Nixon/Watergate Test Study guide
Richard Nixon - ANS-1968 and 1972; Republican; Vietnam: advocated "Vietnamization"
(replace US troops with Vietnamese), but also bombed Cambodia/Laos, created a
"credibility gap," Paris Peace Accords ended direct US involvement; economy-took US
off gold standard (currency valued by strength of economy); created the Environmental
Protection Agency, was president during first moon landing; SALT I and new policy of
detente between US and Soviet Union; Watergate scandal: became first and only
president to resign
Carl Bernstein - ANS-Journalist for the Washington Post that helped uncover the
Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward earning the Post the Pulitzer Prize for public
service, wrote All the Presidents Men
John Ehrlichman - ANS-Chief Domestic Advisor to Nixon
William Rehnquist - ANS-Nominated by Regan in an attempt to push the Supreme
Court in a more conservative direction.
Archibald Cox - ANS-The Special Prosecutor that was hired to investigate the
Watergate Scandal
Daniel Ellsberg - ANS-He was a former employee of the Defense Department and gave
the New York Times the "Pentagon Paper" which was information on how the US
government got involved in Vietnam. Very embarrassing to the government.
The plumbers - ANS-people whose job it was to stop leaks of what Nixon was trying to
achieve from being let out of the White House
Gerald Ford - ANS-1974-1977, Republican, first non elected president and VP, he
pardoned Nixon
Bob Woodward - ANS-investigative reporter for Washington Post helped uncover the
Watergate scandal that led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation
H.R. Haldeman - ANS-White House Chief of Staff
Richard Nixon - ANS-1968 and 1972; Republican; Vietnam: advocated "Vietnamization"
(replace US troops with Vietnamese), but also bombed Cambodia/Laos, created a
"credibility gap," Paris Peace Accords ended direct US involvement; economy-took US
off gold standard (currency valued by strength of economy); created the Environmental
Protection Agency, was president during first moon landing; SALT I and new policy of
detente between US and Soviet Union; Watergate scandal: became first and only
president to resign
Carl Bernstein - ANS-Journalist for the Washington Post that helped uncover the
Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward earning the Post the Pulitzer Prize for public
service, wrote All the Presidents Men
John Ehrlichman - ANS-Chief Domestic Advisor to Nixon
William Rehnquist - ANS-Nominated by Regan in an attempt to push the Supreme
Court in a more conservative direction.
Archibald Cox - ANS-The Special Prosecutor that was hired to investigate the
Watergate Scandal
Daniel Ellsberg - ANS-He was a former employee of the Defense Department and gave
the New York Times the "Pentagon Paper" which was information on how the US
government got involved in Vietnam. Very embarrassing to the government.
The plumbers - ANS-people whose job it was to stop leaks of what Nixon was trying to
achieve from being let out of the White House
Gerald Ford - ANS-1974-1977, Republican, first non elected president and VP, he
pardoned Nixon
Bob Woodward - ANS-investigative reporter for Washington Post helped uncover the
Watergate scandal that led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation
H.R. Haldeman - ANS-White House Chief of Staff
