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Who leaked the Pentagon Papers, what was his background and why did he do it?

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Daniel Ellsburg, pentagon employee, to reveal the duplicity in government concerning Vietnam

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What was the purpose of the Watergate break-in?

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to find out political and campaign secrets of the democrats.

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Who paid the men who broke into the Democratic offices at the Watergate complex?

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Attorney General John Mitchell

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What does John Dean accuse President Nixon of?

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covering up the crime.

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Who chaired the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities?

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North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin

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Who finally fired Cox?

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Solicitor General Robert Bork

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Besides Richardson, who else resigns during the night of the “Saturday Night Massacre”?

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William Ruckelshaus

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What office did Alexander Butterfield have and what information did he give?

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Deputy Assistant, the taping system.

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What starts debate on impeaching the President?

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The Saturday Night Massacre

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Who did Nixon defeat in the 1972 election?

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George McGovern

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Who was Richard Kleindienst and what was he convicted of?

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Nixon’s Attorney General, failing to testify accurately before the Senate

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What troublesome areas were detailed in the Pentagon Papers?

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history of deceptions, policy disagreements, and outright lies.

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Why did Spiro Agnew, the Vice President, resign?

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He was convicted of tax evasion.

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What two White House Aides were arrested?

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G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt

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What did Nixon’s Press Secretary, Ron Ziegler call the Watergate break-in?

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“A Third-Rate Burglary”

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What were “the Pentagon Papers”?

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the top-secret history of American involvement in Vietnam

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Who ordered the compilation of the Pentagon Papers?

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Robert McNamara

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What were the two reasons for Nixon’s concern about the leak of the Pentagon Papers?

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That if things could be leaked that easily, then anything could be leaked. The papers fueled Anti-war sentiments.

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What was the reason that President Nixon refused to release the White House tapes?

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They held incriminating information.

20
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What judge was in charge of the Watergate break-in case?

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Judge John Sirica

21
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What was Howard Hunt’s wife carrying when she died?

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10,000 dollars of “hush money”.

22
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What was missing when Nixon turned over the tapes to investigators?

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18.5 minutes of recording.

23
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What Attorney General was fired when he refused to fire Archibald Cox?

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Elliot Richardson

24
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Who is L. Patrick Gray and what was his role in the cover-up of the break-in?

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Acting head of the FBI. He turned over FBI files on Watergate to the White House.

25
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What probably was the chief reason why Gerald Ford was defeated by Jimmy Carter?

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He pardoned Nixon.

26
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What is “Watergate”?

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The scandal involving a break in on the DNC headquarters in the Watergate Hotel/ Office complex by members of the Committee to Reelect the President.

27
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What happened to the following people:

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a. Nixon-he was disgraced and had to resign from office.
b. Liddy- sentenced to 20 years in prison.
c. Hunt- sentenced to 2.5-8 years in prison plus a $10,000 fine.
d. Mitchell- jailed and disbarred
e. Haldeman- served brief jail term.
f. Ehrlichman- served brief jail term.
g. Dean-served four month jail term.

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Who replaced Spiro Agnew as Vice-President?

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Gerald Ford.

29
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What cost did Bork’s action to fire Cox have for Robert Bork?

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He was rejected by the senate when Ronald Reagan nominated him to the Supreme Court

30
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Who was the Watergate Special Prosecutor?

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Archibald Cox.

31
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Who is John Mitchell and what was his role in the break-in?

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Financial support

32
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Who is John Mitchell and what was his role in the break-in?

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Financial support

33
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In place of the tapes, what does Richard Nixon offer?

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A synopsis of them.

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What were three effects of the release of the Pentagon Papers?

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grew the antiwar sentiments, caused the administration to become nervous, helped begin the development of the plumbers

35
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What was the background of Hunt and Liddy?

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Hunt- former CIA agent, Liddy- ex FBI agent.

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Who is Daniel Ellsberg?

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Rand corporation analyst.

37
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Who replaced Gerald Ford as Vice-President after Nixon resignes and Ford becomes President?

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Nelson Rockefeller.

38
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Who was damaged the most by the Pentagon Papers?

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Lyndon B. Johnson

39
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Name the five categories of crimes in the Watergate affair.

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  1. BREAKING AND ENTERING
  2. ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTIONS 3. DIRTY TRICKS
  3. COVER-UP/OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
  4. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND REVELATIONS
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What is the “smoking gun” of the investigation?

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The transcript of the conversation with Haldeman in which he ordered the FBI not to investigate the case any further.

41
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Why did Richard Nixon want to fire Archibald Cox?

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Because he would not consent to receiving only a synopsis of the tapes but wanted the tapes themselves.

42
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How many men were arrested on the night of June 17, 1972?

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five men.

43
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How did the White House try to stop publication of the Pentagon Papers?

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bullying the Times, espionage charges, court injunction to block the papers.

44
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What were the positions of the following people?

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a. H.R. Haldeman- Chief of Staff.
b. John Ehrlichman- Domestic Affairs Assistant.
c. John Dean III- Presidential Counsel.

45
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Who was appointed as Special Prosecutor after the firing of Archibald Cox?

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Leon Jaworski

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