Chapter 14 Turbulent Times (The 1960s and 1970s

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Chapter 14 Turbulent Times
(The 1960s and 1970s

• 8 Nixon Watergate Activity

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• Essential Question
• What was the Watergate scandal how did it
  change American politics in the 1970s?
• Warm-Up Question
• What was Nixons greatest feat in foreign
  policy Vietnam, China, or the Soviet Union?
  Explain

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• Conservative domestic policy
• Lowered govt spending
• Reduced social programs

• Active foreign policy
• Ended the war in Vietnam
• Opened China
• Détente with the USSR

Quick Review Why was Nixon overwhelmingly
re-elected as president in 1972? Why was Nixon so
popular?
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What do you see in this image?

• Nixon was insecure paranoid about power
• He kept an enemies list of people he suspected
  were out to undermine his policies
• Tricky Dick used his position as president to
  spy on, infiltrate, sabotage his enemies
• These tactics fears were the reasons for the
  Watergate scandal that ended his presidency

In what ways might Nixon have been his own
worst enemy?
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Watergate Inquiry Activity

• Student Handout A THE BREAK-IN
• Read the background information
• With your partners, discuss Critical Thinking
  Question A
• After a brief class discussion, fill in the
  missing information on your cartoon from the
  image on the next slide

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The Watergate Scandal A Visual Review
Gordon Liddy the Plumbers
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Watergate Inquiry Activity

• Student Handout B INVESTIGATION
• Read the background information
• With your partners, discuss Critical Thinking
  Question B
• After a brief class discussion, fill in the
  missing information on your cartoon from the
  image on the next slide

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The Watergate Scandal A Visual Review
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Watergate Inquiry Activity

• Student Handout C CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
  
• Read the background information
• With your partners, discuss Critical Thinking
  Question C
• After a brief class discussion, fill in the
  missing information on your cartoon from the
  image on the next slide

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The Watergate Scandal A Visual Review
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Watergate Inquiry Activity

• Student Handout D THE SECRET TAPES
• Read the background information
• With your partners, discuss Critical Thinking
  Question D
• After a brief class discussion, fill in the
  missing information on your cartoon from the
  image on the next slide

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The Watergate Scandal A Visual Review
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Watergate Inquiry Activity

• Student Handout E NIXON RESIGNS
• Read the background information
• With your partners, discuss Critical Thinking
  Question E
• After a brief class discussion, fill in the
  missing information on your cartoon from the
  image on the next slide

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The Watergate Scandal A Visual Review
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How did Watergate change the way Americans
perceive their political leaders?
Why is Watergate such an important event in U.S.
history?
Should Nixons presidency be judged more in his
foreign policy successes or the Watergate
scandal? Why?
Do you think Nixons actions were different from
most politicians?
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Effects of Watergate

• The Watergate scandal changed America
• The scandal eroded public trust in their
  political leaders Added to the distrust created
  by the Vietnam War
• Revealed the importance of the media in serving
  as a watchdog of the govt
• Congress assumed more leadership
• Uncertainty whether prosecutors would charge
  Nixon with crimes