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Watergate Exam Questions and AnswersCREEP - Correct Answers -Committee for the re-election the president
CREEP:
The Nixon admin's main focus in ____ was to get Nixon re-elected. Nixon was not
confident of victory because many disliked his prolongation of the _______ war. He
therefore established the _________ for the re-election of the President, CREEP, which
engaged in the following:
- _______ fundraising - it collected over $__m in campaign contributions. E.g the
chairman of McDonald's generated $255,000 so was allowed to continue with
unauthorised _____ increases on cheeseburgers
- Political ___________ (overthrow) - CREEP worked to discredit moderate
__________ candidates, often misleading the press with false storied
- criminal ____________ - notably in the office of ________'s psychiatrist, and in the
DNC headquarters in the _________ building.
These tactics went far beyond the customary 'rough and tumble' of usual American
elections - Correct Answers -1972, Vietnam, committee, illegal, 60, price, subversion,
democratic, surveillance, Ellsberg, watergate
CREEP, ELLSBERG & THE PENTAGON PAPERS:
In 1971, Nixon had been alarmed when ________ revealed the ________ papers,
which revealed the secrets of the _______ and _______ administrations. Nixon was
fearful that his secrets would be leaked in a similar way, Nixon set up his own special
investigation unit, known as the ________, in ____. They were so called as they were
tasked to patch up leaks. They set out on a _____ campaign against ________, to try
and discredit him. The ___ refused to tap ________'s phone and carryout surveillance,
so the ________ were asked to burgle the offices of his Psychiatrist, but found nothing
to discredit _______. It's hard to say how much Nixon knew of this, as it was ex-FBI
Gordon _____ who ran the break in, and was very influential within _____ - Correct
Answers -Ellsberg, pentagon, Kennedy, Johnson, plumbers, 1971, smear, Ellsberg, FBI,
Ellsberg, plumbers, Ellsberg, Liddy, CREEP
CREEP AND THE WATERGATE BREAK IN
In ____, CREEP organised an illegal break in to the __________ _______ __________
headquarters in the _________ building. The break-in was discovered by the security
guard. The five burglars were arrested, along with Liddy and Hunt, who were caught
, opposite with walkie-talkies. There is debate as to how much _____ knew about the
break in - Correct Answers -1972, democratic national committee, watergate, Nixon
WHY BREAK INTO WATERGATE BUILDING?
Nixon later said it was a pathetic target, as it didn't contain any documents about the
________ electoral strategy. Suggested reasons for the break in include:
- They wanted to expose __________ links to _______ groups
- It was hoped the _________ would find out about a prostitution ring supposedly
running out of DNC and the leading democrats who used it
- They were after everything and anything, some thing info on Nixon's involvement with
the ______ assassination plots in 1959-60
- When the burglary was authorised in early ____, Nixon was behind ________ front-
runner in the polls - there any damaging info would be useful - Correct Answers -
democratic, democratic, radical, plumbers, Castro, 1972, democratic
After the break in, Nixon told the ___ to tell the ___ not to push ahead with any
investigations so as to not bring up the ___ of ____ affair, and argue it may interfere
with their operations. However the ___ refused, saying they would not obstruct justice
so clearly. However CREEP continued to derail the _________ and denied knowing
anything of the break ins. This allowed the White House to prevent watergate having an
effect on the ____ election, which Nixon won by a landslide, helped in some ways by
the info gained from the listening devices in the __________ offices - Correct Answers -
CIA, FBI, bay, pigs, CIA, democrats, 1972, democratic
DID NIXON KNOW ABOUT THE BREAK INS?
We will never know for sure, but there is no doubt that he was involved from the start of
the _____-__. He complained to aides that the _________ had been doing this sort of
thing for years - Correct Answers -cover-up, democrats
GETTING CAUGHT:
Within days of the break-in, the ___ traced laundered money found on the ________ to
_____, and Nixon planned to use the ___ to stop the ___; a clear obstruction of justice.
Nixon tried to pay the burglars $___,___ to keep quiet, again obstruction of justice.
The __________ Post also worked hard to uncover the plot, helped by the mysterious
leaker, '____ ______'. TV networks covered over 3000 hours of testimony and the
subsequent senate hearings - Correct Answers -FBI, plumbers, CREEP, CIA, FBI,
430,000, Washington, Deep Throat
1972:
- Bugging equipment installed at the DMC in the _________ building
- 5 men are arrested after the break in
- Nixon announces that ____ had investigated the break in and concluded that no one
from the _____ _____ was involved - Correct Answers -watergate, Dean, white house
1973:
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