One would establish strict limits on the President's power to take the country into war without specific authorization by Congress, in pursuance of the power to declare war given to the Congress by the Constitution. ... Presidential war-making powers did not become a substantial threat to the Congressional power to declare war until the 21st century with the appearance of what used to be called gunboat or dollar diplomacy in our relations in Central America and the Caribbean. ... The character and course of the war powers legislation in Congress showed the same weaknesses that allowed pr...

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Therefore, the majority of racial minorities voted Democratic presidential candidate Franklin D. ... After the civil rights era, President Nixon was known as introducing a "Southern strategy" to win the 1968 presidential election. ... These men hoped to discover the Democratic Party's campaign strategy for the presidential election that year. ... Southern, conservative non-partisan, and religious voters) in order to win presidential elections. ... This is also seen by President Reagan who presented proposals that mainly benefitted Caucasians in the 1980 presidential election. ...

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Many Americans believed that the position of President was a supreme power. Nixon expanded the power of the Presidency and gave little consideration to checks and balances. ... The men were going to photograph papers and tap into the phone lines to discover the Democratic Party's strategy to elect their presidential candidate. ...

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Therefore, in late 1969 Nixon decided that the only way to appease Americans at home, while preserving nation's honor was to slowly withdraw American forces, reassuring South Vietnam that air power would be enough to cover the extraction; increase bombing the North to force them into negotiating. ... He felt that his power needed to end the war, was being undermined by the protestors. ... In the light of above events, Nixon was concerned about the next presidential elections. ...

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In 1955 he was the only New England senator to support renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act which gave the President the power to lower U. ... Kennedy wanted the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination, and almost as soon as the 1956 election was over, he began working toward it. ... Less than two hours after the shooting, aboard the presidential plane at the Dallas airport, Lyndon B. ...

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His abuse of power and disregard of morals lend to images of ruthlessness and merciless tyranny. ... The loss of his brothers, left him feeling powerless, it could be for this reason that Richard Nixon always demanded absolute power and ruled beyond the knowledge of most Americans. ... Eisenhower asked Nixon to be his running mate in the 1952 presidential election. However, soon after Nixon's vice-presidential nomination it was reported that a fund had been collected to cover his expenses as a senator. ... During the campaign Nixon once again attacked the Democrats and their president...

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The seeds for today's New Right conservative political movement were planted in 1964 with Senator Barry Goldwater's failed presidential campaign against President Lyndon Baines Johnson. ... Viguerie's first big client was Alabama's segregationist governor and third party presidential candidate George Wallace. ...

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In his book Johnson, Nixon, and the Doves, historian Melvin Small chronicles the anti-Vietnam War movement with much detail as he discusses the link between the decisions of the Johnson and Nixon administrations concerning the Vietnam War and the stream of protests that accompanied the war. Small's...

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AMARICA IN THE 1960"S The sixties were an exciting, revolutionary, turbulent time of great social and technological change: assassination, unforgettable fashion, new musical styles, "Camelot", civil rights, women's liberation, a controversial and decisive war in Vietnam, the antiwar protest to go along with the war, space exploration and the space race, peace marches, flower power, great TV and film and sexual freedom, and of course the great baby boomers. ... Many Black leaders had sided with Kennedy in the presidential race because Kenne...

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Carter was a very able negotiator; in 1978 he met at the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland with the Israeli prime minister and the Egyptian president to discuss the framework for peace between Egypt and Israel. ... During the mid 1980s Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the USSR. ...

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Richard Nixon won the November 1968 presidential election over Hubert Humphrey with only 43.5% of the popular vote (Schulzinger 275). ... Lon Nol thought that he had more power and authority over the prince and wanted to invade the Ho Che Minh trail with the American forces. ...

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