Nixon & Watergate Essay test.

Thursday May 7th

Essay Topic

Explain in as much detail as you can what the Watergate scandal was, who was involved, and how it affected America. Be sure to cite evidence from your textbook, class notes, articles, and the Watergate video.

Information you can include• Watergate Scandal• Watergate Hotel• Richard Nixon• G. Gordon Liddy • James McCord• Howard Hunt• Plumbers/Burglars• Role of Supreme Court• Role of Congress• Tapes• 18 ½ minute gap• Committee to reelect the

president (CREEP)• Saturday Night Massacre• John Dean• Archibald Cox• Impeach• Gerald Ford• Pardon

• Daniel Ellsberg• Democratic National Committee• $25,000 check• Washington Post• Woodward & Bernstein• White House phone number• Mark Felt A.K.A. “Deep Throat”• Election of 1972• H.R. Haideman• John Ehrichman• Alexander Butterfield• House Judiciary Committee• Resign from office• Senate Hearings• Executive privilege• Checks & balances• Security guard Frank Willis• Judge Sirica• “smoking Gun”• Rosemary Wood