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Richard M. Nixon
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New Deal Coalition IN African-Americans Union members Urban North Immigrant/newer ethnic groups Farmers OUT Democratic South
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The South Defects Civil Rights Achievements and failures Expansion of Federal Power Viet Nam Southern Voting Patterns
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1968 Democratic Race Gene McCarthy
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RFK
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Hubert Humphrey
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1968 Democratic Convention
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George Wallace
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RN’s Administrative Presidency White House Appointee Career
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John Ehrlichman: Domestic Council
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Henry Kissinger: NSC Staff
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H. R. Haldeman: Chief of Staff
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Problem with Nixon’s Style Cabinet Government? Isolation Feeding Nixon’s Flaws
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Cabinet Government? William RogersGeorge Romney
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Isolation Line vs. Staff Nixon’s Enemies List Chuck Colson: “This memorandum addresses the matter of how we can maximize the fact of our incumbency in dealing with persons known to be active in their opposition to our Administration; stated a bit more bluntly— how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.” Master List of Nixon’s Political Opponents
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Feeding Nixon’s Flaws “Checker’s” Speech
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Democrats 1972 Ed MuskieGeorge McGovern
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Watergate Scandal Comparison to other scandals Comparison Lessons 1.Since Ike, no president has finished a second term without one 2.Staff loyalty is double-edged sword
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US Bombing of Cambodia 1969
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Plumbers CREEP
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Watergate Hotel
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Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
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Investigations Legislative Branch: Senate Committee Sen. Howard Baker, Sen. Sam Ervin Judicial Branch: Grand Jury Judge John Sirica
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Executive Branch: Special Prosecutor Archibald CoxLeon Jaworski
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Saturday Night Massacre October 23, 1973 Elliott Richardson William Robert Bork Atty. GeneralRuckelshaus Solicitor Gen Dep. AG
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The Fate of the Tapes Watergate Tapes (NARA) Watergate Tapes From Washington PostPost The “Smoking Gun” Tape“Smoking Gun” US Supreme Court Ruling – US v. Nixon US v. Nixon
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Impeachment Articles of Impeachment House Judiciary Committee Impeachment HearingsImpeachment Hearings Gerald Ford Library Watergate InfoWatergate
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Vice President Spiro Agnew
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The Fate of Nixon Video of Resignation
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President Gerald Ford
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