Ch. 13 - Watergate (11/20)

Watergate

  • Watergate

    • Biggest presidential scandal in history

    • Forced Nixon to resign

  • Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein - Washington Post - their key source was code name “Deep Throat”

  • VP Spiro Agnew resigns, Oct. 1973

    • Using his connections to pay for play

  • Senate Hearings

  • Watergate Tapes

    • Oval Office Secret Recordings

  • U.S. v Nixon

Watergate - The Aftermath

  • The Pardon of Nixon (Sept. 1974)

    • Over 30 Nixon Officials were convicted and went to Jail

  • The “Imperial Presidency” vs. Congress

    • The War Powers Act - 1973

    • Budget and Impoundment Control Act - 1974

    • Federal Election Campaign Act - 1974

More Foreign Policy in the 1970s

  • Helsinki Conference - 1975

    • Held During Ford’s Presidency

Carter - Domestic Policies

  • Amnesty

    • Pardon people who avoided the Draft

  • Dept. of Education and Energy created

  • More inflation

  • Environment

    • Toxic Waste Issues

    • Love Canal

    • Superfund

  • Three Mile Island

Carter - Foreign Policy

  • Humanitarian Diplomacy

    • Focus on Human Rights

  • Panama Canal Treaty

  • Camp David Accord - 1978

    • Israel and Egypt Leaders agree to stop fighting

  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan - 1979

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

Election - 1980

  • Carter vs. Raegan

  • Campaign Issues

    • Role of Religious Right

    • Raegan