Nixon and Watergate scandal
Watergate - ANS-1972, The scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National
Committee headquarters in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House
involvement, leading to the eventual resignation of President Nixon under the threat of
impeachment
Deep Throat - ANS-Bob Woodward's anonymous source to the Watergate scandal;
eventually revealed himself to be Mark Felt, the Deputy Director of the FBI
C.R.E.E.P. - ANS-Richard Nixon's committee for re-electing the president. Found to
have been engaged in a "dirty tricks" campaign against the democrats in 1972. They
raised tens of millions of dollars in campaign funds using unethical means. They were
involved in the infamous Watergate cover-up.
Nixon Tapes - ANS-Tapes of all Nixon's conversations in White House, Nixon edited
them - tapes show his guilt in Watergate and he resigns
18 Minute gap - ANS-a key segment on the white house tape, in which Nixon met with
advisors to discuss the arrests of the Watergate defendants, was mysteriously erased
from the tapes. Nixon's secretary claimed she did it by accident during transcription
Nixon Pardon - ANS-Within his first month of Presidency, Gerald Ford gave full pardon
to Nixon, which aroused fierce criticism, and soon his approval ratings went from 71% to
50%.
Watergate - ANS-1972, The scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National
Committee headquarters in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House
involvement, leading to the eventual resignation of President Nixon under the threat of
impeachment
Deep Throat - ANS-Bob Woodward's anonymous source to the Watergate scandal;
eventually revealed himself to be Mark Felt, the Deputy Director of the FBI
C.R.E.E.P. - ANS-Richard Nixon's committee for re-electing the president. Found to
have been engaged in a "dirty tricks" campaign against the democrats in 1972. They
raised tens of millions of dollars in campaign funds using unethical means. They were
involved in the infamous Watergate cover-up.
Nixon Tapes - ANS-Tapes of all Nixon's conversations in White House, Nixon edited
them - tapes show his guilt in Watergate and he resigns
18 Minute gap - ANS-a key segment on the white house tape, in which Nixon met with
advisors to discuss the arrests of the Watergate defendants, was mysteriously erased
from the tapes. Nixon's secretary claimed she did it by accident during transcription
Nixon Pardon - ANS-Within his first month of Presidency, Gerald Ford gave full pardon
to Nixon, which aroused fierce criticism, and soon his approval ratings went from 71% to
50%.
