day 3

• Saturday night massacre: when large numbers of Nixon staff either resigned or got fired
• Who was Nixon’s first vice president?

  Spiro Agnew
• Who did Agnew get replaced by?

  Gerald Ford
• in March 1974 a grand jury indited 7 of Nixons aids who were charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury
• The grand jury asked Nixon to turn over the tapes, but he didn’t because he thought “it would violate the national security”
• Nixon was forced by the supreme court to give the tapes.When he did, there were gaps in the tapes.
• what was the longest time gap in the tapes?

  18 minutes and 30 seconds
• Nixon Quote: I am not a crook
• as the impeachment proceedings began against Nixon, the the jury found that there was enough evidence to impeach Nixon.
• when did Nixon resign?

  August 8, 1974
• Gerald Ford became the 38th president

  • 25 members of Nixon‘s staff served prison terms
  • Ford partined Nixon from allegations
• 1976 Election: Carter won bc Rep. were upset w Ford for pardoning NixonRep. Gerald Ford

  Dem. Jimmy Carter
• Carter's family business was peanut farming
• TV shows in the 70s focused on social issues. Chico & the man, Mary Tyler Moore, All in the Family, Sanford & Son