Richard Nixon
Election
- 1968
- Republican
- Nixon vs Humphrey vs Wallace
- 301 to 191 to 46 Electoral votes
- 1972
- Nixon vs McGovern
- 520 to 17 Electoral votes
Vietnam War
- Vietnamization- End U.S involvement in the Vietnam war
- Cambodia- Campaign during the war to overthrow government
- War Powers Act- President needs approval from Congress to send armed forces
Détente
- Détente
- General easing of tensions between nations
- USSR and USA
- Middle of Cold War
- Nixon and Ford Policies
Resignation
- Watergate- break in at Democratic National Committee
- 1972
- Nixon's cabinet involved
- Nixon was about to be impeached
- Resigned presidential term
- Pardoned by Ford