Throughout the history of the United States, the presidency has greatly affected our nation and influenced where we are today. After reading two scholarly journal articles discussing the “Johnson Doctrine” and the “Nixon Doctrine”, one can learn much about the presidency during this particular time of policy. Their decisions and policies as president came during ...
Candidates: Republican Party: Richard Nixon (California) and Spiro Agnew (Maryland) Democratic Party: George McGovern (South Dakota) and Sargent Shriver (Maryland) Election Results: Nixon/Agnew: 520 electoral votes, 47.1 million popular votes McGovern/Shriver: 17 electoral votes, 29.1 million popular votes Summary: The first Nixon Administration approached the work of the government from a more liberal perspective than ...
Although the Vietnam War began during John F. Kennedy’s presidency, the majority of the war was fought during the administrations of Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. Although both men came from very different backgrounds, the Vietnam War would bring similar results to both President Johnson and President Nixon, though most would agree that ...
Richard M. Nixon’s legacy will forever be tainted by one word and all the connotations it carries: Watergate. But unlike George W. Bush, whose legacy will forever be tainted by the word Iraq and all the negative connotations it carries, Pres. Richard Nixon’s legacy has far more that can and should be written about. The ...
Could you pass a quiz? Question: How big a pencil-neck trivia geek are you? Answer a series of forehead-slapping anecdotal factoids. It’s up to you to weigh each fact in each anecdotal factoid. They’re tricky. One might seem like total B.S. until it’s revealed to be strangely and disturbingly “True.” Another anecdotal factoid might seem ...
Although you kids reading this may be unfamiliar with Jackie Gleason due to the stringently enforced rule currently in effect that disallows any film made before 2000 from ever airing on American television apart from Turner Classic Movies, the actor popularly known as The Great One was one of the most recognizable faces in the ...