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President Nixon increased bombing raids and financial aid to South Vietnam. Also got succeed at opening diplomatic relations with Communist China and beginning a detente with Soviet Union. Detente - a relaxing of tension. 
Nixon was the first American president to restored diplomatic relations with Communist China by reopening relations with China. 
He was also the first president to signed an agreement with Soviet leaders, limiting the development of defensive missile system.]]> 2020-03-04 03:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/454109031 s2102812 https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/454113907 2020-03-04 04:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/454113907 s2102812 https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/454136589 2020-03-04 05:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/454136589 s1513199 https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/454349409 President Nixon believed federal social programs were often inefficient and that these issues could be better dealt with at the local level. 
He gave federal funds to state and local governments so that they could decide how to spend them.
Nixon sought to put an end to the draft by creating a series of strong anticrime laws and advance a broad environmental program]]> 2020-03-04 14:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/454349409 s1897906 https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/454351661 The Watergate scandal was a major federal political scandal in the United States involving the administration of United States President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that resulted in the end of Nixon's presidency. The scandal stemmed from the June 17, 1972, break-in of the Democratic National Committee, headquarters at the Watergate office Building  in Washington, D.C., by five men and the Nixon administration's subsequent attempts to cover up its involvement in the crime. Soon after the perpetrators were arrested, the press and the Justice Department discovered a connection between cash found on them at the time and a slush fund used by the Nixon re-election campaign committee.

]]> 2020-03-04 14:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/454351661 s2102812 https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/455567430 Nixon was accused with evidences (tapes) that he was recording conversations at the white house. The house of representatives moved to impeach Nixon . Fearing removal from the office by the US senators, Nixon became the first president to resign. Some of the impact of Watergate are that showed our government is based on laws, not individuals and that: the system of checks and balance works.And congress passed new laws to curb Presidential power to restoring the balance between the executive and legislative branches. Lowered public confidence in government officials. The supreme court preserved its independence, ordering Nixon to hand over the tapes.]]> 2020-03-06 06:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s2102812/5proqkro9hrb/wish/455567430