Break-in at the Watergate! Nixon was up for reelection against democratic George McGovern when things got interesting. Watergate is a hotel in Washington, D.C. that in addition held many business offices and, at the time, the Democratic National Committee headquarters. On June 17, 1972, five members of the “plumbers,” a top secret organization that was authorized by Nixon, were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Their purpose was to stop news leaks to the media
just not in the way his advisors intended. The covert methods and agencies that Nixon created to ensure his own prosperity and his enemies’ demise, collectively known as the Watergate scandal, would ultimately serve to bring about the president’s resignation and shock the American political system to its core. The scandal was able to bring the American public together in a way that few events had before, and unite them in their mistrust for the political system and calls for either Nixon’s impeachment
trustworthy – or so they thought. Unfortunately, shortly after Nixon was elected to his second term of presidency in 1972, the Watergate Scandal changed America forever by creating a sense of mistrust toward the government for the American people because of The Nixon Administration’s actions. It all began on Sunday, June 18, 1972 when Frank Wills, security guard at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., found a piece of tape that was preventing a door from locking. After removing the piece
of time, people have always had distrust in the government due to government scandals and corruption that they attempted to keep from the public. Many of those incidents didn’t stay secretly for long due to the change to modern day media. In this paper we have compiled together a few of those scandals to compose a writing discussing different cases of corruption and scandals within the government. The Watergate Scandal was an event that changed the face of the nation. It was the first time in the
During President Nixon's administration there was a history making scandal called Watergate. Watergate was based on a conspired break-in into the democratic headquarters in the Watergate building. Throughout this time Nixon's term was a very rocky one. A person believed to have ties to the president or a high official that confirmed the Watergate story to Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstien. The identity of this person to this day is unknown. Bob Woodward (1943-), American Journalist
The Watergate Scandal The mistrust most Americans feel toward the government officials and political parities of today can be traced back to the Watergate scandal of 1972, which led to the resignation of an American president. The crimes of the Watergate scandal included political burglary, bribery, extortion, wiretapping (phone tapping), conspiracy, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, tax fraud, illegal use of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations
The Watergate Scandal The Watergate Scandal was a series of crimes committed by the President and his staff, who were found to spied on and harassed political opponents, accepted illegal campaign contributions, and covered up their own misdeeds. On June 17, 1972, The Washington Post published a small story. In this story the reporters stated that five men had been arrested breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. The headquarters was located in a Washington
A defining moment in American history, the Watergate scandal, dramatically transformed the way Americans view politicians and government. In the eyes of most Americans, trust, honor and integrity, vanished from the political landscape. For almost 200 years the American public viewed their government and its chief executive with virtual reverence. Presidents like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were the embodiment of every principle and value set forth in
The name “Watergate” is a term to describe a difficult web of political scandals between 1972 and 1974. This word refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. On June 17, 1972, the “Watergate Burglars” broke into the Democratic Party’s National Committee offices. A total of five burglars were apprehended and prosecuted for this crime. These five guys were Bernard L. Barker, Virgilio R. Gonzales, James W. McCord, Eugenio R. Martinez, and Frank A. Sturgis. Bernard was a realtor from Miami, Florida
Exit Project: The Watergate Scandal Rough Draft In history, America has experienced its ups and downs as it progressed as a nation. Trusting our leaders, such as our government and of course our president, we run together as a democracy and progress to a better future. But, there was one incident where one president tarnished the name of the label of being a trustworthy president. His name was Richard M. Nixon. Our 37th President was said to be involved in the famous Watergate Scandal. So the question