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- What was the watergate crisis?
It was a group of former CIA Agents working for Nixon's re-election as president.

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Being shown guilty by the tapes, Nixon decided to resign for a fear of being impeached. By resigning he knew that he would look better in front of society and wouldn't be as loud around the country as getting impeached.

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Nixon tried to combat inflation by cutting back spending's on social programs and took america off the gold standard. these actions were unsuccessful.

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How did Nixon try to cover-up his involvement in watergate?
Nixon tried to cover himself up by blaming the national security to be involved in.

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What are they?
The tapes were conversations that Nixon had in the White House about the watergate which ended up proving him guilty.

Why were they important?
They were important because they had the evidence of Nixon being involves in the watergate issue.

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The Environmental Protection Agency was a law created to protect the environment. Standards for air and water were set in cities. Any new construction project has to go through detailed impact to the wildlife. This law would protect the environment and wildlife.

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After the communist revolution in china, the united states refused the establishment with the communist government. but Nixon surprised the world when he restored diplomatic relations with Communist China.

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President nixon believed in the Detente policy (which was a relaxing of tensions). he introduced this policy with the soviet union.