Nixon campaigned with telling the public that he would end the Vietnam War. Nixon blamed President Johnson's actions of adding troops and criticized his decisions of escalating the war in Vietnam. ... The plan of Vietnamization seemed to be very well developed in its beginning stages, but soon became much more complicated later in the war as Nixon was faced with lots of new challenges. ... Lots of platoons had parties in their bunkers and refused to fight. 3 Nixon became aware of the soldier's issues in Vietnam and looked for new ways to try to make peace and end the war with the...

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What comes to mind when you think of Richard Nixon? Although most people immediately recognize his name as a previous President involved in the Watergate Scandal, few know anything more about this controversial President. Overshadowed by the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon had a tumultuous ch...

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This wouldn't normally mean a lot but during this time there was a lot of fear of a World War III because of the Cold War in Russia. ... The biggest issue though during Nixon's presidency was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War at the time was splitting the country, as well as splitting American families- physically, mentally, and emotionally. ... During his State of the Union message in the beginning of 1971 President Nixon announced a 100 million dollar grant for cancer research. But it was not the war on cancer that would earn him a permanent place in history. ...

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A quarter of the working force or 13 million people were unemployed in 1932, and this was only the beginning (Encarta Encyclopedia). ... The Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first United States overland exploration of the American West and Pacific Northwest, beginning in May 1804 and ending in September 1806. ... The league was based on a new concept: collective security against the "criminal" threat of war. ... The covenant was formulated as part of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, in 1919. ... Cold War: The cold war is the post-194...

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