Watergate and the Ford Years Exam Questions and Answers 2024
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Watergate
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Watergate
The term impeachment refers to - Answer-removing a government official from office.
In an attempt to address the national reaction to the pardon of former President Nixon, President Ford - Answer-testified before Congress.
When President Nixon agreed to turn over only some of the Watergate ta...
Watergate and the Ford Years Exam
Questions and Answers 2024
The term impeachment refers to - Answer-removing a government official from office.
In an attempt to address the national reaction to the pardon of former President Nixon,
President Ford - Answer-testified before Congress.
When President Nixon agreed to turn over only some of the Watergate tapes or edited
transcripts to the special prosecutor, - Answer-the prosecutor filed a Supreme Court
case against Nixon.
Which was a success of the Ford Administration? - Answer-reducing inflation
In 1972, the Watergate break-in occurred at the offices of - Answer-the Democratic
National Committee.
In 1973, the year following Nixon's re-election, the Watergate burglars testified that -
Answer-they had been employed by Nixon's re-election campaign.
After taking office, President Ford resolved the lingering issue of Watergate by -
Answer-pardoning Nixon.
How did news of the Watergate break-in first reach the public? - Answer-through a
series of newspaper articles
President Ford's attempt to move beyond the Watergate scandal - Answer-angered
many American voters.
Which best summarizes the outcome of the Watergate scandal? - Answer-Nixon
resigned to avoid impeachment; Ford pardoned Nixon, then went before Congress to
justify his decision.
In United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court ruled that - Answer-Nixon could not
withhold the Watergate tapes under "executive privilege."
How did most of the nation react to President Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre"? -
Answer-Many people called for him to be impeached.
Nixon's firing of several staff members who refused to follow his orders became known
as the - Answer-Saturday Night Massacre.
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