Richard Nixon- Nixon was president from 1969-1974, he was president during the OPEC. OPEC started in 9171, Nixon promoted the situation by removing the United States from the gold standard. This affect the US because counties could no longer redeem US dollars in exchange reserves in gold. OPEC’s last straw began when the U.S. supported Israel against Egypt in the Yom Kippur War. On October 19, 1973. Nixon requested $2.2 billion from congress in emergency military aid for Israel. The Watergate scandal began on June 17, 1972, which had to do with several burglars that had been arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, located in Washington, D.C. The prowlers had been connected to President Nixon’s reelection campaign, they …show more content…
Nixon had wished to take the minds off people, due to the fact that as President, he had failed to bring an end to the conflict. Samuel Byck was an American hijacker who attempted to murder Nixon. He attempted to hijack a plane that was flying out of the airport. He was trying to crash into the White House, hoping to kill U.S. President Richard Nixon. This was known as assassination attempt because they were trying to kill Nixon. The United States v. Nixon was a United States supreme court case which resulted in a decision against Richard Nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings and other materials to a federal district court. It was important in the late states of the Watergate scandal, during the ongoing impeachment of Richard Nixon. The executive privilege had to do with some recordings during the Watergate scandal, he was forced to release them; however, Nixon stated that he didn’t have to due to the Executive Privilege. In the end, it ended up not working because they didn’t believe he had the right to use it. Embargo signaled a shift in the global financial balance of power to oil-producing states and triggered a slew of U.S. attempts to address foreign