Watergate Scandal (1972,

28th May - 17th, June)

- Important Data:

. Nixon (Republican,
1969/74)

. Mc Govern (Democrat
Senator and
nominee)
Important Data:

. The Plumbers

. The Watergate Scandal:

Definition
CAUSES CAUSES
- Vietnam War (1955 -
1975)

- Pentagon Papers (1971)

- Harass on Democratic
Party (1072)
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
1972-1974
FIVE BURGLARS
BROKE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC
HEADQUARTERS AND
THEY WIRETAPED TWO
PHONES. THEY
WORKED FOR HUNT
AND LIDDY
JUNE 17, 1972:
THE SAME FIVE
BURGLARS RETURNED
TO THE DEMOCRATIC
HEADQUARTERS. ONE
OF THE BUGS WAS
DEFECTIVE.
JUNE 19, 1972: WHITE
HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY RON
ZIEGLER DESCRIBED
THE INCIDENT AS A
“THIRD RATE
BURGLARY”
JULY 10, 1972: BALWIN
APPROACHED THE FBI
AND SAID THAT HUNT
AND LIDDY DIRECTED
THE BULGRARY
AUGUST 1, 1972: A
$25.000 CASHIER’S
CHECK IN THE BACK
ACCOUNT OF A
WATERGATE
BURGLAR.
OCTOBER 9, 1972:
WASHINGTON POST
REPORTER BOB
WOODWARD
ARRANGED A MEETING
WITH A CONFIDENTIAL
SOURCE
NOVEMBER 11, 1972:
NIXON IS RE-ELECTED,
TAKING MORE THAN
60% OF THE VOTE.
JANUARY 30, 1973:
LIDDY, HUNT AND FIVE
OTHER MEN WERE
CONVICTED OF
CONSPIRACY,
BURGLARY AND
WIRETAPPING IN THE
WATERGATE HOTEL.
ALEXANDER
BUTTERFIELD, FORMER
PRESIDENTIAL
APPOINTMENTS
SECRETARY, REVEALED
THAT NIXON HAD
RECORDED ALL
CONVERSATIONS IN HIS
OFFICE.
JULY 23, 1973: NIXON
REFUSED TO TURN
OVER THE
PRESIDENTIAL TAPE
RECORDINGS
JULY 24, 1974: THE
SUPREME COURT
RULED THAT NIXON
MUST TURN OVER THE
TAPE RECORDINGS OF
64 WHITE HOUSE
CONVERSATIONS.
JULY 31, 1974: ONE OF THE
TAPES, KNOWN AS
“SMOKING GUN”,
REVEALED THAT NIXON
HAD TRIED TO USE THE
CIA TO BLOCK THE FBI
INVESTIGATION OF THE
BURGLARY.
AUGUST 8, 1974: NIXON
BECAME THE FIRST U.S
PRESIDENT TO RESIGN.
CONSEQUENCES
CONSEQUENCES
● Political
War Powers Act (1973)
Election Campaign Act (1974)
Amendment to the Freedom of Information Act (1974)
● Social
Civil demonstrations and feelings of the general public
● Linguistic
Grammaticalization
October 23, 1973