election. By the five men messing with the information‚ these events lead to Richard Nixon becoming the President of the United States and for there to be a massive crisis in the 1970’s. During the break-in that happened‚ the 5 men decided that they would tamper with the information with the election and make sure that Nixon would be president again. After successfully making this happen and getting caught at the same time‚ Nixon was sworn into office as the P.O.T.U.S. Once he was in office for a few
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the U.S. had one of the biggest lies in the history of the White House. President Richard Nixon did some scandalous things to the other party to ensure his reelection. This was known as the Watergate Scandal. President Nixon and his committee took an aggressive approach to their campaign. During his final months before the reelection was to take place‚ he felt threatened by the opposing democratic party. Richard Nixon and his committee came up with a scheme to cheat their way to winning the election
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Second is Politics of Accommodation‚ in which Richard Nixon and his staff moved from the dark ages to the brave new world. Nixon’s staff was much more calculating in its attempt to craft the shape of his campaign. The book states that voters are basically lazy‚ basically uninterested in making an effort to understand what candidates are talking about‚ but television changed all that. The television played a critical role in the reemergence of Nixon. Television gave the lazy voters a chance to see
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the case in 1966. United States vs. Nixon (1974) In 1972‚ President Richard Nixon‚ a Republican‚ was running for reelection against Senator George McGovern‚ a Democrat. Five months before the election‚ an alert security guard found burglars in the Democratic Party headquarters‚ which was located in Washington’s Watergate apartment complex. Reporters following the story connected the burglars to high-ranking officials in the White House. Nixon denied any connection to the break-in. However
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men‚ nicknamed the “plumbers”‚ who were hired by President Richard Nixon. The Nixon campaign denied any involvement and the administration just dismissed the break-in as “a two bit burglary” (Wall Street Journal‚ May 1973). The Vice President Agnew and Senator Proxmire thought that the charges were careless and misdirected and felt that the press should be criticized for printing non truths about the Watergate investigation. President Nixon told his cabinet that he would not resign but let the impeachment
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On February 21‚1972 President Nixon visited The People’s Republic of China. Although the Chinese communist government had not been formally recognized by the United States since 1949‚ Nixon saw an opportunity to make changes. Nixon had multiple goals for this visit. Nixon wanted more than just new relations with China‚ but he believed that these new relations would give the U.S. leverage with the Soviet Union. The United States‚ with the Soviet Union as its primary adversary‚ saw an opportunity with
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President Nixon and his seven aides who helped him cover up the conspiracy. After Nixon’s refusal to give up recordings of conversations he had incriminating himself‚ claiming executive privilege‚ the Supreme Court became involved and charged the president with the first three articles of impeachment for obstruction of justice. This court case defined
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soldiers (Gilbert 377). Many people believed when President Lyndon B. Johnson stepped down from office in 1969‚ that the war was coming to an end‚ however it was far from over. Shortly after Lyndon Johnson stepped down‚ Richard Milhous Nixon became the president in 1969. Nixon had a policy in mind that would hopefully encourage the South Vietnamese people to take more responsibility for the war (Encyclopedia Britannica). This policy was referred to as “vietnamization.” The goal was‚ if successful
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was hit by Shrapnel from an exploding rocket; shot in both legs by machine gun and continue to treat injured soldiers despite his injury. Presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1969. Medal of Honor Recipient On March 7th‚ 1968 President Richard Nixon presented 21-year-old Sasser with the Congressional Medal of Honor “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty”. SP5C Clarence Sasser
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