Nixon Flashcards

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Hubert Humphrey

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Didn’t say much about Vietnam for the 1968 election

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George Wallace

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wanted victory in Vietnam and VP wanted to us nukes

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3
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EPA

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environmental protection agency

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4
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OSHA

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occupational safety and administration

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5
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John Mitchell

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attorney general who also strengthened police powers

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6
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First men on the moon were

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

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7
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who was the third person on Apollo 11

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Michael Collins

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8
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what flights went to the moon

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11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17

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9
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Henry Kissinger

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German born american political scientist

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10
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who was the national security advisor and secretary of state for Nixon and Ford

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Henry Kissinger

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11
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Detente

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Nixon and Kissinger’s plan for Russia

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12
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Realpolitik

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politics based on practical and material factors then on theoretical or ethical objectives

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13
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SALT

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strategic arms limitation talks

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14
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what was SALT

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Talks with Russia to reduce the nuclear weapons

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15
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John Mitchell

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head of creep and helps Nixon win re-election

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16
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OPEC

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organization of petroleum exporting countries

17
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Spiro Agnew

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VP for Nixon until he resigned for tax evasion

18
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Carl Bernstein

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reporter with the Washington Post on Watergate

19
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Archibald Cox

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first special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation. fired during Saturday Night Massacre

20
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Charles Colson

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evil genius and special counsel guilty of obstruction of justice. convicted for role in cover-up

21
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John Dean

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former White House counsel. also charged with obstruction of justice

22
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John Ehrlichman

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Nixon’s assistant for domestic affairs directed the plumbers unit. approved the breaking of Daniel Ellsberg psychiatrist

23
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Sam Ervin

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Chairman of the Senate Watergate committee

24
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W. Mark Felt

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2 man at FBI and the source known as Deep Throat

25
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H.R. “Bob” Haldeman

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Nixon’s chief of Staff. 18 1/2 minute gap involved him and Nixon’s conversation.

26
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E. Howard Hunt

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organized the bugging of the Democratic Headquarters in the break-ins

27
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G. Gordon Liddy

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Former FBI agent who helped plan the break-in

28
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Jeb Magruder

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Nixon’s deputy campaign director, formerly an aide to Nixon chief of staff Bob Haldeman.

29
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John Mitchell

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Nixon’s former Law Partner served as AG before resigning to head CRP

30
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Charles Ruff

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fourth and final special prosecutor to investigate the break-in and cover-up

31
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Donald Segretti

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former Military Prosecutor and civil lawyer, he ran a campaign of political sabotage against the democrats for Nixon’s re-election efforts

32
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Earl Silbert

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U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia who prosecuted many of the President’s men

33
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John Sirica

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nicknamed Maximum John for his tough sentences, rose to national prominence while presiding over the Watergate trials

34
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Maurice Stans

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commerce secretary in the first Nixon cabinet and finance chairman for the CRP.

35
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Bob Woodward

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another reporter of the Washington Post on the Watergate story. he personally met with Deep Throat

36
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Patrick Gray

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FBI director resigned after revealing that he destroyed Watergate records

37
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Alexander Butterfield

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testified that Nixon recorded all conversation in his office