THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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be impeached
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be impeached and be convicted of impeachment
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resign the presidency
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nixon’s second term ended early, when he became the only president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal. Yorba Linda, California, U.S. New York City, U.S. Nixon was born into a poor family of Quakers in a small town in Southern California.
Detailed explanation-2: -The following morning, August 9, Nixon submitted a signed letter of resignation to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, becoming the only U.S. president to resign from office. Vice President Gerald Ford succeeded to the presidency upon Nixon’s resignation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration’s continual attempts to cover up its involvement in the June 17, 1972 break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C., Watergate Office Building.
Detailed explanation-4: -On October 17, 1974, Ford testified before Congress, becoming the first sitting president since Woodrow Wilson to do so. After Ford left the White House, the former president privately justified his pardon of Nixon by carrying in his wallet a portion of the text of Burdick v.