Nixon staffers began to spy on the opposition, including members of the Democratic Party.
Nixon's constant fear resulted in his staffers taking extreme actions to ensure he won. This including developing false rumors about different politicians and even breaking into the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate complex. This paranoia would eventually lead to his downfall, as members of the Committee to re-elect President Nixon were arrested for burglary after trying to steal documents from the Democratic Party.
He became President at the end of the Reconstruction Era of the United States through a complex Compromise of 1877.
The French Revolution and the American Revolution were almost direct results of Enlightenment thinking. The idea that society is a social contract between the government and the governed stemmed from the Enlightenment as well
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