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Nixon Administration

By SthPrkmiguel

  • Mao Zedong Established Communist Rule in China (1947)

    Mao Zedong Established Communist Rule in China (1947)
    On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong officially proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China at Tiananmen Square. Chiang Kai-shek, 600,000 Nationalist troops, and about two million Nationalist-sympathizer refugees retreated to the island of Taiwan.

  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (1970)

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (1970)
    EPA History. Born in the wake of elevated concern about environmental pollution, EPA was established on December 2, 1970 to consolidate in one agency a variety of federal research, monitoring, standard-setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental protection.

  • Policy of Détente Begins (1971)

    Policy of Détente Begins (1971)
    is the name given to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union that began tentatively in 1971 and took decisive form when President Richard M. ... On May 22 Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit Moscow.

  • Nixon Visits China (1972)

    Nixon Visits China (1972)
    U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and mainland China after years of diplomatic isolation.

  • Watergate Scandal (1972)

    Watergate Scandal (1972)
    The articles charged the president with: 1) obstruction of justice in attempting to impede the investigation of the Watergate break-in, protect those responsible, and conceal the existence of other illegal activities; 2) abuse of power by using the office of the presidency on multiple occasions

  • Engaged Species Act (1973)

    Engaged Species Act (1973)
    When Congress passed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1973, it recognized that our rich natural heritage is of "esthetic, ecological, educational, recreational, and scientific value to our Nation and its people." It further expressed concern that many of our nation's native plants and animals were in danger of

  • United States v. Nixon (1974)

    United States v. Nixon (1974)
    was a noted United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a unanimous decision against President Richard Nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials to a federal district court.

  • Gerald Ford (1974-1977)

    Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977.

  • Ford Pardons Nixon (1974)

    Ford Pardons Nixon (1974)
    The pardon of Richard Nixon was a presidential proclamation issued by President of the United States Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974. By it, Ford granted to Richard Nixon, his predecessor, a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes that he might have committed against the United States as president.