day 2

• The Watergate Scandal: Nixon's administration tried to coverup a burglary of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) HQ at the Watergate office & apartment complex in Washington, D.C
• What does DNC stand for?

  democratic National Committee
• Who were Nixon’s 4 loyal advisors?

  Haldeman, Mitchell, Ehrlichman, Dean
• what was Nixon‘s advisor’s biggest mistake?

  thinking they’re above the law
• What was Nixon’s biggest fear?

  not getting reelected in the 1972 election
• Nixon was paranoid and had high anxiety
• When did the Watergate scandal take place?

  June 17, 1972
• June 17, 1972 five men were caught breaking into the DNC in order to photograph classified documents and tap the phones
• the white house confirmed that the break in was a random act and there was no connection to the 5 guys
• what two journalist continued to write about the Watergate scandal after people had forgotten?

  Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
• Where did Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein work?

  The Washington Post
• Bernstein and Woodward began to write stories detailing the classified information that an insider had given them but Nixon still denied the allegations
• January 1973, the burglars had a trial. John Sirica, the judge, thought the burglars didnt act alone
• John Dean: Nixon's advisor who testified Nixon's involvement in the cover up
• Dean was asked what?

  what did the president know and when did he know it?
• Nixon continued to deny allegations. Alexander Butterfield told a committee that Nixon secretly recorded the conversations in the oval office