THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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increased presidential power
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reduced people’s trust in government
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stimulated the US economy
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led to the Arab oil embargo
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was the long-term impact of the Watergate scandal on the U.S. government? It weakened the executive privilege of the president. President Jimmy Carter helped negotiate the Camp David Accords between which two rival nations?
Detailed explanation-2: -The House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment against Nixon for obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress. With his complicity in the cover-up made public, and his political support completely eroded, Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was, in fact, because of the tremendous drain of the Vietnam War on U.S. resources that Nixon created the doctrine. Even so, from 1969 onward the Nixon administration did not adhere strictly to the doctrine. The U.S. invasions of Cambodia in 1970 and Laos in 1971, for example, employed U.S. ground troops.
Detailed explanation-4: -Richard Nixon, arguably, tried to prolong the Vietnam War during the 1968 presidential campaign in an effort to win the presidency. Once he became president, he sought to establish enough stability in the region for the South Vietnamese government to take over.