Watergate

Question 1

What is Watergate?

Answer 1

A high-end hotel and complex including apartments and condos.

Watergate is also associated with the political scandal involving the Nixon administration.

Question 2

What does the acronym CREEP stand for?

Answer 2

Committee to Re-Elect the President.

CREEP was involved in fundraising and campaign strategies for Nixon.

Question 3

Who was John Mitchell?

Answer 3

Head of CREEP and a close friend of Nixon.

Mitchell played a significant role in the Watergate scandal.

Question 4

What was the purpose of the ‘Plumbers’ in the Watergate scandal?

Answer 4

To stop or find leaks of information to the press.

They were involved in illegal activities, including breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

Question 5

Fill in the blank: The Watergate scandal involved __________ to control money for candidates.

Answer 5

taxes

Question 6

True or False: The Watergate complex was solely a residential area.

Answer 6

False

It included commercial properties, such as a hotel.

Question 7

Who was E. Howard Hunt?

Answer 7

A member of the committee involved in the Watergate scandal.

Hunt was instrumental in the planning of the break-in.

Question 8

What was the outcome of the break-in on June 17th?

Answer 8

The burglars were caught.

This event marked the beginning of the Watergate scandal’s exposure.

Question 9

What role did Liddy play in the Watergate scandal?

Answer 9

He came up with the plan to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

Liddy was a key figure in executing the break-in.

Question 10

Fill in the blank: The Watergate scandal was primarily about __________ activities.

Answer 10

illegal

Question 11

What was the significance of the term ‘bugged’ in the context of Watergate?

Answer 11

Refers to the illegal wiretapping of the Democratic National Committee’s offices.

This was part of the broader effort to gather information on political opponents.

Question 12

Who was suspected as the mastermind behind the Watergate break-in?

Answer 12

John Mitchell and G. Gordon Liddy.

Both played major roles in orchestrating the break-in.

Question 13

What did Nixon allegedly give permission for?

Answer 13

To listen to the Democrats.

This was part of the illegal activities associated with the Watergate scandal.

Question 15

Who watched it happen?

Answer 15

Libby watches the burglars get arrested and warns John Mitchell: we need to tell the president what happened since he wasn’t part of it

Question 16

Nixon reaction

Answer 16

Mad super unhappy pissed off: snaps at them

Question 17

John Dean

Answer 17

White House counsel (advisor) peoples lawyer: makes sure President doesn’t do anything illegal

Question 18

H.R. Halderman
John Ehrlichman

Answer 18

Chief + second in command
All friends with each other
Decide to keep it quiet + cover it up: pay off the arrested people

Question 19

Bob Woodward/Carl Bernstein

Answer 19

Journalist
Super suspicious of the incident
Started digging
Need help

Question 20

“Deep throat” William felt

Answer 20

FBI Director
Telling them little tips
Hiding identity
Backstabbing his team

Question 21

“Enemies list”

Answer 21

Nixon is very mad
Anything bad said against him = list
Spy on people who are on the list
Uses IRS to spy and audit enemies
Followed them around using CIA IRS and FBI

Question 22

November 7, 1972

Answer 22

Election: landslide
People haven’t really heard about watergate
So Nixon is okay!

Question 23

Judge Sirica (March 23,1973)

Answer 23

Talks to the 5 arrested and tells them it’s 10 yrs in prison if they don’t talk, they all said they won’t talk so they get 10 yrs

1 guy eventually says yes and gets a lesser sentence

Question 24

John Dean goes to FBI

Answer 24

So now 2 people are talking about what happened.

Question 25

Nixon: what do we do?

Answer 25

All of his friends said that they would take the blame - they need Dean on their side (but he’s talking to the FBI) - so they call him a rat and said he talked since he didn’t want to go to jail and he was to blame like the rest of them

Question 26

What did Nixon do in response to his friends and what did they agree on?

Answer 26

He fired all of them and said he’s not a crook so that he looks better: this was there plan: Nixon gets out of it and has nothing to do with it

Question 27

Elliot Richardson (1)

Answer 27

- Attorney General - best friends with Nixon - can’t investigate without being bias Special prosecutor law: Richardson appoints someone else to investigate

Question 28

Archibald Cox (2)

Answer 28

Attorney general New guy to investigate the president

Question 29

May 17th - August 7 1973

Answer 29

Investigation of watergate Democrats set up their own Bringing people in: being broadcasted on tv ( had to alternate channels so moms could still watch soap operas) So far: no evidence —> word against word

Question 30

Alexander Butterfield

Answer 30

Air Force officer Nixon: has tapes for every conversation in White House (secret taping) And he had Butterfeild transcribe them for him —> turned them into paper

Question 31

who orders to look at the tapes?

Answer 31

Archibald cox Nixon says no and that its executive privilege and sues him to the Supreme Court

Question 32

“Saturday night massacre”

Answer 32

Nixon very mad Calls his friend ( Elliot Richardson) and tells him he wants cox fired Riachdhraon says no it will look bad Now: everyone starts resigning Richardson —> next person —> and finally third in line fires cox since everyone before him resigned

Question 33

Robert Bork (3)

Answer 33

Next in line after cox Asks for the tapes: United States versus Nixon S.C ruled privilege doesn’t work here —> give up the tapes

Question 34

Impeachment committee ( house of reps)

Answer 34

He had 40 senators who will vote for him and he needs 34 but now he also has 40 who won’t The tapes come out and shows that Nixon ordered a coverup which is published August 7: needs to resign August 8: resigned his presidency Jail time? Very worried