Rosie Pinto

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The Watergate Burglary

• Rosie Pinto
• Kali Hamilton
• Charley Murphy
• The Watergate Scandal
• D Period

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President Richard Nixon

• During Nixon's second term, a small scandal
  turned into a presidential crisis.
• His reelection committee had wanted information
  about the democratic campaign plans.
• Members of Nixon's campaign orders plumbers to
  break into the head quarters of DNC to install
  telephone listening devices.

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The Plumbers

• The plumbers were a secret unit. The were created
  by the white house, to fix leaks of classified
  information to the news media.
• They were formed in response to the publication
  of the Pentagon papers.
• These documents detailed the history of U.S
  involvement in the Vietnam war.

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The Watergate Hotel

• This scandal got its name after five people broke
  into and entered the Democratic Nation committee
  headquarters at the Watergate hotel in
  Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972.

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Denial

• The White House denied any involvement. The
  president declared that no one in the White
  House or administration was involved in this
  bizarre incident.

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The Washington Post

• Meanwhile, two news reporters from the Washington
  post, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein publish
  series of articles that linked the burglary to
  Nixon's campaign.

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Effect on the U.S

• The Watergate Scandal threatened the foundation
  of American democracy.
• Many people started questioning the government
  leaders.
• People were mostly shocked that the president
  would do something scheming and behind everyone's
  back.

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Nixon Resigns

• After two years of bitter public debate over the
  Watergate scandals, President Nixon was tired of
  all the pressures from the public and leaders of
  his party.
• He became the first President in American history
  to resign.
• Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974.

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Bibliography

• www.essortment.com/all/watergatescand_reji.htlm
• American Journey (History book)
• Google

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Quiz Slide

1. What was the secret name of the people who broke
   into the DNC headquarters ?
2. What was the purpose of these people?
3. What did they do?
4. Why was this bad?
5. When did this scandal take place?
6. What newspaper proved that Nixons campaign was
   involved in the robbery?
7. What year did this all happen?
8. Why did this break the peoples trust in the
   government?
9. How many years passed until Nixon resigned?
10. What date did Nixon resign?