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- 221: Declining Trust in Our Government
- ... for the feelings of the American people. One reason cited by some is that it is the fault of poor leaders. Two commonly blamed leaders are President Johnson and President Nixon. Two of the biggest drops in the public's confidence in our government occurred in 1964, during the bombing of Vietnam, and in 1972, during Watergate (Nye). Although these two ...
- 222: What Role Should the U.S. Play in World Defense?
- ... growing daily, and new satellites were being launched to bring the war live to the millions of Americans on the evening news. In 1973, the newly appointed republican president Richard Nixon announced that the U.S was going to pull out of Vietnam. His promise came true-but very slowly. After the Vietnam war, America stayed out of foreign affairs for ...
- 223: Jimmy Carter
- ... difficult and outstanding problems. Ratification of the Panama Canal treaties was an important step in that direction. It signaled Jimmy Carter’s willingness to take on issues that Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford had considered too tricky (Dumbrell 212). Some saw losing the canal as a major loss to the United States because estimated construction costs were around $387 million and ...
- 224: John F. Kennedy In Vietnam
- ... the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at the 1960 Los Angeles convention. With a majority of 118,574 votes, he won the election over Vice President Richard M. Nixon and became the first Roman Catholic president. Kennedy was inaugurated January 20, 1961. January 19, 1961 was President Eisenhower last full day in office. He met with President elect Kennedy ...
- 225: Presidents and Affirmative Action
- ... have real opportunities to be hired and then eventually get a promotion. In 1969, the Department of Labor exposed widespread racial discrimination of the Construction Department so President Richard M. Nixon decided to encorporate a system of "goals and timetables" to evaluate federal construction companies according to affirmative action. This idea of "goals and timetables" provided guidelines for companies to follow ...
- 226: Birth Order 2
- ... 75). Some famous middle and second children who have found their identity include Robert Allen (AT&T), Mat Dillion (actor), Andrew Grace (Intel), Tom Selleck (actor), George Burns (comedian), Richard Nixon (President) (Koselka and Shook 146). If a group of psychologists randomly picked out ten last born children, chances are that nine of them would have these characteristics: manipulative, charming, blames ...
- 227: Birth Order
- ... 75). Some famous middle and second children who have found their identity include Robert Allen (AT&T), Mat Dillion (actor), Andrew Grace (Intel), Tom Selleck (actor), George Burns (comedian), Richard Nixon (President) (Koselka and Shook 146). If a group of psychologists randomly picked out ten last born children, chances are that nine of them would have these characteristics: manipulative, charming, blames ...
- 228: Fighting For Our Love Ones
- ... medical decisions are being made by Politician," states Dr. Arnold Jeffe, a Santa Cruz physician (2). Sad, but true. Politics made marijuana illegal in 1937. Then in 1972, under President Nixon, the Shafer Commission urged it to be relegalized, which was obviously never done. However, medical research continued. After remarkable results, in 1975, the FDA established the Compassionate Use Program for ...
- 229: The Government Should Make Use of Revenue Sharing
- ... went on, the tasks were turned over to the states, but the federal government still remained involved through the use of federal grants to states and localities. In the 1970s, Nixon's New Federalism put a heavy emphasis on federal grants. Revenue sharing gave federal dollars to localities and states that had never received very much or any federal money before ...
- 230: The Hippie Movement That Arose From Vast Political Changes
- ... the Left, and the youth movement grew, so did the idea of fighting back against the State. The idea of a single world revolution, grew. On April 30, 1970, President Nixon ordered the "incursion" of Cambodia, with this announcement the students went into action. By May 4, 1970, a hundred student strikes were in progress across the country. At Kent State ...
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