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5.08 Presidential Impeachment
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1. According to the Constitution, what constitutes impeachment of a president? "The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
2. What is impeachment?Impeachment is the legal process of bringing charges against a government official to determine whether he or she can be forcibly removed from office.
3. Who brings up the charges and who hears the case? The House
4. How many presidents have been impeached and who are they? 2, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
5. How many presidents have been removed from office and who are they? No one yet.

Watergate's Legacy of Secrets
6. Who were the two Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate story? Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
7. What was the code name of their confidential government source? W. Mark Felt
8. What was the purpose of the Watergate break-in? So that they could bug the building so they could monitor political opposites to Nixon.
9. Who was Howard Hunt? He was on of the people involved in organizing the Watergate break in.
10. How did a “third rate burglary” lead to the resignation of the president? Because the people found out that it was Nixon who planned the whole thing.

Resignation Speech
11. Why did Nixon say he was resigning at that time? Because of the Watergate scandal.
12. Do you think he made the right decision to resign when he did? Or should he have gone through the impeachment process? Explain your answer. Yes, because people found about his lies and he wouldn't be elected next term
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