Nixon’s Watergate Scandal
There probably isn’t a single American who doesn’t know about the Watergate Scandal. It was this event that eventually caused the Richard Nixon to resign as president of the United States. He was the first president to ever do so. President Gerald Ford acquitted him though.
Nixon’s Watergate Scandal
Calvin Coolidge
As vice president, Calvin Coolidge was next line after the untimely death of President Warren Harding back in 1923. The following year, he was elected as the president and he remained in office until 1929. He supported the laissez-faire foreign policy and small government so he was a popular political figure by the time his term ended. Many saw his administration as a time when the government had dignity even though the White House suffered several years filled with scandal. His soft-spoken demeanor contrasted with his passion for racial equality and civil rights. Regardless, he did not always win the approval of his fellow government officials, particularly when he wanted to turn lynching into a federal crime. Another important achievement under his administration was the passing of the Indian Citizenship Act which granted American citizenship to the Native Americans living on the reservations. Here is what his biographer had to say about him: “He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret their longings and express their opinions. That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength”.
Calvin Coolidge
