Unit 4 - Nixon and watergate

when was nixon elected

1947

what did he lead

house un-american activities committee and mccarthyite witch hunts

from when to when did nixon serve as eisenhower’s vice president?

1953-61

which election did he win and how

1968 election, saying he had a secret plan to end the vietnam war

till when did us troops remain in vietnam

1973

what did he cause in laos and cambodia

bombing of laos and invaded cambodia

what was he responsible for in the cold war

the thaw

what caused nixon’s rise to power

1. watergate burglary

2. investigations

3. cover-up

4. dirty tricks

5. corruption

who was one of the burglars in the watergate burglary

james mccord, his accusation of a cover-up was a turning point

who led the washington post investigation

carl bernstein and bob woodwars

what other investigations refused to submit to pressure by nixon

senate investigation and archibald cox

what made it obvious about the cover-up

saturday night massacre, resignation of key advisers, ‘smoking gun’ tape, john dean’s testifying against him (his counsel)

what were nixon’s dirty tricks

spying on democrats, disrupting their rallies, used cia to cover-up and bribed burglars to make them plead guilty

what corrupt activities did he commit

millions of gov money for himself, wanted to alter constitution for 3rd term

what were pentagon papers based on

a leak by daniel ellsberg

who were the plumbers

gordon liddy, howard hunt

when was arrest of watergate burglars

1972

what were burglars linked to

CRP (comittee for the re-election of the president), revealing conspiracy of dirty tricks run by former ag john mitchell (head of crp)

how much had crp raised

60m

when was investigation by carl bernstein and bob woodward of washington post

1972

when was re-election of richard nixon

1972

when were watergate burglars convicted

1973

who accused white house officials of covering up

james mccord, one of the burglars in marrch 1973

what was established to investigate watergate and when

senate committee, april 1973

which 4 key figures resignated and when

4 of nixons advisers, april 1973

who was john dean

nixon forced him to resign, who became the key wwitness against nixon

who was appointed as special prosecutor and when

archibald cox in may 1973

what revelations sparked of white house meetings and when

revelattion of existence of taped recordings in july 1973

saturday night massacre

cox dismissed for refusing nixons order to drop tapes → attorney general and deputy resigned instead

what was the gap between tapes

18 ½ mins

when was indictment of watergate seven

march 1974

when was supreme court ordered to release the tapes

july 1974

when did house judiciary committee vote to impeach nixon

july 1974

when was smoking gun tape released

august 1974 (proved nixon had been lying that he had not know about the cover-up by his officials)

when did nixon resign

august 1974

when was nixon pardoned

pardoned by gerald ford, september 1974

how many of his officials were impridsoned for offences related to watergate

31

what were the consequences of watergate incidence

1. new laws

2. tricky dicky

3. damage to republicans

4. damage to us presidency

1974 privacy act

strengthened the freedom of information act on access to gov. records

1973 war powers act

prevented presidents declaring war w/o congressional approval

1974 congressional budget control act

prevented presidents withholding funds from programmes they opposed

1978 ethics in gov act

ordered senior officials to release annual financial records

1974 election campaign act

set limits on campaign contributions and set up the fec

when did republicans lose seats

1974, mid term elections

who was gerald ford defeated by

jimmy carter, 1976 election

how many americans trusted us gov after watergate

from 58% in 1958 to 14%

which of nixons vice president resigned for accepting bribed and tax evasion

spiro agnew, 1973