THE WATERGATE SCANDAL ORDER OF EVENTS

Question 1

Who was Nixon?

Answer 1

A member of the Republican Party

Question 2

When was Nixon FIRST elected to be president?

Answer 2

Nixon was elected president in 1968

Question 3

Give one adjective to describe Nixon?

Answer 3

paranoid

Question 4

How did Nixon’s paranoia cause him to do?

Answer 4

Set up a group called the WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS

Question 5

What was the job of the White House Plumbers?

Answer 5

To prevent more LEAKS of sensitive information

Question 6

When did Nixon decide to stand for reelection?

Answer 6

1972

Question 7

What did Nixon do when he decided to stand for reelection?

Answer 7

He set up the Committee to Reelect the President (CREEP)

Question 8

What was the purpose of the creep?(seemingly the purpose)

Answer 8

To raise funds for Nixon’s campaign

Question 9

Who was the director of the CREEP(COMMITTEE TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT)

Answer 9

JOHN MITCHELL

Question 10

However what ELSE was the CREEP secretly being used for?

Answer 10

Nixon gave JOHN MITCHELL a secret FUND within the creep’s budget to (pay the WHP to spy/damage his opponents for the 1972 elections🕵️

Question 11

Where the CREEP successful or unsuccessful in their endeavours?

Answer 11

Successful

Question 12

Explain how the CREEP were successful in disgracing Nixon’s potential opponents in the 1972 elections?

Answer 12

The plumbers persuaded a newspaper to publish DAMAGING stories about EDMUND MUSKIE’s wife, 💄causing him to CRY in front of the PRESS , which led him to lose the DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES