Watergate Scandal
Analysis
Conclusion
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General Information
Where Washington Dc watergate complex
What wire taping phones
stealing docoments
When June 17th 1972
Why to help Nixon's reelection
Who Burglas and Richard Nixon
The water gate scandal affects the cold war
Did this event have a positive or negative effect?
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Most important event of the cold war
Effects of this event
People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.
Richard M. Nixon
Cause
Effect
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1968, Nixon was elected
1972, re-election so he set up CREEP which was encouraged to use whatever method necessary to ensure he was re-elected
June 17 1972, five members of CREEP were arrested for breaking into Watergate Office of the Democrat Party in an attempt to bug it
Two reporters found out CREEP was funded and controlled by White House
1972, Nixon denied all knowledge by admitting two of his top advisers were involved, they resigned 30 April1973, and he was re-elected
John Dean claimed scandal had been covered up by Nixon
21 November 1973, Nixon handed over 7 of the 9 tapes but they were edited
30 April 1974, handed over all 9 unedited tapes which showed him swearing and how he had been involved in the scandal
8 August, Nixon resigned
Nixon was fist president in America to resign following impeachment
Gerald Ford became president a day later but was criticised as he kept most of Nixon's workers and he gave Nixon a pardon for his part in the Scandal
People lost confidence in government
1976, Jimmy Carter became president and tried to regain people confidents in government, gave women and black Americans job. Oil crisis led to him being criticised as petrel prices rose
Nixon's resign led to an investigation into power of the president and it was found that presidents had been using powers given to them in 1950 as emergency power
1976, powers were balanced by a number or acts and laws
Public became cynical of politicians and became less willing to trust the,.
Overall summary
The Church Committee
An era of legal reform
The era of celebrity journalists
A legacy of language
The scandal resulted in the indictment, trial, conviction and incarceration of 43 people, including dozens of top Nixon administration officials.
It resulted in the resignation of Nixon
Nixon was trying to ease the tension between the us and the Soviet
Strict limits on amounts that White House can spend
A weakened Presidency – or at the very least, a Congress that is likely to prove more aggressive in dealing with the White House.
It's in the field of campaign reform that Watergate is having the quickest impact, and in several ways. Since 1972, 42 States – some with scandals of their own – have passed election-reform laws. Congress is on the verge of enacting a plan designed to clean up political practices.
lost what could have been the best president of the united states
Nixons regination