American Presidents: Life Portraits


A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits March-December 1999

American Presidents: Life Portrait Exhibit
9-12 Grade Student Activity

Richard M. Nixon

Meet the 36th president!
Richard M. Nixon left home in _______ to attend law school, and left again to work in ____________ .

Look closer!
Look at the picture of President Nixon's departure after his resignation in 1974. Why did people attend his departure? What do you imagine was said in conversations between those in attendance and the president? What would you have said?

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