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Why did President Nixon resign? Congress was going to impeach him. He was about to lose the election. He was involved in an amnesty scandal

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President Nixon resign because "Congress was going to impeach him."
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The correct answer for this question is "Congress was going to impeach him." The reason why President Nixon resign because the Congress was going to impeach him. Because of the Watergate scandal which saw an Arab oil embargo, gasoline rationing made him decide to resign.
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