Madeline Clark
History 170
25 January 2016
Field Trip Assignment For my field trip I went to the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda. I actually live right down the street and yet have never taken a trip there. This place is a library and a museum. It was so interesting to walk through, looking at all of the history that was made there. The three things that I valued the most form this experience was the Birthplace, the Presidential Helicopter, and the East Room. Considering Nixon did grow up in that house that is located at the scene, it was very impressive to see that the house was still standing. The helicopter was also located at this exhibit that Richard Nixon along with other Presidents that have physically sat and road in it.
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Allen Weinstein made the inclusion that the Richard Nixon Library would be able to hold President Nixon’s materials. The Library had finally become part of the National Archives on July 11, 2007. Building a museum around the actual birthplace that Nixon grew up in is pretty amazing. Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in that house that his father, Frank Nixon built in 1912. Richard’s mother and father had a citrus ranch on the land that surrounded the house. They left the house and moved to Whittier, California in 1922. This house was bought over by the Yorba Linda school district. They made it a residence, which later became Richard Nixon Elementary School around 1948. It was known for being a historic site until the demolition of the Elementary school in 1988. After that in 1990 it became part of the Richard Nixon Library and Birth Place, as a part of the exhibit for people to see. Nixon’s family was part of a Quaker Community in Yorba Linda. Nixon’s parents raised his three brothers and him to have a courageous, patient, and determined attitudes. Nixon was young and had interest in politics, in his records at …show more content…
I actually got to go in the Helicopter, which was very cool. This helicopter was used by President Nixon, Ford, Johnson, and Kennedy. This helicopter seats 16 people and cost a million dollars to put together in 1960. This helicopter was known as either Marine One or Army one, depending on who was controlling it at the time. It was said that President Nixon used it more then 160 times and one of those times was when he took it over seas for the Summit meeting with President Sadat in Egypt. One of the most famous trips was when he took that helicopter to a military base after he resigned. This helicopter was brought from the White house in 1976 and was used for secret service. Then it was installed in the library grounds in 2006. This helicopter is so unique and interesting. When I got to walk through it, it was fascinating to see the assigned seats for the president and his crew. Also something striking was that they were able to smoke in this helicopter back in the day, so there were ashtrays. This helicopter is such a valuable symbol for President
Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda California on his father’s lemon farm. Richard Nixon was the second of five children born to Frank Nixon and Hannah Milhous. Unfortunately, two of his brothers died. In 1925, Richard Nixon’s younger brother died and in 1933, his older brother, whom he greatly admired, died of tuberculosis. His ancestors emigrated from Ireland in the 18th century, and settled in Pennsylvania and Indiana. In 1922, Richard Nixon and his family moved to Whittier, California after the lemon farm failed. Richard Nixon regularly attended Quaker services and experienced a rough childhood, having an abusive father and manipulative mother. He attended Whittier High School where he came in second for student body president. Graduating second in his class, he was offered a scholarship to Harvard but was not able to afford the travel and tuition, so enrolled Whittier College, a quaker institution. He excelled as a student and leader. He became the freshman class President and, as a senior, student body president. Richard Nixon was unable to really excel in football. He graduated second in his class, in 1934, and received a scholarship to Duke Law School. The Whittier College president wrote, “I believe Nixon will become one of America’s important, if not great leaders.”
Richard Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal left no doubt to his involvement of being impeached. During the Nixon Administration, he was able to prevent colleges from being gender biased and allowing both male and female to have equal opportunity and receiving financial aid as well as competing in sports. He was able to establish the Environmental Protection Agency. He also worked to create a relationship between the U.S and the Middle East. Unfortunately, even with all of the accomplishments, he was able to have, everyone will remember Richard Nixon as the president who was involved in the Watergate scandal. The Watergate scandal left an asterisk by his legacy while being in the office, the results left him with having to resign and with him facing criminal charges as well, the Scandal became well known to the public in the summer of 1974. Through my essay, I will discuss why I am intrigued by the Watergate scandal, and discuss what if Richard Nixon never got caught on the audio tape?
Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, was born on January 9th, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon was a Republican congressman who served as vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower. He ran for president in 1960 but lost to charismatic Massachusetts senator John F. Kennedy. Eight years later, Richard Nixon returned to the race and won the White House by a solid margin (Networks). After successfully ending American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with the U.S.S.R. and China, he became the only President to ever resign the office, as a result of the Watergate scandal (White House). On August 8th, 1974, Richard Nixon decided to resign from office because he felt that he no longer had a “strong enough political base in the Congress". In order to leave off a good impression of himself, outline the positive changes that he had made during his presidency, and inform the reason behind his resignation, he delivered a speech. In his speech “Resignation Address to the Nation”, Nixon speaks directly to the citizens of the United States and at the same time tries to indirectly get his message across to the rest of the world. I think Richard Nixon’s speech was effective because he used tools such as rhetorical devices to make his audience realize that he was resigning for their greater good.
