Richard M. Nixon, Republican, President: January 1969- August 1974
"Being controversial in politics is inevitable. If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything. In the world today, there are not many good choices—only choices between the half-good and the less half-good." - Richard M Nixon, Interview with the Chicago Tribune in 1978 (Thimmesh, Nick. "An Interview with Nixon: 'Defeated but not Finished.'" )
Personal Life: Richard Milhous Nixon was born into a lemon farming quaker family in California in 1913. He and his family valued practiced quakerism throughout his childhood however his relationship with his parents and their relationship with each other was questionable. He suffered …show more content…
Let us also be united against defeat. Because let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.” - Richard M. Nixon, Famous Silent Majority/ Vietnamization Speech (Nixon, Richard M. "Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam.")
Highlights and Lowlights of his Presidency
1969-US lands on the Moon, before the USSR
1969-Announced his process of “Vietnamization,” essentially the US was to slowly pull out of vietnam and put more responsibility in the hands of vietnamese
1969-Declared the Nixon (“Guam”) Doctrine, the US help its asian allies but not with troops on the ground
1969-Introduces his idea of the silent majority
1969-74-Nixon appoints Warren E. Burger to the Supreme Court and other Conservatives to replace Earn Warren. However throughout his presidency the Burger Court continued to side more liberally than Nixon and other conservatives …show more content…
1971- Imposes the 90 day Wage and Price Freeze to help the Economy
1972-Takes US of the Gold Standard to help the Economy
1972-Nixon goes to China, indicating a new era to US-China relations
1972-Heavily bombs North Vietnam
1972- Detente, a time of peace, between US and USSR evident with SALT and ABM treaties
1972-Title IX is passed, giving women more opportunities
1972-Nixon appeals to his Southern Strategy and the Silent Majority
1972-Nixon wins the Election
1972-Nixon's “Plumbers” caught breaking into democratic national headquarters
1973-Many people in the Nixon administration most prominently the Vice President resigned
1973- The Paris Accords finally get the U.S out of Vietnam
1973-In the Summit II talks, Nixon and Soviet Leader Brezhnev agree to a Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement
1973- War Powers Act passed over Nixon’s Veto
1973-With US assistance Israel Won Yom Kippur War
1973-As punishment for the US involvement in the Yom Kippur War, OPEC placed an embargo on oil for the US
1974- Starts Supplemental Security Income
1974-Initiated peace talks and agreements in the Middle East via both official visits and his “Shuttle Diplomacy”
1974-The House goes through with impeachment trials
1974-Nixon Resigns after
"Being controversial in politics is inevitable. If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything. In the world today, there are not many good choices—only choices between the half-good and the less half-good." - Richard M Nixon, Interview with the Chicago Tribune in 1978 (Thimmesh, Nick. "An Interview with Nixon: 'Defeated but not Finished.'" )
Personal Life: Richard Milhous Nixon was born into a lemon farming quaker family in California in 1913. He and his family valued practiced quakerism throughout his childhood however his relationship with his parents and their relationship with each other was questionable. He suffered …show more content…
Let us also be united against defeat. Because let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.” - Richard M. Nixon, Famous Silent Majority/ Vietnamization Speech (Nixon, Richard M. "Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam.")
Highlights and Lowlights of his Presidency
1969-US lands on the Moon, before the USSR
1969-Announced his process of “Vietnamization,” essentially the US was to slowly pull out of vietnam and put more responsibility in the hands of vietnamese
1969-Declared the Nixon (“Guam”) Doctrine, the US help its asian allies but not with troops on the ground
1969-Introduces his idea of the silent majority
1969-74-Nixon appoints Warren E. Burger to the Supreme Court and other Conservatives to replace Earn Warren. However throughout his presidency the Burger Court continued to side more liberally than Nixon and other conservatives …show more content…
1971- Imposes the 90 day Wage and Price Freeze to help the Economy
1972-Takes US of the Gold Standard to help the Economy
1972-Nixon goes to China, indicating a new era to US-China relations
1972-Heavily bombs North Vietnam
1972- Detente, a time of peace, between US and USSR evident with SALT and ABM treaties
1972-Title IX is passed, giving women more opportunities
1972-Nixon appeals to his Southern Strategy and the Silent Majority
1972-Nixon wins the Election
1972-Nixon's “Plumbers” caught breaking into democratic national headquarters
1973-Many people in the Nixon administration most prominently the Vice President resigned
1973- The Paris Accords finally get the U.S out of Vietnam
1973-In the Summit II talks, Nixon and Soviet Leader Brezhnev agree to a Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement
1973- War Powers Act passed over Nixon’s Veto
1973-With US assistance Israel Won Yom Kippur War
1973-As punishment for the US involvement in the Yom Kippur War, OPEC placed an embargo on oil for the US
1974- Starts Supplemental Security Income
1974-Initiated peace talks and agreements in the Middle East via both official visits and his “Shuttle Diplomacy”
1974-The House goes through with impeachment trials
1974-Nixon Resigns after