Posted: February 24th, 2016

The Watergate Scandal and its implications

In 1972, there was a break in at the Democratic National Committee s headquarters in the Watergate Office Complex. Thus began a series of events that would shake the public s confidence in its most visible symbol of American authority and prestige, the Presidency.
Discuss the following events surrounding the break in:
When did the break in occur?
How was Nixon connected by the FBI to the break in?
What was Attorney General John Mitchell s connection?
How were G. Gordon Liddy and James W. McCord Jr. connected to the break in?
How was John Dean involved?
Were there other resignations of top aides?
The presence of a White House taping system is discovered. Discuss the events surronding the discovery of the tapes and the issues involved in trying to get the tapes. What is the 18 1/2 minutes of silence ?
When did Nixon resign and who took over as President?
Include the following personalities in your discussion and what their involvement was:
Richard M. Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Attorney General Richard Kleindienst
Archibald Cox
Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
John Dean
John Mitchell
James McCord
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Deep Throat Mark Feld
What do you think are the long term effects on our country of this break in?
Do you think Nixon should have resigned?