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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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    in regard to anything medical. Along with the medical world‚ the truth should be told in regard to high government officials. Presidents should always tell the truth‚ one lie can lead a president to impeachment. For example‚ in 1974 President Richard Nixon of the United States was on the verge of impeachment for obstructing justice.

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    Crim Notes

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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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    Abm Treaty

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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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    The 26th Amendment

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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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    winning or gaining anything from. The draft of American men into a war that people did not believe turned many Americans against the Vietnam war and against the Nixon administration. When the National Guard fired into a college protest (against the war) this provoked even more US citizens to despise the war. Because of the lack of public support—Nixon had to withdraw the troops and advocate for a different kind of policy to deal with the Soviet Union. This plan was known as: "Détente"--a French word meaning

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    trust into the leaders we elect to vouch and advocate for us‚ but the real question is how much faith and trust do we have in these individuals to make the correct choices for we the people? On June 17‚ 1972 the faith and trust placed into President Nixon hands was abruptly taken away from him after the news of the Watergate Scandal that he was directly intertwined in. Watergate came to be known as the greatest political scandal in United States history to date.  It was not only a huge disappointment

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