Nixon Foreign and Domestic Achievements and Failures by Carly Morgan

Domestic Policy Achievements

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 02:25:00 UTC

source: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/richard-nixons-top-domestic-and-foreign-policy-achievements/

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 02:30:03 UTC

In 1973, Nixon ended the draft for the Vietnam War. The United States became an all-volunteer force after this. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 02:33:54 UTC

Nixon dedicated $100-million to fight against cancer which also led to the founding of many cancer centers, research, and medicine. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 02:37:53 UTC

In 1972, Nixon signed Title IX which allowed women to participate in collegiate sports. This also prevented gender bias in any college or university that received any Federal aid. This was a civil rights law. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 02:41:16 UTC

Nixon added the 26th amendment which allowed Americans to vote at age 18 instead of the previous age of 21. This extended rights to America's youth. ⭐⭐⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 02:45:12 UTC

Nixon initiated desegregation in Southern schools after many years, allowing more rights and equality in schools. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Domestic Policy Failures

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Nixon's presidential campaign was involved through fear and resentment of the civil rights movement and towards Southern voters. ⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:01:47 UTC

Nixon called students who were shot at Kent State "bums" for protesting against the Vietnam War. ⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:09:41 UTC

Nixon's men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters and they wiretapped the offices inside in order to get information or "dirt" on opponents for the reelection campaign. This is known as the Watergate Scandal and took place on June 17, 1972. Nixon lied and tried to cover himself up after the scandal.⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:15:29 UTC

Nixon protracted the Vietnam war for 4 years, leading to 20,000 U.S. troop deaths. It took him quite a bit before he actually ended the war. ⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:19:14 UTC

Nixon only resigned so that he wouldn't be impeached so that his crimes and involvement in the Watergate Scandal would not be exposed. He did not resign for "the good of the nation," but more so for the good of himself and his reputation. ⭐

Foreign Policy Achievements

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In 1973, Nixon signed the Paris Peace Accords which ended U.S. involvements in the Vietnam war. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:24:18 UTC

Nixon established relations with the Middle East which eliminated any Soviet dominance in the Middle East as a whole. An example of successful containment. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:29:08 UTC

Nixon signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) which calmed U.S. and Soviet Tensions by reducing the treats of nuclear weapons. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:32:37 UTC

Nixon hosted the largest reception in the history of the White House in honor of Vietnam war POWs returning home to honor them. ⭐⭐⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:35:56 UTC

Nixon was the first president to ever visit the People's Republic of China. He issued the Shanghai Communique which expressed his desire for normalized relations. He ended up getting more than a billion people of isolation. ⭐⭐⭐

Foreign Policy Failures

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:37:50 UTC

https://millercenter.org/president/nixon/foreign-affairs

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:48:07 UTC

Nixon violated the Logan Act of 1799 which is considered treason by interfering in Vietnam foreign negotiations. ⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:51:37 UTC

Since Nixon protracted the Vietnam war an unnecessary extra 4 years, over a million Vietnamese died for no reason. ⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 03:56:59 UTC

Nixon supported the Coup in Chile which replaced President Allende, a democratically elected president, with a military dictator, Pinochet, who was horrible. This went against the reasons the U.S. opposed communism. ⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 04:15:37 UTC

Nixon's campaign sabotaged peace talks from previous presidents and "urged the South Vietnamese government to hold out for better terms," another example of treason and interference in foreign negotiations. ⭐

cmorgan63 — 2025-04-06 04:27:16 UTC

At first, Nixon only interrupted the war instead of ending it fully which led to the many deaths of innocent Vietnamese. His relations with the Soviets and the Chinese weren't enough to convince North Vietnam of anything helpful or substantial. ⭐