The History Place
The History Place: Presidential Impeachment Proceedings
Provides the background and events leading to the Articles of Impeachment being drawn up against Richard Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Nixon's Foreign Policy
A comprehensive study tool reviewing the U.S. foreign policy during the Nixon administration. Take advantage of this PowerPoint Presentation.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Richard Milhous Nixon
Richard Nixon (1913-1994 CE) served as the 37th President of the United States. AmericanPresident.org tracks the course of his turbulent political career.
The White House
The White House: Presidents: Richard M. Nixon
View a general biography of Richard Nixon. Includes portrait, and a link to the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
A&E Television
Biography: Richard Nixon
This resource offers a comprehensive life history of Nixon (1913-1994 CE). It also offers links to related people and websites.
Other
Watergate.info: Analysis of the Impeachment Votes
A chart of each of the House Judiciary Committee member's party affiliation and vote on each article of impeachment in the Watergate case.
The Washington Post
Washington Post: Special Reports: Revisiting Watergate
A retrospective of the Watergate crisis, compiled from the resources of the newspaper largely responsible for first bringing the crimes of the Nixon administration to light. Includes a chronology, an analysis of key players, links to...
Seymour Brody
Jewish Heroes in America: Henry Kissinger
Relates the life story of former Secretary of the State, Henry Kissinger who played a very powerful role in the Nixon and Ford administrations. For his work as a peace negotiator he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973.
China State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group
Backgrounder: Nixon's 1972 "Ice Breaking" Visit to China
This site discusses Nixon's 1972 visit to China and its lasting effects. There is a recent article reflecting on a significant historical event. Includes links to information about other presidents and their relationship with China.
Digital History
Digital History: Detente
One of the most remarkable foreign policies of the 20th century, Nixon pursued detente in hopes of easing tensions with the Communist world.
US National Archives
The Eagle and the Dragon: 1972 1978 the Bamboo Curtain
This site provides a brief discussion of Nixon's 1972 visit to China. Also includes pictures from a museum exhibit to that period in history.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Nixon & the Imperial Presidency
This is a mutiple choice quiz having to do with Nixon's Presidency.
Other
Federal Grants and Revenues
This site describes one of the principles of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 and one of its purposes.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Remembering Agnew
A transcript from a news cast with David Keene, who was Agnew's political assistant at the White House, remembering Spiro Agnew. Also contains an audio clip of the segment.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Richard Nixon: First
Review a transcript of Richard Nixon's first inaugural address given on January 20, 1969.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: United States v. Nixon (1974)
This U.S. Supreme Court case required President Nixon to produce the Watergate Tapes. This resource provides an abstract containing a concise summary, a link to the full text of the decision, and a record of how the justices that sat on...
Other
Watergate.info: Nixon's Resignation Letter
A photograph of Nixon's letter of resignation signed on August 9, 1974.
Other
Watergate.info: Members of the Judiciary Committee
This Australian site from Watergate.info provides a list of the 38 members of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee which met during 1974 and eventually voted to submit 3 articles of impeachment to the full House.
Boston College
Archibald Cox to Receive O'neill Citizenship Award
Article tells of Cox's accomplishments, including being appointed the nation's first special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate scandal, throughout his career in law.
CNN
Cnn: Cynicism Didn't Start With Watergate
A short look at the impact of Watergate on the faith of Americans in the Federal Government. Site also offers helpful hyperlinks to: What was Watergate? Watergate Glossary, Watergate's Political Survivors, and more.
Curated OER
Watergate Timeline: The Details
This Washington Post site has information about the Watergate scandal which occurred during the presidency of Nixon. The information is presented in the form of a timeline along with explanations of the events and pictures of the major...
Curated OER
Watergate Timeline: The Details
This Washington Post site has information about the Watergate scandal which occurred during the presidency of Nixon. The information is presented in the form of a timeline along with explanations of the events and pictures of the major...
Curated OER
Nixon Resign
Access a transcript and an audio file of Nixon's resignation speech, delivered on August 8, 1974, two years and two months after the Watergate story first broke.
Curated OER
Chnm: Nixon Announces Invasion of Cambodia
Includes timeline and brief explanation of how President Nixon announced the U.S. invasion of Cambodia.