The document summarizes Richard Nixon's presidency from 1969 to 1974. It describes Nixon's policies of new federalism and southern strategy, as well as his foreign policy triumphs with China and Russia. It then discusses the Watergate scandal where Nixon's administration was involved in a break-in at the Democratic headquarters and subsequent cover-up. This led to the Senate investigating Watergate and Nixon's eventual resignation in 1974 to avoid impeachment over his role in the cover-up.