Aldrin–at the Sea of Tranquility on July 20‚ 1969. Nixon was president‚ the Vietnam War and its opposition raged‚ and Leonid Brezhnev helmed a stagnant Soviet empire. On the great list of Cold War what-ifs‚ the near-miss of the Bay of Pigs is surely number one. But for all the space nerds out there‚ this one ranks pretty high: What if Aldrin and Armstrong never made it back? This was‚ of course‚ a distinct possibility‚ and one that the Nixon administration prepared for. While we were told during
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Richard Nixon’s foreign policy in China was nicknamed the “ping-pong” diplomacy for two reasons. The literal sense of the term ping-pong diplomacy – the visit by the US table tennis team – served as just one cog in the wheel that eventually led to the normalization between the United States and China. But from a figurative perspective‚ just like the political situation at hand‚ the sport of ping-pong focused on delicate skill. Its onomatopoeic name implied an interplay of initiative
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Study Guide 1. Truman foreign policy between 1945-1952- I-Aid to Greece and Turkey to defend against communist pressure S- Support free people resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. 2. U.S. economic expansion post-WWII- I-Savings from WWII‚ expansion defense spending‚ improved technology‚ baby boom‚ expansion of consumer society. 3. 1950’s Red Scare- I-Fear of communist spies undermining the gov’t and misdirecting foreign policy 4. American
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the Democratic nomination later that summer. The Democratic convention came and the party nominated Vice President Hubert Humphrey‚ but he was beaten in November by Richard Nixon‚ in a close race. Nixon promised to end the war‚ but it took until Jan. of 1973 to do so and that was after the Watergate break ins that would bring Nixon down. The Democratic convention in Chicago was marred by violence‚ anti war demonstrations‚ and even some fights on the floor of the convention among delegates. Apollo
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since Andrew Johnson’s impeachment in 1868. Like everything else in this world it started off small‚ but escalades into something bigger. It started off as a small break in‚ but as time progressed the American people ran into a corrupt leader in Richard Nixon. At the end of this ordeal it rendered one of the most powerful men in America helpless. For it was Nixon’s active involvement in the cover up‚ combined with his administrations involvement in the scandal‚ which led to the tumultuous downfall
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Night Massacre‚” President Richard M. Nixon abolished the office of special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox‚ and accepted the resignation of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and fired Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus for their refusal to fire Mr. Cox. The president took the action to prevent Mr. Cox from obtaining audiotapes of White House conversations implicating Mr. Nixon in the attempted cover-up of the Watergate break-in (in 1972‚ five Nixon campaigners were caught trying
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Key Terms : Potsdam Declaration ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’ Manhattan Project Enola Gay J. Robert Oppenheimer Harry Truman Hiroshima and Nagasaki Isolationism USS Missouri Cold War Begin: Cold War “Communist Contagion” Iron Curtain Containment “Long Telegram” Truman Doctrine European Recovery Plan (Marshall Plan) Berlin Airlift NATO Early Cold War Domestic Politics and Society GI Bill of Rights New Deal & Fair Deal Taft-Hartley Act (1947)
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missile forces.. Both Parties agreed to limit qualitative improvement of their ABM technology. The ABM Treaty was signed at Moscow May 26‚ 1972‚ and ratified by the US Senate August 3‚ 1972. Salt I: An agreement signed in 1972 by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev after the first round of Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT I)‚ held from 1969-72. It consisted of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and an Interim Agreement on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms
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March 23rd‚ 1971 and ratified on July 1‚ 1971. The ratification period was the shortest in all of U.S. history: 107 days. The idea was first born during the Vietnam war‚ when young soldiers became interested in the political area. However‚ when Richard Nixon passed the Voting Rights Act‚ the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. Congress decided to propose the 26th amendment‚ which was quickly ratified in order to avoid problems in the 1972 election. “Historically‚ 21 was the age of majority
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president. Even Nixon argued that Kennedy was too young. If John F. Kennedy won‚ he would be the first Catholic president;
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