1. Muckraking Politics
US History

2. Question of the day ) Do you trust politicians?
2) Why do we not trust politicians?

3. November 22, 1963

5. Lyndon B. Johnson

8. Unpopular War

11. Write this down
Richard Nixon won in because he promised “peace in Vietnam”
“Vietnamization” – training those in South Vietnam to fight themselves

14. Write this down
Operation Menu – secret bombing campaign in Cambodia between
Anywhere from 25,000 – 150,000 killed
Nixon hoped the secret bombing could end the war quietly – keep the public happy

17. Write this down 270 million cluster bombs dropped on Laos
“a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day, for 9 years”
78 million bombs still unexploded in Laos today

21. Election of 1972
Richard Nixon vs. George McGovern

22. Write this down
1972 – Nixon is terrified he will not win his re-election campaign

24. Write this down
June 17, 1972 – Headquarters of Democratic National Committee was broken into by burglars
Watergate Hotel
Attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents
The burglars were connected to President Nixon’s Committee to Re- Elect the President (CREEP)

25. Write this down Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Secret Informant in the government
Deepthroat
Reporters from the Washington Post followed the money trail of the robbers
“All the Presidents Men”

27. Write this down What do they reveal?
Nixon sent hundreds of thousands of dollars in “hush money” to the burglars
Used the CIA to stop the FBI’s investigation of him
Used the IRS to investigate enemies of him

28. Nixon’s response
Power

29. Write this down John Dean, White House Counsel
Admitted Nixon was covering up the Watergate Scandal
Told the court, “Nixon had every conversation in the Oval Office recorded”

30. Write this down Nixon’s Response Nixon refused to hand over the tapes
“Executive Privilege”
Saturday Night Massacre – Nixon fired the attorney’s who were investigating him in the government
Justice Department forced him to hand them over
He sent copies with 20 minutes edited and erased……

31. Write this down
July, 1974 – Supreme Court ordered all tapes to be turned over
August 8th – President Nixon resigned as President
40 officials in the White House will step down

35. Write this down Why is this important?
Nixon’s scandal has forever changed the idea of a politician in our history
Heroes of Washington, Lincoln, FDR, Kennedy are gone
Now we view our politicians as corrupt and scandalous

37. DBQ 2.2 Due Friday, September 16th by 3:55 PM
Turnitin.com
Driving Question: How did Watergate change America?
Use two pieces of evidence from the ONE document
Use the authors last name as your citation (Finney)