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List some of Nixon's actions and policies as president, and discuss their long-term effects.

What is the Nixon legacy? What should he be remembered for

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Some of Nixon's actions and policies as president was:
-Ended the Vietnam War and improving U.S relations with the Soviet Union and China. 
The long term effects is:
- Negative effect that Watergate created such a legacy of distrust in government that we are living with its consequences even today. 
- On the other hand, the positive legacy from his presidencies, such as the passage of the first comprehensive environmental legislation.
Nixon legacy is:
 - Helped move the Eisenhower administration towards supporting the Civil
Rights movement.
- Established diplomatic relations with China.
- Negotiated arms treaties with USSR
- Maintained a policy of detente, which thawed the Cold War tensions
- Founded the EPA
- And tried initiating many social reforms.
He will be remembered for:
- Being the only president to resign from office as a result of the Watergate Scandal.

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