Richard Nixon: National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration

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Richard Nixon was the 47th president of the United States. He was elected president in 1968, and left office on August 9th, 1974. He was a Republican, who was served as a congressman for California. He also served as a senator for California. He was also Vice President under Dwight Eisenhower. Richard Nixon was not a good president, he caused outrage by invading neighboring countries, abusing his power, and letting inflation rise without trying to stop it.
Richard Nixon attended Whittier College, then Duke University. When Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941, Richard Nixon enlisted in the United States Navy. When World War II ended, so did Richard Nixon’s armed forces career. When he went back to California, he was chosen by the Southern California …show more content…
One of these new organizations is the Environmental Protection Agency, more commonly known as E.P.A. This agency is used to protect the environment of several endangered animals, they also make sure that the environments humans are living in are safe. Another agency is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which can be abbreviated to O.S.H.A., which is used to make sure the places people work are safe for them. There is another agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, abbreviated as N.O.A.A. which is used to make sure everything is okay with the oceans and atmosphere. Nixon created new environmental acts such as the 1967 Clean Air Act, the 1972 Noise Control Act, the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act, the 1973 Endangered Species Act, and the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act. The 1967 Clean Air Act has everything it does in it’s name, for it makes sure the air Americans breathe is clean. The Noise Control Act was to makeRichard Nixon was the 47th president of the United States. He was elected president in 1968, and left office on August 9th, 1974. He was a Republican, who was served as a congressman for California. He also served as a senator for California. He was also Vice President under Dwight Eisenhower. Richard Nixon was not a good president, he caused outrage by invading neighboring countries, abusing his power, and letting inflation rise without trying to …show more content…
Nixon tried to ease tensions during this period by establishing trade with The People’s Republic of China and negotiating the amount of nuclear with the leader of the Soviet Union at this time, Leonid Brezhnev. During the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon used a strategy now called ‘Vietnamization’ to bring home 100,000 troops from Vietnam before 1970. When he established trade with China and made deals with the U.S.S.R. he hoped that he could convince the nations to end the Vietnam War. They were able to come to a decision to stop fighting for a small amount of time, but then the small period of time was over, and the fighting started again. Before withdrawing from the war, Nixon bombed a supply line in Cambodia that was being used by the Soviets to communicate and supply other
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