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President Richard Nixon
Where was that leader from?
Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. After completing his undergraduate work at Whittier College, he graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1937 and returned to California to practice law in La Habra.
How he got to be a great leader?
throughout the campaign, Nixon portrayed himself as a figure of stability during aperiod of national unrest and upheaval. He appealed to what he called the "silent majority" of socially conservative Americans who disliked the hippie counterculture and the anti-war demonstrators, and secured the nomination in August. His running mate, Maryland governor Spiro Agnew, became an increasingly vocal critic of these groups, solidifying Nixon's position with the right.[52]
Nixon waged aprominent television campaign, meeting with supporters in front of cameras and advertising on the television medium. He stressed that the crime rate was too high, and attacked what he perceived as a surrender by the Democrats of the United States' nuclear superiority. His campaign was aided by turmoil within the Democratic Party: President Lyndon B. Johnson, consumed with the Vietnam War,announced that he would not seek reelection. After a contentious Democratic primary campaign, Vice President Hubert Humphrey held a moderate but not decisive lead over Senator Robert F. Kennedy; however, Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles following the final, California primary. Humphrey was nominated at a convention marked by mass protests.[51] Nixon appeared to represent a calmer society.[51] Withregard to the Vietnam War, he promised peace with honor, and campaigned on the notion that "new leadership will end the war and win the peace in the Pacific." He did not give specific plans on how to end the war, resulting in media intimations that he must have a "secret plan."[55] His slogan of "Nixon's the One" proved to be effective.
In a three-way race between Nixon, Humphrey, andindependent candidate George Wallace, Nixon defeated Humphrey by nearly 500,000 votes to become the 37th President of the United States on November 5, 1968.
His ideas and ambitions
Nixon believed in using government wisely to benefit all and supported the idea of practical liberalism. During the Nixon administration, the United States established many government agencies, among them theEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA). Nixon authorized the Clean Air Act of 1970, which was noted as one of the most significant pieces of environmental legislation ever signed. He established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
In 1971, Nixon proposed the creation of four new government departments superseding the current structure: departments organized for the goal of efficient andeffective public service as opposed to the thematic bases of Commerce, Labor, Transportation, Agriculture, et al. Departments including the State, Treasury, Defense, and Justice would remain under this proposal. He reorganized the Post Office Department from a cabinet department to a government-owned corporation: the U.S. Postal Service.
Nixon cut billions of dollars in federal spending andexpanded the power of the Office of Management and Budget. He established the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1972[88] and supported the Legacy of parks program, which transferred ownership of federally owned land to the states, resulting in the establishment of state parks and beaches, recreational areas, and environmental education centers.
How did his supremacy ended?
The termWatergate has come to encompass an array of illegal and secret activities undertaken by the Nixon administration. The activities became known in the aftermath of five men being caught breaking into Democratic party headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972.The Washington Post picked up on the story, while reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward relied on an FBI...