Nixon and Watergate

Question 1

When was Nixon elected as President?

Answer 1

1969

Question 2

What group did Nixon set up to prevent leaks of sensitive information?

Answer 2

White House Plumbers

Question 3

What did Nixon set up in 1972 to help his re-election campaign?

Answer 3

Committee to re-elect the President (CREEP)

Question 4

Who was the director of CREEP?

Answer 4

John Mitchell

Question 5

What is Watergate?

Answer 5

The Democratic National Committee headquarters

Question 6

What happened on the 28th May 1972?

Answer 6

5 men broke into the Watergate building and planted bugging devices to eavesdrop on Democrat officials

Question 7

How did the press begin to get involved in Watergate?

Answer 7

When 2 journalists from the Washington Post started to investigate- Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

Question 8

What organisation was also involved in investigating the break-in?

Answer 8

The FBI

Question 9

What was the name of the White House Lawyer?

Answer 9

John Dean

Question 10

Who was James McCord and how did he prompt the scandal?

Answer 10

Director of security for CREEP, sent a letter to the trial judge that stated White House officals had told the burglars to lie.

Question 11

When did the trial of the White House Plumbers begin?

Answer 11

January 1973

Question 12

Who was Archibald Cox?

Answer 12

The White House Special Investigator, appointed by Nixon

Question 13

Who did the Democrats persuade to start an investigation alongside the White House?

Answer 13

The Senate

Question 14

How did the scandal increase?

Answer 14

A witness revealed to the committee that all conversations and phone calls in Nixon’s office had been recorded.

Question 15

What reason did Nixon give to resist handing over the tapes?

Answer 15

On the basis of ‘national security’

Question 16

What had happened to the initial tapes that were handed over?

Answer 16

They were edited

Question 17

What did the unedited tapes confirm?

Answer 17

Nixon had been involved in the coverup

Question 18

What was the ‘smoking gun’ in 1974?

Answer 18

A tape revealing that Nixon had tried to stop the FBI investigating the break-in.

Question 19

Identify 2 impacts of Watergate on the public

Answer 19

They lost trust in the government so many people did not vote in future elections, They became very interested in investigative journalism

Question 20

Identify 3 impacts of Watergate on Nixon

Answer 20

His image: he was nicknamed ‘Tricky Dicky’, The Republican party publicly distanced itself from him, He became a writer and commanded huge fees for speeches

Question 21

Identify 2 impacts of Watergate on politics

Answer 21

Some 30 people linked to the scandal received prison sentences, congress passed a series of laws to reduce the power of the President

Question 22

What was the 1974 Privacy Act?

Answer 22

Set rules on how the government could collect information on individuals

Question 23

What was the Freedom of Information Act 1974?

Answer 23

Gave people the right to access any government documents in which they featured.

Question 24

What did Nixon do after Watergate?

Answer 24

He resigned