Specific Purpose: To share with them his early life, his political career, his load of presidency, his tragic death, and his inspiration.
On June 17, 1972, numerous intruders were caught red-handed inside the building of Democratic National Committee, also known as the Watergate Building in Washington, D.C. Consequently, the leader behind it all was President Richard Nixon. This inaction of justice that took place that day set about Nixon from the rest of the presidents. As a president, he abused his power for his own morals. Before he could be impeached, he resigned and showed the United States that he could not take full responsibility for his actions. Even after he was pardoned for his crimes, and further persuaded American citizens on the injustice he did. Not only did Nixon set apart from the rest he changed the political standard of the United States. He made people become
Richard Nixon successfully used Pathos throughout his “Checkers Speech” to appeal to the emotions of the American people. Nixon, more commonly known for being one of the most hated presidents that the United States has endured, is exceptionally brilliant. He used technology to help him plead his innocence, as he televised his big “Checkers Speech” for the entire United States to hear.
Richard 's father, Frank Nixon, was born in Ohio. His mother died when he was
When people think of Richard Nixon the Watergate scandal may come to mind. Impeachment might also come to mind, but contrary to popular thought he was never truly impeached. Notably, the only impeached presidents are Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Yet, Nixon has a strong public disapprobation. Most of Richard Nixon’s legacy remains surrounded by negativity, but is there anything positive or noteworthy regarding Nixon’s presidency? Due to the Watergate scandal, people tend to overlook many aspects of Richard Nixon, to include, his background, his actual involvement in Watergate, and his legacy.
During the 1960 presidential election, the candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy made history by partaking in the first televised debate. The two men both gave their opinions on a multitude of issues and both argued their positions well, but the true argument was among the people who listened to the debate on the radio and the people who watched the debate on television. For those who listened to the debate, Richard Nixon was the clear winner; but, for those who watched the debate, Richard Nixon’s sweaty face appeared uncomfortable in comparison to Kennedy’s calm and collected appearance. This begs the question when is sweat “good/acceptable/attractive” and when is sweat “bad/unacceptable/unattractive”? With the assistance of a simple
One event he is most famous for during his Vice-Presidency is the “kitchen debate” with Khrushchev at the United States exhibition in Moscow (Small 47). This particular debate argued capitalism verses communism and it just so happened to take place in a kitchen (Small 49). He was the first American official to address the Soviets in a live television broadcast. Over the next eight years, Nixon continued to elevate the office of vice president to a new level. With his youthful and vigorous attitude, he made sure he would be the most active vice president in any previous administration.
President Richard M. Nixon’s administration had to face many international and domestic challenges in the United States between 1968 and 1974, some positive and some negative. His achievements in expanding peaceful relationships with both China and the Soviet Union are contrastingly different with his continuation of the Vietnam War. In the end, Nixon’s scandals and abuse of presidential power caught up to him, and his administration did much to corrode America’s faith in the government.
Richard Nixon, though created a large credibility gap within the US, he accomplished a lot for the country. He served five years in the presidential office as a republican (1969-1974), and he was the only president to resign from office in history. Although through his presidency he had accomplished many things, such as creating revenue sharing, ending the draft, and creating anticrime laws, he still had a rough time rebuilding his reputation after many assumptions of corruption in his office. Though he never admittedly pledged guilty to his crimes of taking government funds for his own personal gain, there was proof that he was. After the Watergate scandal, the American people set their mind to believe what the proof led to, so Nixon’s
Richard Nixon, born January 9, 1913 and passed away April 22, 1994, he was the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. President Nixon thought it was crucial “to spread the White House around” by traveling and speaking largely. Richard Nixon engaged in prime time television so largely to promote his policies on Vietnam that the Federal Communications Commission took an unheard of movement
Richard Nixon's presidency is one of the most examined, analyzed and discussed, yet least understood, of all the American administrations in history. While many factors still remain to be discovered, and many mysteries are left to be resolved, we need to do the best that we can to make sense of this secretive president of our past and his era. He is the one American figure about whom very few people don't have strong feelings for. Nixon is loved and hated, honored and mocked . The term 'Watergate', labeled by Congress in 1974, stands for not only the burglary, but also for the numerous instances of officially sanctioned criminal activity and abuses of power as well as the obstruction of justice that preceded the actual break-in.
A number of people, including myself, occasionally read about former presidents in our limited spare time. For instance, I have previously indulged in reading an ensemble of Ronald Reagan’s diary entries. The deeds he did and the people he spoke to as president are simply fascinating, not to mention strenuous and complicated