Watergate: The Scandal That Rocked The Nation Watergate was the biggest scandal in The United States of America that completely rocked the nation. Political corruption was continuously being brought to national attention. Political parties would continue to be divided further. The Presidential office was constantly being questioned and many suspicions would rise against the president and his administration. The Watergate scandal had a tremendous impact on American History by bringing national attention
President Nixon’s Resignation Speech The speech that I researched was Richard Nixon’s Resignation Speech. It was written by President Nixon in 1976, from the Oval office. After there was a burglary in the Watergate office, things got suspicious. A group called CREEP who stole copies of top secret documents, were caught red handed. People thought that the group was somehow connected to the president. However, he swore that he wasn’t involved with Watergate, so he was re-elected. Later during his presidency
The Watergate Scandal: A Constitutional Crisis In June of 1972, a group of five burglars was caught breaking in to the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., attempting to steal documents and bug the offices. Through investigations led by the Washington Post, the burglary was found to be connected to President Richard Nixon’s re-election campaign. In the events that followed the investigation, Nixon would eventually resign as president. This investigation was made possible
On June 17th, 1972, in the Watergate building, located in Washington D.C., five men were arrested for attempted burglary and attempting to bug phone lines. Over the next two years, one of the greatest acts of investigative journalism unfolded. With further investigation from the FBI and various reporters and detectives, including Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post, the burglars association with President Richard Nixon and his re election campaign was revealed. Recordings and other
Richard Nixon was born on January 9th, 1913 in a California town called Yorba Linda. He was always very intelligent, and he even graduated with the ranking of number two in his class. Richard was offered a scholarship to Harvard University, but decided to attend a local university instead because of financial problems.Later, Nixon was offered a scholarship to Duke University to study law. Eventually, Richard moved to Washington D.C. where he worked in President Roosevelt’s office of price administration
interviews. Ex-President: Richard Nixon is the ex-president. Researcher: Jim Reston is a researcher in the David Frost teams. Loyal supporter and Nixon chief of staff: Jack Brennan is a loyal supporter and a Nixon chief of staff. Guest of Frost show’s: Evonne Goolagong is the guest in the Frost shows. Frost producer, Head of current affairs in LWT: Jhon Birt is a producer of Frost. Nixon’s manservant: Manolo Scandez
short was rather expected. After the Watergate Scandal, it was face impeachment or resign for Richard Nixon. Wanting to do things on his own terms, Nixon chose the latter of the two and resigned. Despite all of the bad things that Richard Nixon is known for, Nixon still had his share of accomplishments. Many people, including much of the Federal Government, were not supportive, when it came to building the new presidential library. However, the private Richard Nixon Foundation stepped
1972, a group of men from a private security firm broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building with eavesdropping devices in hand. These men were caught red-handed and were eventually linked to the White House. In the aftermath, it was revealed that Nixon’s reelection committee (CREEP) paid the men who were caught to keep quiet about the scandal. While Nixon was never directly implicated in the break-in, much circumstantial evidence existed tying him to the
Most people don’t worry about our government and what’s going on with our Government. Often, people think it’s not a big problem but once the nation starts to realize it they will want to something about, it might be too late. This is because people are fighting to make this world a better place. Unfortunately, other people are just doing it for the money. For example, government corruption not only can affect people it can affect in homes, jobs, citizens, education, awarrens, and many more,
blame for the eventual failure of society. The Watergate Scandal of 1972 is a very good example of somebody abusing their power. This political scandal involving former president Richard Nixon, where five men were arrested at the Watergate hotel on June 17th 1972. They were said to be bugging the offices to listen into conversations and taking pictures of files in the offices of the Democratic National Committee to try to get information to help Nixon’s reelection (which he was going to end up winning