been able to carry on the war for more than a few months.” He planned to conduct a two prong agenda to end the war; first by changing the relationships between the DRV‚ USSR‚ and China and second‚ by a massive expansion of the war to
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Kennedy vs Nixon 1960 Presidential Debate Analysis by Claudia Guigou Florida International University SPC3540 Abstract In the presidential election of 1960 the candidates were able to be part of the first televised debate in the nation. John F. Kennedy‚ although quite inexperienced was able to win the election due to his charisma and confidence whilst on TV. He seized the presidential position due to way he executed in a sequence of the broadcasted debates against his
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and Richard Nixon were the candidates for the 1960 presidential election‚ both winning their nominations on the first ballot. Kennedy was the first to be nominated. He had won impressive victories over Hubert Humphrey in the primaries. Once nominated‚ JFK chose Lyndon Johnson as his running mate. Johnson‚ the Senate Majority Leader‚ was an strong politician who was looking out solely for Kennedy ’s election. Two weeks after the Democratic convention‚ the Republicans nominated Richard Nixon. Nixon
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I chose to research the life of President Richard Nixon. Nixon was actually the first cousin to my great-grandmother and this gave me inspiration to learn more about his life. To my family he is just another family member‚ however‚ to the rest of the world he was a great politician who turned into a “crook” politician. Nixon was most well known for his political career by being elected as the 37th President of The United States. He had a very successful life and in order for others to understand
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known as the Red Scare. Americans feared that the war is a bad solution to stop the spread Communism and will cause many casualties. When President Nixon had taken office and televised a speech to explain the situation in Vietnam and to help persuade American viewers that the Government is trying their hardest to end the war quickly. President Nixon uses rhetorical devices in his speech in order to help persuade American viewers to believe that war was the right decision and did so effectively.
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Jonathan Zelefsky Speech 02/01/2011 The Checkers Speech From A Checkered President After listening‚ reading and watching Richard Nixon’s infamous “Checkers” speech my initial reaction to the speech can be easily describe as forced. Even though this was one of the few speeches that was mostly memorized and he had very little script in front of him‚ it still came across to me that this speech was him just going through the motions of what he thought needed to be said rather than showing his
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