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Why did burglars attempt to steal information from the DNC headquarters? - Answer -
planned 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 - Answer -Nixon
The presidents men - Answer -Nixon's advisors: H.R. Haldemann, John Ehrlichman,
John Mitchell
how did the white house cover up the burglary - Answer -shredded documents; stop
investigations on the grounds of national security; paid off the burglars to keep quiet
how did the White House deflect public interest from the Watergate burglary? - Answer -
What was the Saturday Night Massacre? - Answer -Attorney 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? - Answer -revealed he accepted
bribes from MD engineering forms while govn't of MD
what actions did the house judiciary committee take in the scandal - Answer -
obstruction of justice, abuse of power, contempt of Congress towards nixon
What did the "White House tapes" reveal? - Answer -President Nixon had ordered a
cover-up in the Watergate affair.
Why did Nixon resign? what were effects of the scandal - Answer -He didn't want to be
impeached. 25 people convicted; disillusionment with the imperial presidency; cynicism
about public officials; suspicious about presidency
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