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Students will explain the constitutional, political, and cultural significance of the Watergate Scandal and the United States Supreme Court decision of “United States v. Nixon."
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White House aide Alexander Butterfield testified that Nixon had ordered a(n) _____ in the White House, which would tell the committee what Nixon knew and when he knew it
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After Watergate: Bob Woodward, “Watergate was a good thing," because it showed that our laws apply to _____ .
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The Watergate scandal led to the only time in the nation’s history when the president of the United States _____ .
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After Watergate: many Americans _____ public officials.
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1973, McCord’s testimony opened a floodgate of confessions, like presidential counsel John Dean, who said that Nixon was guilty of _____ .
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After Watergate: FBI Investigation Guidelines Act was a new law restricting intelligence-gathering related to _____ activity?
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Washington Post investigated Watergate & Nixon told the American public, “_____ _____ had no involvement in this incident,” and Nixon won the 1972 election.
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Ethics in Government Act was a new law that required _____ disclosure by government officials throughout all branches of government.
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After burglars were arrested, White House officials asked the CIA to stop the FBI from _____ , which prompted FBI Director Mark Felt to leak the information to the Washington Post.
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Watergate crisis led to new laws intended to limit the power of the _____ branch.
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Nixon’s advisers ordered five men to break into the Democratic Party’s headquarters at Watergate, but a security guard noticed tape on a _____ and called police.
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September 1974, _____ _____ announced a pardon for Nixon, which drew public criticism and diminished his popularity.
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1972, Nixon’s reelection prospects seemed promising, but still Nixon was worried about _____ . His reelection was not certain.
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Supreme Court ruled that Nixon had to surrender the tapes, and they revealed that Nixon ordered the CIA to stop the FBI; _____ was inevitable, so on August 9, 1974, Nixon resigned.
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Scholars believe the roots of the Watergate scandal lay in Nixon's _____ . Nixon had grown defensive, secretive, & resentful of his critics, so he made an “enemies list” of people he considered a threat.
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Vice President _____ _____ resigned in disgrace and he was replaced by Gerald Ford, the republican leader of the House of Representatives.
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One of the five men who broke into the democratic headquarters was retired from government service, specifically the Central ______ Agency ; This caused Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein to investigate the burglary.
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Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, but Richardson refused and resigned; Nixon ordered Richardson’s deputy to fire Cox, but he resigned too; This hurt Nixon's _____ .
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Watergate began June, 1972, when Washington Post reporter, Bob Woodward, covered a bizarre incident: five men had broken into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters located in _____ .
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Nixon refused to hand over tapes, because of _____ _____ , which meant White House conversations were confidential for national security.
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Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after investigators found that he was guilty of receiving _____ , while he was governor and in Washington.
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