1. Apparently Nixon had a falling and rising career. One of his personality traits was anger. “Nixon was only one of the most hated figures of his time, and yet he was also the only man who was elected twice as Vice President and twice as President” (Freidrich, 334). President Nixon’s personality is serious, angry, and forceful. He had high expectations from everyone he worked with and if he didn’t get what he wanted. Most likely he was going to have something to say and it wasn’t going to be good. Nixon had a temper. When he was younger he heard about the Teapot Dome scandal and that jump started Nixon’s political career.
“Nixon made his reputation by smearing political opponents, accusing them of being soft on Communism” (Freidrich, 332). …show more content…
The important thing is to win” (Friedrich, 337). His strategy was to pick out a person and find out and tell their dark secrets. It would make the victim’s look bad but him as an important man and a communist couldn’t get passed him. That was until he had a taste of his own medicine when he was convinced of having money that was for business in his bank account. “Nixon insisted that the fund was perfectly legal and was used solely for routine political expenses, but the small of scandal thickened” (Friedrich, 337).
3. President Richard Nixon had many accomplishments such as “he reduced military spending and signed the measure that lowered the voting age to eighteen, but he was not much interested in getting legislation enacted on Capitol Hill” (Friedrich, 333). Honestly, he was the most hated man in American at the time just because he was sharing all the secrets. Secrets that other presidents knew about but would not tell. “He was also the only man in U.S. history ever to be elected twice as Vice President” (Friedrich, 334).
Nixon announces that he is withdrawing thousands of troops from Vietnam. At a conference he told America that the war is coming to an end. Although Nixon was withdrawing troops, the war continued for another 3 years. He also restored the relationship between U.S. and
“Nixon made his reputation by smearing political opponents, accusing them of being soft on Communism” (Freidrich, 332). …show more content…
The important thing is to win” (Friedrich, 337). His strategy was to pick out a person and find out and tell their dark secrets. It would make the victim’s look bad but him as an important man and a communist couldn’t get passed him. That was until he had a taste of his own medicine when he was convinced of having money that was for business in his bank account. “Nixon insisted that the fund was perfectly legal and was used solely for routine political expenses, but the small of scandal thickened” (Friedrich, 337).
3. President Richard Nixon had many accomplishments such as “he reduced military spending and signed the measure that lowered the voting age to eighteen, but he was not much interested in getting legislation enacted on Capitol Hill” (Friedrich, 333). Honestly, he was the most hated man in American at the time just because he was sharing all the secrets. Secrets that other presidents knew about but would not tell. “He was also the only man in U.S. history ever to be elected twice as Vice President” (Friedrich, 334).
Nixon announces that he is withdrawing thousands of troops from Vietnam. At a conference he told America that the war is coming to an end. Although Nixon was withdrawing troops, the war continued for another 3 years. He also restored the relationship between U.S. and