Essays on Richard Nixon

During the Nixon presidency many movements like the Hippie Movement, The Protest on Alcatraz by members of “Indians of All Tribes”, and the Women’s Rights Movement started to arise. Former President Richard Nixon was a strong supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment that would have guaranteed equality for women. Up until the 19th century abortion was legal in the United States. Problems that emerged was the use of dangerous drugs that women used to induce abortions. Despite there being ...

Old Executive Office Building and Camp David. Nixon said this is the best way to find out what went on in meetings and how decisions were being made. The tapes were stored in the White House basements and monitored by the Secret Service. Very few people knew of the tapings.This ultimately lead to Nixon’s downfall by having all of his meeting taped in which he resigned the as president on August 9, 1974. As Nixon’s last day in the White House, Nixon offered some insight to cabinet members of ...

Between the years of 1972 and 1974, there was a web of political scandals; these were called the “Watergate Scandal”. The word itself “watergate” refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. Today this word is used to refer to bribery, extortion, conspiracy, obstruction of justice use of political money for private purposes, and illegal use of government agencies, such as the FBI and CIA.The definition of abuse of power is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, ...

Why did Nixon scuttle Johnsons' plan to end the War in Vietnam and who profited from that decision? Nixon feared that ending the war would hurt his chances for presidency, according to notes found by H.R. Haldeman. In Haldeman's notes he states that Nixon asked him to "monkey wrench" the Vietnam peace talks in 1968. This benefited Nixon the most because it made the public turn to the Republicans to end the war. Nixon later gave instruction's to Haldeman that an intermediary should keep ...

Old Executive Office Building and Camp David. Nixon said this is the best way to find out what went on in meetings and how decisions were being made. The tapes were stored in the White House basements and monitored by the Secret Service. Very few people knew of the tapings. This ultimately lead to Nixon’s downfall by having all of his meeting taped in which he resigned the as president on August 9, 1974. As Nixon’s last day in the White House, Nixon offered some insight to cabinet members of ...

The Watergate scandal was the break in of the Democratic National Committees headquarters in Washington, DC on June 17, 1972. During the investigation, tapes were taken from the white house containing evidence that the president Nixon tried to cover up the scandal. Before Nixon could take his punishment (other than resigning), newly sworn in President Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon. President Richard Nixon deserved prison time for his part in the Watergate scandal. President Nixon obstructed ...

The war on drugs has proven to be a terribly difficult fight, ever since Richard Nixon declared the war in June of 1971. Despite all the efforts being made to eliminate drugs in the U.S., the nation has failed as a whole to rid itself of drugs. The United States enacted reforms to attempt to prevent illegal drugs from entering into the US, those actions failed. The United States is currently able to prevent some drugs from entering the country through Mexico, but it’s not nearly enough. ...

President Richard Nixon, the 37th president, became one of the first political figures to experience both the positive and negative effects of the media. He was inaugurated in January of 1969 and remained in office until August 9, 1974, when he became the first president to ever resign from presidency. Two major events President Nixon is remembered for are the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. The media coverage experienced by President Nixon throughout his political career led to ...

The Checkers speech was done many years ago but still so important as it was then and now. The speech is about California Senator Richard Nixon that was shown on national television. Nixon had been chosen by President Dwight D Eisenhower to be his mate during the Republican National Convention in 1952. A few months had went by and Nixon had been accused of taking illegal gifts and then pressed with charges for 18,000 dollars against his supporters. Nixon’s speech is done by attempting to ...