Nixon

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• Nixon
• Chap 31

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• I. Nixon
• A. Politician 1952- 1968
• 1. 1952, V.P.
• 2. 1960 Lost to JFK
• B. The Moon
• 1969 Apollo 11 first man on the moon. (Neil
  Armstrong)

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• II. Foreign Policy
• A. Vietnam
• 1969, Vietnamization begins
• 1971, Pentagon Papers released
• 1973, Paris Peace talks
• B. OPEC imposed Embargo of 1973
• Est. 1960 OPEC Member States, Algeria, Indonesia,
  Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi
  Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

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• C. China
• 1. 1972, First U.S. President to visit the
  Peoples Republic of China. (est. Détente)

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• III. Watergate (1972 reelection Campaign)
• Wiretaps on enemies
• 1. Democratic National Committee headquarters.

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• b. June 17,1972 Five arrested in the break in to
  place the taps.
• c. Washington Posts Bob Woodward and Carl
  Bernstein release story from informant Deep
  Throat

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1. The burglars (AKA The Plumbers) James
McCord, Jr., Roman Gonzalez, Frank Sturgis,
Eugenio Martinez, and Bernard Baker.
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• d. Scandal unfolds
• Jan 1973, trial shows James McCord was security
  director for the Committee to Re-elect the
  President in 1972. (CREEP), he placed wiretaps.

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• 2. John Mitchell (Nixons law partner and 1972
  Attorney General ,implicated, of approving
  250,000 to pay for the break in.)

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• e. Administration Crumbles.
• May 1973 prosecutor Archibald Cox, wants tapes
  from White House and President.
• Oct 1973 V.P. Spiro Agnew resigns (bribes and
  income tax evasion.) Resigns, Ford appointed.

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• f. Saturday Night Massacre
• Oct 1973 Nixon refuses and fires Prosecutor.
• 2. July 1974, House Judiciary Committee votes to
  impeach on grounds President in obstructing
  Justice

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• g. Nixon gives in
• Nixon gives up tapes, minus nearly 19 minutes.
• Aug 5th tapes, The Smoking Gun, reveals Nixon
  knew about the break and cover up.)
• Aug 9, 1974 Nixon resigns, three days later
  rather than be impeached.
• One month Later Ford pardons Nixon

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d. In 2005, W. Mark Felt, a former Associate
Director of the FBI, confirmed that he was "Deep
Throat". (died in 2008)
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• IV. Results of Watergate
• Nixon resigns and pardoned
• V.P. Agnew resigns
• Prison terms
• 19 serve some time in prison