Richard Nixon peaked in the 70s reaching some of his best accomplishments. Nixon visited in 1972 Beijing and Moscow, he reduced tensions with China and the U.S.S.R. This was very important at the time. Nixon was a smart man for making peace with them. Although it had late been discovered that he was involved in a scandal Nixon helped America in a big way. He was impeached from being president but didn't give up and continued to serve as a states man. His success was important to the time period because he reduced tensions with china and the u.s.s.r and was able to make a treaty that limited the making of nuclear weapons.