Watergate Paper Hist/145 Jessica Lee 5/21/11 Brooklyn Sawyers Watergate was a foiled burglary attempted by five men‚ nicknamed the “plumbers”‚ who were hired by President Richard Nixon. The Nixon campaign denied any involvement and the administration just dismissed the break-in as “a two bit burglary” (Wall Street Journal‚ May 1973). The Vice President Agnew and Senator Proxmire thought that the charges were careless and misdirected and felt that the press should be criticized for printing
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name 1 President Nixon and the “Watergate Scandal” By: name A White House political scandal came to light during the summer of the 1972 presidential campaign between Republican candidate President Richard Nixon and Democratic candidate Senator George McGovern. The scandal surfaced after a break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate apartment-office complex in Washington‚ D.C. After several Congressional hearings‚ it all ended in the resignation of President Nixon in 1974
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Watergate Scandal (Newspaper) Watergate was a tragic event that became a downfall for many people in the White House‚ and it cost a lot of careers too. One afternoon burglars broke in the Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate complex‚ but in fact‚ it was a former CIA agent named James McCord. He was also an advocate for the re-election of President Nixon which brings many questions to mind. The committee tried to spy on the democratic headquarters by placing listening devices in the offices
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Representatives. He was accused of corruption and trying to stop an investigation of that corruption‚ the case first came light through the work of two investigative reporters at the Washington post. Federalist looked at Watergate scandal as an example of the constitution working as it should be. The Watergate scandal began in 1972 during the Richard Nixon presidency and during his re-election campaign. Also to undermine the Democratic Party information’s. The checks and balances was a system created
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led to a vision of the President as a lying‚ cheating scoundrel. "The cover-up and Nixon’s other lies and distortions cast doubt on whether any individual could be trusted to do the right thing in the nation’s highest office" (Walsh‚ "Shadow of Watergate Hangs Over U.S. Politics"). Nixon created major setbacks between the people and the government. Now people cannot trust anyone‚ even the person they elected‚ to act ethically and according to their needs. This type of scenario is a major problem
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On June 17‚ 1972‚ the U.S. had one of the biggest lies in the history of the White House. President Richard Nixon did some scandalous things to the other party to ensure his reelection. This was known as the Watergate Scandal. President Nixon and his committee took an aggressive approach to their campaign. During his final months before the reelection was to take place‚ he felt threatened by the opposing democratic party. Richard Nixon and his committee came up with a scheme to cheat their way to
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THE WATERGATE SCANDAL JAMAULA T. SYKES COLORADO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ONLINE HIST101-1302B-03 PROFESSOR J. CARPENTER JUNE 2‚ 2013 THE WATERGATE SCANDAL Scandal as defined by Bing.com (2013) is “something causing public outrage: a situation or event that causes public outrage or censure”. This was the case with Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal during his term in office. This was an event that happened in United States history that brought down Nixon during his tenure in Presidential
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Nixon and Watergate: The Scandal that Blew Up in the Face of the Public The Watergate Scandal was one of the most hideous and corrupt events in American History. Ite started to a burglary; the burglary led to a major‚ corruption scandal; the scandal led to the president‚ which gave us the only resignation in presidential History (Karmi). The scandal can be shown in its beginnings‚ with all the spying they did: “... a massive campaign of political spying and ‘dirty tricks’ was initiated against the
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The Watergate scandal was known to be the most infamous political affair in United States history. The event leading up to this scandal was the break in on June 17‚ 1972 at the Watergate Hotel located in Washington D.C. It all happened when five burglars broke into the democratic building to help reelect the president by wire tapping the system. They needed information to tamper with the election‚ and allow Nixon to win. The first people to report were Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Finally the
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The government had saved the country from the Great Depression and won World War II. The government was using its power to bring positive social change. However‚ by 1974 only a third of Americans trusted the government because of the Watergate Scandal. “The Watergate episode cast great doubt on the integrity and trustworthiness of the government‚ especially when combined with other developments that undermined public trust‚ including the Vietnam War and government lies and distortions about how badly
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