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Watergate: Nixon's Downfall ExamQuestions and Answers
The _____________ ____________ centered on the ________ _______________
attempt to cover up a burglary of the ______________ _______________
______________ (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office and _____________
__________ in Washington, D.C. - Correct Answers -Watergate scandal; Nixon
administrations; Democratic National Committee; apartment complex
Many historians believe that ______________ truly began with the ________________
of Richard ________ and those of his __________, as well as with the changing role of
the _____________ - Correct Answers -Watergate; personalities; Nixon; advisors;
presidency
When Richard ________ took office, the ___________ ________-as a result of the
_______ _____________, World War _, and the ______ ____-had become the most
____________ branch of government. - Correct Answers -Nixon; executive branch;
Great Depression; II; Cold War; powerful
In his book The ____________ ______________, the historian Arthur
_______________, Jr., argued that by the time Richard Nixon became president, the
_____________ _________ had taken on an air of __________, or __________,
____________ - Correct Answers -Imperial Presidency; Schlesinger; executive branch;
imperial; supreme; authority
________ expanded the power of the presidency with little thought to
__________________ ________, as when the _______________ _______ for federal
programs that he __________, or when he ordered troops to invade ______________
without ___________________ ___________. - Correct Answers -Nixon; constitutional
checks; impounded funds; opposed; Cambodia; congressional approval
What is meant by "imperial presidency"? - Correct Answers -term used to describe a
President as an "emperor" who acts whithout consulting Congress or acts in secrecy to
evade or deceive Congress; often used in reference to Richard Nixon's presidency
Nixon's group of advisors included H.R ___________, White House ______ __ _____;
John _____________, chief _____________ __________; and John ____________,
Nixon's former ____________ ___________. - Correct Answers -Haldeman; chief of
staff; Ehrlichman; domestic adviser; Mitchell; attorney general
, They played a ____ _____ in Nixon's ____(y) election victory and now helped the
president direct ________ ________ ________. - Correct Answers -key role; 1968;
White House Policy
At _:__ A.M., ______ __ ____ (m/d/y), a _______ at the ___________ __________ in
______________, __.__ , caught _(n) men breaking into the ____________
______________ of the ____. - Correct Answers -2:30; June 17, 1972; guard;
Watergate complex; Washington, D. C.; five; campaign headquarters; DNC
The burglars planned to photograph documents outlining _____________ _________
__________ and to place __________, or "_____," on the ________ _____________. -
Correct Answers -Democratic Party strategy; wiretaps; bugs; office telephones
The press soon discovered that the group's leader, James ________, was a former
____ ________. He was also a ___________ ________________ for a group known as
the ______________ __ _________ ___ ______________ (CRP). - Correct Answers -
McCord; CIA agent; security coordinator; Committee; to
Reelect the President
John ____________, who had resigned as ___________ _________ to run Nixon's
reelection campaign, was the CRP's __________. - Correct Answers -Mitchell; attorney
general; director
Why would the Nixon campaign team take such a risky action as breaking into the
opposition's headquarters? - Correct Answers -Wanted Nixon to win and would do
anything/He was scared of loosing
Workers shredded all _______________ _________________ in ____________'s
office. The ______ _________, with President Nixon's ________, asked the ____ to
urge the ____ to stop its _________________ into the ___________ on the grounds of
____________ _____________. - Correct Answers -incriminating documents;
Haldeman; White House; consent; CIA; FBI; investigations; burglary; national security
In addition, the ___ passed out nearly $___,___ to the ___________ ____________ to
buy their __________ after they were indicted in ______________ ____ (m/y). - Correct
Answers -CRP; 450,000; Watergate burglars; silence; September 1972
What steps did the White House take to cover up its involvement in the Watergate
break-in? - Correct Answers -Shredded all incriminating documents/Get FBI to stop
investigating/Payed burglars to keep them quiet
Only the ________________ _____ and two of its reporters, ____ _____________ and
_____ _____________, kept on the story. In a series of articles, the reporters
uncovered information that linked numerous _____________ of the _______________
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