Nixon Flashcards

(37 cards)

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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

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W. Mark Felt

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2 man at FBI and the source known as Deep Throat

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H.R. "Bob" Haldeman
Nixon's chief of Staff. 18 1/2 minute gap involved him and Nixon's conversation.
26
E. Howard Hunt
organized the bugging of the Democratic Headquarters in the break-ins
27
G. Gordon Liddy
Former FBI agent who helped plan the break-in
28
Jeb Magruder
Nixon's deputy campaign director, formerly an aide to Nixon chief of staff Bob Haldeman.
29
John Mitchell
Nixon's former Law Partner served as AG before resigning to head CRP
30
Charles Ruff
fourth and final special prosecutor to investigate the break-in and cover-up
31
Donald Segretti
former Military Prosecutor and civil lawyer, he ran a campaign of political sabotage against the democrats for Nixon's re-election efforts
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Earl Silbert
U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia who prosecuted many of the President's men
33
John Sirica
nicknamed Maximum John for his tough sentences, rose to national prominence while presiding over the Watergate trials
34
Maurice Stans
commerce secretary in the first Nixon cabinet and finance chairman for the CRP.
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Bob Woodward
another reporter of the Washington Post on the Watergate story. he personally met with Deep Throat
36
Patrick Gray
FBI director resigned after revealing that he destroyed Watergate records
37
Alexander Butterfield
testified that Nixon recorded all conversation in his office