Neil Armstrong and the Moon Landing
Ch 29 pt 2 vocab
Neil Armstrong and the moon landing: America celebrated the moon landing and the defeat of the Soviets in the space race. Armstrong was the astronaut to first make it to the moon from America.
Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers: In order to secretly divide America so he could win the 1972 election, Nixon opposed court-ordered busing and took a stand against criminals, drug users, and radicals. In order to continue his plans, Nixon authorized illegal investigations against thousands of citizens and used the government to its full capacity to help him win the election. Nixon initiated the Huston plan that infiltrated into the privacy of American lives and got to the point of breaking and entering to gather or plant evidence. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover opposed the plan, but Nixon secretly embraced this plan to discredit this foe. The Pentagon Papers were placed in the media for all to see despite Nixon's skepticism. He did not want the secrets of his actions towards the Vietnam War exposed, so he battled the constitutionality of these papers. The Supreme Court, however, ruled the printing of the papers constitutional under the first amendment.
*Ellsberg released them. The papers comprised the U.S. military's account of theater activities during the Vietnam War. Ellsberg released top secret documents to The New York Times. His release of the Pentagon Papers succeeded in substantially eroding public support for the Vietnam War.
Warren Burger: When Burger was nominated for the Chief Justiceship, conservatives in the Nixon Administration expected that the Burger Court would rule markedly differently from the Warren Court and might, in fact, overturn controversial Warren Court era precedents. By the early 1970s, however, it became apparent that the Burger Court was not going to reverse the rulings of the Warren Court and in fact might extend some Warren Court doctrines. Earl warren the prev justice was responsible for the ruling to deseg
Neil Armstrong and the moon landing: America celebrated the moon landing and the defeat of the Soviets in the space race. Armstrong was the astronaut to first make it to the moon from America.
Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers: In order to secretly divide America so he could win the 1972 election, Nixon opposed court-ordered busing and took a stand against criminals, drug users, and radicals. In order to continue his plans, Nixon authorized illegal investigations against thousands of citizens and used the government to its full capacity to help him win the election. Nixon initiated the Huston plan that infiltrated into the privacy of American lives and got to the point of breaking and entering to gather or plant evidence. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover opposed the plan, but Nixon secretly embraced this plan to discredit this foe. The Pentagon Papers were placed in the media for all to see despite Nixon's skepticism. He did not want the secrets of his actions towards the Vietnam War exposed, so he battled the constitutionality of these papers. The Supreme Court, however, ruled the printing of the papers constitutional under the first amendment.
*Ellsberg released them. The papers comprised the U.S. military's account of theater activities during the Vietnam War. Ellsberg released top secret documents to The New York Times. His release of the Pentagon Papers succeeded in substantially eroding public support for the Vietnam War.
Warren Burger: When Burger was nominated for the Chief Justiceship, conservatives in the Nixon Administration expected that the Burger Court would rule markedly differently from the Warren Court and might, in fact, overturn controversial Warren Court era precedents. By the early 1970s, however, it became apparent that the Burger Court was not going to reverse the rulings of the Warren Court and in fact might extend some Warren Court doctrines. Earl warren the prev justice was responsible for the ruling to deseg