government or the acts of a government official 5. Subpoena- the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence‚ as records or documents‚ before a court or other deliberative body 6. CREEP- in 1972 the committee to re-elect the president 7. Separation of Powers- the principle or system of keeping the government broken up into different branches; the executive‚ legislative‚ and judicial powers of government 8. Indictment- a formal accusation initiating a criminal case‚ presented
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The Watergate Scandal Victoria Daniele Constitutional History May 19‚ 2013 The Watergate Scandal involved a number of illegal activities that were designed to help President Richard Nixon win re-election. The scandal involved burglary‚ wiretapping‚ campaign financing violations‚ and the use of government agencies to harm political opponents. A major part of the scandal was also the cover-up of all these illegal actions. The Watergate Scandal got its name from the Watergate office complex
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Nixon and Watergate Kimberly Williamson HIS/135 May 31‚ 2015 Instructor Kathleen Stillio Richard Nixon Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States (19691974) after previously serving as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from California. After successfully ending American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with the U.S.S.R. and China‚ he became the only President to ever resign the office‚ as a result of the Watergate scandal. Richard Nixon ’s
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“Watergate” is the term used to describe a complex web of political scandals between 1972 and 1974. Why did Watergate occur in the first place? Every poll showed that President Nixon had a huge lead over Senator McGovern‚ so why did it happen? Watergate was caused by Nixon’s paranoia which lead to a cover-up that destroyed his presidency. Understanding the personality of Richard Nixon makes understanding the crimes of Watergate possible. Most sources agree that Nixon was‚ in essence‚ two men
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Watergate Paper LaCinda Reese HIS/145 February 14th‚ 2012 Harvey Tidwell Watergate Paper The public expectations of President Nixon increased since World War II. Constraints placed on the authority of the office by congress‚ the courts‚ interest groups‚ the media‚ and elsewhere had also grown (Brinkley‚ 2007). Nixon sought new methods for the exercise of power‚ even stretching the law or breaking it. On June 17th‚ 1972‚ police arrested five men who broke in to the offices of the Democratic
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Imagine a President getting on National TV and lying to the public. Imagine that President then getting caught. This is the Scandal that caused the first ever resignation in United States History‚ Watergate. The Scandal involved approximately 70 people‚ but only 25 were actually found guilty. Many people who were found guilty were some of President Nixon’s top officials. Including G. Gordon Libby‚ John Dean‚ and H. R. Haldeman. The watergate scandal resulted in a loss of trust in the federal government
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What is Watergate? The word directly refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. The hotels purpose is to house several business offices. This is also the location that was found to be a crime scene in the early 70’s. Now the word “Watergate” has many definitions‚ such as: bribery‚ conspiracy‚ obstruction of justice‚ phone tapping‚ tax fraud‚ etc. However the above all watergate is synonymous with abuse of power. The exact reasoning a distraught economy four years two years after this scandal
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The Watergate Scandal The Watergate Affair‚ is the worst political scandal in U.S. history. It led to the resignation of the president‚ Richard M. Nixon‚ after he became implicated in an attempt to cover up the scandal. "The Watergate Affair" refers to the break-in and electronic bugging in 1972‚ of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate apartment‚ and office building complex in Washington D.C. The term was applied to several related scandals. More than thirty
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am going to look at the significance of the Watergate scandal and the effects that it had on America. I will also discuss what the importance of investigative journalism is and the role that it has in society. The chain of events known as Watergate was an American political scandal in the 1970’s which ultimately led Richard Nixon to resign as president of the United States. The effects of the Watergate scandal did not end with the resignation of President Nixon‚ the general public lost trust in the
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this secretive president of our past and his era. He is the one American figure about whom very few people don ’t have strong feelings for. Nixon is loved and hated‚ honored and mocked (Genovese 2). The term ’Watergate ’‚ labeled by Congress in 1974‚ stands for not only the burglary‚ but also for the numerous instances of officially sanctioned criminal activity and abuses of power as well as the obstruction of justice that preceded the actual break-in (Kutler 9). Watergate involved the political
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