Transcript Watergate PPT

& Nixon’s presidency 1969-1974
The Watergate Hotel is
located on the banks of the
Potomac River in
Washington, D.C. at the
edge of historic Georgetown
and west of the White
House in an area known as
Foggy Bottom.
The Watergate complex
includes the hotel, three luxury
apartment buildings with over
600 apartments, penthouses
and townhouses as well as two
office buildings. The complex's
shopping mall includes a
grocery store, drug store, hair
salon and upscale shops.
Attorney
General John
Mitchell
Mark Felt, “Deep Throat”
Woodward &
Bernstein from
the
Washington
Post
John Dean, White
House Counsel
G. Gordon Liddy, Plumber
 Obstruction of justice
 Abuse
of power: enemies list, IRS, money
laundering, illegal wiretapping, illegal campaign
contributions
 Expletive deleted
Impeachment charges
 Obstruction of justice
 Abuse
of power
 Contempt of Congress
 Unconditional waging of war by the secret
bombing of Cambodia
 Tax evasion and the selling of political favors
Lasting influences
• Campaign Finance Reform
• Mandated courses by the ABA in professional responsibility
• Increased cynicism by the public toward government
• First president to resign (Nixon resigns on August 9, 1974)
• Ford becomes the first unelected president
• He is accused of making a corrupt bargain with Nixon
• Critics were angered that the truth would never come out
Images of Nixon
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhQD2UFC
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September 23, 1952
6:30 p.m.
30 minutes
Los Angles, California
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QazmVHAO
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Détente 1972-74