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Watergate Review Exam Questions and Answers
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Watergate Review Exam Questions andAnswers
Richard Nixon - Correct Answers -Republican President of the USA (1969-1974)
Deep Throat - Correct Answers -Bob Woodward's anonymous source to the Watergate
scandal; eventually revealed himself to be Mark Felt, the Deputy Director of the FBI
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein - Correct Answers -The Washington Post reporters
who linked President Nixon's office to the Watergate break-in
U.S. Senate - Correct Answers -the upper house of the U.S. Congress (100 reps, 2x 50
states)
U.S. House of Representatives - Correct Answers -The lower house and larger house of
Congress. Its members represent the people of their state, and the total number of
representatives is based on the state's population.
Archibald Cox - Correct Answers -lead prosecutor at the Watergate trial; fired on Nixon's
orders
The Saturday Night Massacre - Correct Answers -dismissal of independent special
prosecutor Archibald Cox, and the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson
and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus during the Watergate scandal
The Nixon Tapes - Correct Answers -Recordings of Nixon's White House conversations
which revealed he ordered a cover-up of the Watergate break-in
CREEP - Correct Answers -Richard Nixon's committee for re-electing the president.
Found to have been engaged in a "dirty tricks" campaign against the democrats in
1972. They raised tens of millions of dollars in campaign funds using unethical means.
They were involved in the infamous Watergate cover-up.
True - Correct Answers -Nixon is the only President in US history to have resigned from
office
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