Civil rights Topic 5

Question 1

Why did Nixon set up the white house plumbers?

Answer 1

He was paranoid about people leaking sensitive information to the press

Question 2

Why was CREEP set up

Answer 2

To raise funds for Nixons re-election campaign in 1971

Question 3

How were the white house plumbers and CREEP connected

Answer 3

CREEP paid the plumbers to spy on and ruin the reputation of Nixons rivals

Question 4

What were 5 of the plumbers arrested doing

Answer 4

Arrested fixing bugging devices that had previously been fit in the National Democratic committees office in the Watergate complex
They were quickly linked to CREEP but Nixon denied any allegations

Question 5

Who were the two men of washington Post

Answer 5

• Bob Woodward
• Carl Bernstein

Question 6

What did the washington post do

Answer 6

Kept Watergate in the press and raising its profile so congress investigated it

Question 7

When was the trial of the plumbers

Answer 7

1973

Question 8

What did the trial found about the plumbers

Answer 8

They were all guilty

Question 9

Who sent in a letter while the plumbers were on trial

Answer 9

James McCord (a plumber + member of CREEP)

Question 10

What was in the letter sent by James McCord

Answer 10

stated that leading officials in the white house had told the burglars to lie in court

Question 11

Nixon began his own investigation after denying the contents of McCords letter, who was forced to resign due to this investigation

Answer 11

Ehrichman
and
Haldeman

Question 12

What was the committee called which held their own investigation

Answer 12

Senate Watergate committee

Question 13

What reason did Nixon give as to why he could not hand over the recordings from the oval office

Answer 13

breach national security

Question 14

How many tapes did Nixon hand over at first

Answer 14

7/9 which had been heavily edited

Question 15

Who forced Nixon to hand over the remaining tapes

Answer 15

The supreme court

Question 16

What were in the last 2 tapes which Nixon was forced to hand over

Answer 16

revealed he had
- blocked the initial investigation into the break ins
- abused his power
- broken the lie
and thus his speeches denying involvement had been a lie

Question 17

What was the ‘smoking gun’

Answer 17

A recording from 1972
it revealed that Nixon had tried to stop the FBI from investigating the break in

Question 18

What happened to Nixon in 1974 after all the tapes had been heard

Answer 18

He was impeached, 66% of the US agreed with this
Nixon resigned in the end to avoid impeachment as he was going to be found guilty

Question 19

What did the new President Gerald Ford do

Answer 19

He fully pardoned Nixon so he did not have to face a criminal trial
Ford believed it was the only way for people to move on

Question 20

How did Watergate impact Nixon and US politics

Answer 20

1. Destroyed Nixons reputation
2. People were shocked at the bad language the president had used
3. Big change of staff as many government officials were sent to prison
4. Next presidents were chosen for the wrong reasons
5. Trust was lost in the government
6. A series of laws were passed to prevent Watergate ever happening again and stop President actions without the approval of congress

Question 21

What was the War powers act

Answer 21

The president could not go to war without the support of congress

Question 22

What was the election campaigning act

Answer 22

Limit the size of contribution which could be made for elections and how much a political party could spend

Question 23

What was the congressional budget control act

Answer 23

The president could not use government money for personal use

Question 24

What was the freedom of information act

Answer 24

People had rights to access documents held on them by the Federal government

Question 25

What was the privacy act

Answer 25

The rules government had to follow when collect peoples personal data