Why did burglars attempt to steal information from the DNC headquarters? - ANSWERplanned to photograph documents containing Dem Party Strategy and placed wire-taps on phone; wanted Nixon to have advantage in the next election
President during watergate - ANSWERNixon
how did the White House de...
Why did burglars attempt to steal information from the DNC headquarters? - ANSWERplanned to
photograph documents containing Dem Party Strategy and placed wire-taps on phone; wanted Nixon
to have advantage in the next election
President during watergate - ANSWERNixon
how did the White House deflect public interest from the Watergate burglary? - ANSWER
what actions did the house judiciary committee take in the scandal - ANSWERobstruction of justice,
abuse of power, contempt of Congress towards nixon
What did the "White House tapes" reveal? - ANSWERPresident Nixon had ordered a cover-up in the
Watergate affair.
Why did Nixon resign? what were effects of the scandal - ANSWERHe didn't want to be impeached.
25 people convicted; disillusionment with the imperial presidency; cynicism about public officials;
suspicious about presidency
What was the Saturday Night Massacre? - ANSWERAttorney Gen. Richardson refused to fire Cox
(man who took President to court for the tapes) then resigned; Deputy Attorney General also refused
and he was fired
Why did Spiro Agnew resign from the vice presidency? - ANSWERrevealed he accepted bribes from
MD engineering forms while govn't of MD
The presidents men - ANSWERNixon's advisors: H.R. Haldemann, John Ehrlichman, John Mitchell
how did the white house cover up the burglary - ANSWERshredded documents; stop investigations
on the grounds of national security; paid off the burglars to keep quiet
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