Watergate Scandal 1972-74
Mindmap on Watergate, am in the process of doing a plan for a question too
There iosn't huge detail, more reminders of everything that should be considered
Hope this helps,:)
- Created by: Dracupine
- Created on: 12-05-13 10:00
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- Watergate
- Nixon's Personality
- Hated 'well to do families'
- Had a negative childhood
- Physical abuse
- Strict up bringing
- Solem background
- Paranoia suspicious of others (prone to spying)
- Power?
- Abuse of Congress
- Treated them badly
- Insulted them
- Tried to deprive (curtail). their power
- Ignored their request for infomation
- Treated them badly
- Abuse of Power
- Attempting to find scandals of enemies
- Break-ins of of psychiatrist office of political enemy
- Phone-tapping
- Use of Gov. agencies (FBI, CIA & IRS
- Imperial Presidency
- Evaded tax
- 1972
- Leaks & CREEP
- Break ins
- COVER UP!
- Break ins
- Senate hearings
- Special prosecutions
- Surrender tapes (took a while)
- Threat of IMPEACHMENT
- 66% favoured impeachment
- Blank sections where conversation removed
- Threat of IMPEACHMENT
- Surrender tapes (took a while)
- Special prosecutions
- Public & press dissaproval
- Leaks & CREEP
- Outcome
- had previously evaded tax, had alot of money to pay Gov. Resigned in 1974= pension & no criminal record
- Ford pardons Nixon, it was not healthy for Watergate to continue & best to move on ASAP
- Result
- Changed the way media reported politics
- Media now feel it's their job to seek out info on politicians
- Increased power for media
- System of political checks & balances re-established
- Delegation of power
- President less power
- Congress more power
- Nixon's Personality
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