Richard M. Nixon
The 37th United States president, Richard M. Nixon was really talented when it came to negotiating foreign affairs and even while he was still President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s vice president from 1953 until 1961, Nixon had accomplished several impressive feats. During Nixon’s presidency between the years 1969 and 1974, he successfully ended the involvement of America in Vietnam, brought home POWs, established diplomatic relations with China, and signed with the USSR the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Nixon also funded the Environmental Protection Agency, enforced the desegregation in the South, signed the Organized Crime Control Act, and started the “War on Cancer”. During the elections in 1960, Nixon also ran but lost to the Democrat John F. Kennedy and if it were not for the Watergate scandal, Richard M. Nixon would have had a higher rank on the list.
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon’s Watergate Scandal
It’s hard for Americans to forget the Watergate Scandal. This incident led to a new perception of the Oval Office, and ultimately forced Richard Nixon out of the White House. The last thing he said was, “I have always tried to do what is best for the nation.”
Nixon’s Watergate Scandal
