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Watergate. Unit 5 Lesson 9 (Section 32.3). Objectives. Review Nixon’s domestic & foreign policy goals. Identify key elements of the Watergate scandal that led to his resignation. Warm Up. How did Nixon’s personality influence his administration?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WatergateUnit 5Lesson 9(Section 32.3)
Objectives•Review Nixon’s domestic & foreign policy
goals.•Identify key elements of the Watergate
scandal that led to his resignation.
Warm Up• How did Nixon’s
personality influence his administration? • Withdrawn, Secretive &
Insecure = Small group advisors
• Believed in power of govt, law & order, respect
• Hated to lose = Enemies list, Vietnam, Watergate…
Review• What were Nixon’s major
domestic goals?
▫ Reduce inflation▫ New Federalism –
decrease size & role fed govt
▫ Strengthen law & order▫ Southern Strategy – slow
civil rights, appt conservative justices
• What is realpolitik and how did it influence Nixon’s foreign policy?
▫ Kissinger - evaluate nation’s power, not poly leaning, in determining threats
▫ Withdrew Vietnam▫ Eased tensions with
China & USSR (Détente)
Nixon’s Downfall
•Suspicion and Deceit▫Not enough credit
for accomplishments
▫Fear of losing▫“Enemies List”▫“Plumbers” stop
leaks w/wiretaps of staff and reporters, mail
CREEP
•Committee to Reelect the President▫John Mitchell
Fund-raising▫G. Gordon Liddy
Dirty Tricks Fake letters, gossip Hecklers Spies
Watergate
•DNC headquarters
•June 17, 1972 “Burglary”▫Tap phones▫Photograph
strategies▫CAUGHT…with
CREEP $!!!!!!
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Activity: The Cover Up•Use the reading handout to complete the
timeline of major Watergate events.
•Video:▫http://youtu.be/nFID6Qkwh88
Effects of Watergate• Nixon resigns in
light of impeachment▫69 charged, 48
guilty▫25 ppl in admin
serve prison terms
• American public is disillusioned w/govt▫ Balance of powers
• Media is cynical about public officials
Who was Deep Throat?•5-31-2005•FBI Deputy Dir Mark Felt
▫Widely suspected from start▫Didn’t like Nixon or his men▫Nixon didn’t out him b/c Feltknew too much about too manyppl & events
Activity
•32.3 Quiz