Answer the following 4 separate questions and provide a source link for wherever you may have found your answers. Create an open ended question related to the first question.
1. Analyze the three presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter. Did these leaders create their own problems or did they face external circumstances?
-Related information: Use chapter 27 to help you answer the question
2. In what ways did the administrations of the 1970s fail to properly resolve issues they faced that would continue to haunt succeeding presidents?
-Related Information: The 1970s were undoubtedly a difficult time for U.S. presidents. Between the tense foreign and domestic issues there were a lot of problems the Presidents had to face. These issues, however, weren’t only faced by one president, because no president fully resolved certain issues, they continued to exist into following presidencies. In what ways did the failures of the Nixon administration cause problems for the Ford administration, and for their failures to cause problems for the Carter administration?
3. In your opinion, which president Nixon, Ford, or Carter was most responsible for their bad reputation?
-Related Information: It is clear that Nixon, Ford, and Carter all faced many problems and a lot of backlash during their time as President. This was due to many reasons such as economic problems, illegal actions, secret missions, private decisions, and much more. However, not all issues that arose could be controlled by the Presidents and therefore they were forced to take the wrath for the countries complications. So, the question is, who caused themselves the most amount of harm and did the most damage to their reputations based on their own wrongdoings?
4. In what was did the Vietnam War change the U.S.?
-Related Information: Under the Presidency of Eisenhower, the U.S. would get involved in the Vietnam War. It wouldn’t be until President Nixon started bringing U.S. soldiers back home, as he felt that this was a battle they will not win. However, entering the war already had an effect on the U.S. as it divided the nations people. It also had the ability to undermine America’s power to other countries, making the U.S. appear weak. Citizens that were against the war, specifically sending U.S. troops, saw it as unnecessary and that it was sending men to their deaths. They wanted to promote peace and eventually evolved the way society viewed things. How else did the Vietnam War affect the nation afterwards? What is the Vietnam Syndrome? Did it affect the U.S. socially, politically, and economically?
Book used – Title : Of the People
Authors : Michael E. McGerr, Camilla Townsend, Karen M. Dunak, Mark Summers, Jan Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA, Sep-2021
Publish Date : Sep-2021
ISBN 10 : 0197586155
ISBN 13 : 9780197586150
