watergate

• what was watergate?


  A possible crime cover up in the White House that led to Nixon's Resignation
• when was water gate?

  1971-1974

  -Nixon resigned august 1974
• Nixon's role in Watergate

  He tried to prevent the FBI from investigating the break-in at the Watergate complex & was involved in the cover-up of the break-in
• what was the impact of Watergate on the Vietnam war?

  -led many to question countrys leadership and think more critically about presidency

  -people did not trust what they were being told and questioned how many more coverups about Vietnam they didn't know
• what happened when Nixon's role in scandal came to life?

  Nixon resigned