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Watergate Scandal. Presentation by Robert Martinez Primary Content Source: America ’ s History, Sixth Ed. Henretta, Brody and Dumenil. Images as cited. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00868/money-graphics-2008_868254a.jpg.

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  1. WatergateScandal Presentation by Robert Martinez Primary Content Source: America’s History, Sixth Ed. Henretta, Brody and Dumenil. Images as cited. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00868/money-graphics-2008_868254a.jpg

  2. On June 17, 1972, five men carrying wiretapping equipment were arrested breaking into the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters located in the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C. http://www.mustseewashingtondc.com/attractions/watergate-complex.jpg

  3. Watergate Burglars http://www.peacebuttons.info/IMAGES/0617.1972_Watergate-burglar.jpg

  4. Questioned by the press, the White House dismissed the incident as “a third-rate burglary attempt.” Pressed further, PresidentNixon himself denied any White House involvement (lying.) http://chnm.gmu.edu/7tah/workshops/ws1/images/tahwatergate.jpg

  5. The Watergate incident was not an isolated incident. It was part of a pattern of illegality and misuse of power by a paranoid and ruthless White House. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/images/s03472u.jpg

  6. In the meantime, two reporters at the Washington Post, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, uncovered the Committee’s to Re-elects illegal “slush fund’ and its links to key White House aides. http://faculty.smu.edu/dsimon/Watergate/woodsteingraham.gif

  7. The slush fund received its money illegally from the campaign contributions of the Republican party to finance “mischief” against anyone that posed a threat to the Nixon administration. http://faculty.smu.edu/dsimon/Watergate/woodsteingraham.gif

  8. Ordering the CIA to stop the FBI from investigating the Watergate incident was an obstruction of justice, a criminal offense. http://msupress.msu.edu/imageDump/watergate%20nixon.jpg

  9. In May, a Senate committee began holding nationally televised hearings, at which it was discovered that the Watergate break-in was linked to the White House. Attorney General John Mitchell, controlled secret “slush fund.” http://faculty.smu.edu/dsimon/Watergate/woodsteingraham.gif

  10. The guilty White House officials implicated President Nixon. During the testimony, it was discovered that Nixon had installed a secret taping system in the Oval office. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall06/Weiner/IMGS/nixonsmen.gif

  11. http://www.magazine.org/ASSETS/11AAAD4DFD224BCCBDEB0C4AD7B43A83/33a.jpghttp://www.magazine.org/ASSETS/11AAAD4DFD224BCCBDEB0C4AD7B43A83/33a.jpg

  12. Claiming executive privilege, Nixon refused to surrender the White House tapes. Under enormous pressure, he eventually released some of the tapes. One of the tapes was suspiciously missing 18-minutes of recording. http://watergate.info/images/740429address.jpg

  13. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/images/hblock11.jpghttp://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/images/hblock11.jpg

  14. Finally on June 23, 1974, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to releasethe unaltered tapes. Lawyers were shocked to find concrete evidence that the president had orderedthe cover-up of the Watergate break-in. http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/12/19/1229689270212/Gallery-deepthroat-dies---010.jpg

  15. Certain that he would be convicted by the Senate, on August 9, 1974, Nixon became the first U.S. president to resign from office. http://cafamilytree.com/past/1970/headline.jpg

  16. Gerald Ford swears in as President of the United States. http://img.servihoo.com/kinews/AFP/SGE.DSI00.281206002935.photo00.quicklook.default-245x183.jpg

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