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History final exam!!!! Ch. 26 (Watergate) questions and answers
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History final exam!!!! Ch. 26 (Watergate)questions and answers
the Plumbers - Correct Answers -The White House Plumbers, sometimes simply called
the Plumbers, were a covert White House Special Investigations Unit, established July
24, 1971, during the presidency of Richard Nixon. Its task was to stop the leaking of
classified information, such as the Pentagon Papers, to the news media.
CRP (or CREEP) - Correct Answers -The Committee for the Re-Election of the
President (also known as the Committee to Re-elect the President), abbreviated CRP,
but often mocked by the acronym CREEP, was a fundraising organization of United
States President Richard Nixon's administration.
Executive Privilege - Correct Answers -the privilege, claimed by the president for the
executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest.
(Nixon and the tape recordings.)
Impeachment - Correct Answers -Impeachment is a formal process in which an official
is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may
include the removal of that official from office as well as criminal or civil punishment.
Richard Nixon - Correct Answers -Watergate definition. An incident in the presidency of
Richard Nixon that led to his resignation. In June 1972, burglars in the pay of Nixon's
campaign committee broke into offices of the Democratic party.
Deep Throat - Correct Answers -It was later revealed, and confirmed by Woodward and
Bernstein, that Deep Throat was FBI Deputy Director W. Mark Felt. Woodward had
befriended Felt years earlier, and had consulted with him on stories before the
Watergate scandal.
Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein - Correct Answers -While a young reporter for The
Washington Post in 1972, Woodward was teamed up with Carl Bernstein; the two did
much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to
numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard
Nixon.
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