Watergate Fact Finder:  Use the following website.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/front.htm

Answer the following questions by visiting the Washington Post’s Watergate website.

1.        What incident began the political scandal known as Watergate?  When did it take place?

2.        Who are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein?  What was their role in uncovering the Watergate scandal?

3.        How did Watergate affect politics and journalism?

4.        Who was Deep Throat?  What role did he play in the unveiling of Watergate?

5.        Each of the following people was a key in the Watergate Scandal.  What was each person’s role in the Watergate scandal?  How was each person punished?

H.R. Bob Halederman

E.  Howard Hunt

G.Gordon Libby

Jeb Magruder

John Mitchell

Donald Segretti

Hugh Sloan

Maurice Stans

6.        How did the Washington Post have a special relationship with the Watergate Scandal?

Scan each of the following articles about Watergate and answer the questions.  They are found under the post coverage section of the website.

1.        “GOP Security Aide among Five Arrested in Bugging”

What happened to the 25,000 cashier’s check that was supposed to be used for Nixon’s re-election campaign?

2.        “Mitchell Controlled Secret GOP fund”

What was John Mitchell responsible for?

How did he feel about the Post publishing this story?

3.        “FBI Finds Nixon Aides Sabotaged Democrats”

How did the Watergate bugging incident begin?

What had Nixon’s campaign contributions been set aside for?  What was the money used for?

4.        “Judiciary Committee Approves Article to Impeach President Nixon 27 to 11”

Why did the committee approve impeaching Nixon?

Why was this so shocking?

What agencies did Nixon misuse for his own political purposes?

Write a brief definition that refers to “The Watergate Scandal” for each term.

A break in-

To unravel

A web of political spying and sabotage

Bribe/bribery

A cover-up

Indictment/to indict

To reverberate

White House “plumbers”

To leak information

A bug

To be convicted

To be acquitted

Conspiracy

Slush fund money

Liable

Perjury

To obstruct justice

Former/prior

To resign

To be charged with a crime

Treasury/treasurer

The GOP

CRP

To be earmarked for (something)

On behalf of (someone)