Ch 31 A Crisis in Confidence

1
Ch 31 A Crisis in Confidence
2
31-1 Nixon and Watergate

• Presidential Candidates 1972

3
Richard Nixon (R)
4
George McGovern (D)
5
George C. Wallace
6
Major Issues

• Ending the war in Vietnam
• The role of the govt. in solving social problems
• The economy
• stagflation
• Bussing

7
Campaign ads

• Living Room Candidate

8
And the Winner is

• Nixon by a LANDSLIDE

9
Watergate

• When? June of 1972
• What? Break in at headquarters of Democratic
  Party
• Who? The Plumbers
• Why???????

10
Woodward and Bernstein

• Investigative reporters who trace the crime to
  CREEP

11
U.S. Senate begins an investigation and hearings
on the matter
12
The Burning Question What did Nixon know, and
when did he know it?
13
The Tapes

• All conversations in the oval office had been
  recorded
• The tapes will answer the burning question

14
Nixon refuses to release the tapes, claims
executive privilege
15
Are the tapes the smoking gun?
16
Supreme Court orders Nixon to release the tapes

• Some tapes had been erased
• Others showed evidence of a cover-up
• Cover-up obstruction of justice

17
House of Representatives schedules an impeachment
vote
18
Nixon Resigns
19
(No Transcript)
20
Gerald Ford becomes the new President and he
21
PARDONS NIXON!!!
22
The Legacy of Watergate

• Loss of trust / faith in the govt.
• Presidential scandal by which all others are
  measured