Watergate Review 100% Correct!!
Richard Nixon - ANSWERRepublican President of the USA (1969-1974)
Deep Throat - ANSWERBob Woodward's anonymous source to the Watergate scandal; eventually
revealed himself to be Mark Felt, the Deputy Director of the FBI
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein - ANSWERThe Washington Post reporters who linked President
Nixon's office to the Watergate break-in
U.S. Senate - ANSWERthe upper house of the U.S. Congress (100 reps, 2x 50 states)
U.S. House of Representatives - ANSWERThe lower house and larger house of Congress. Its members
represent the people of their state, and the total number of representatives is based on the state's
population.
Archibald Cox - ANSWERlead prosecutor at the Watergate trial; fired on Nixon's orders
The Saturday Night Massacre - ANSWERdismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox,
and the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William
Ruckelshaus during the Watergate scandal
The Nixon Tapes - ANSWERRecordings of Nixon's White House conversations which revealed he
ordered a cover-up of the Watergate break-in
CREEP - ANSWERRichard Nixon's committee for re-electing the president. Found to have been
engaged in a "dirty tricks" campaign against the democrats in 1972. They raised tens of millions of
dollars in campaign funds using unethical means. They were involved in the infamous Watergate
cover-up.
True - ANSWERNixon is the only President in US history to have resigned from office
17 May 1973 - ANSWERThe Senate Committee begins nationally televised public hearings
Richard Nixon - ANSWERRepublican President of the USA (1969-1974)
Deep Throat - ANSWERBob Woodward's anonymous source to the Watergate scandal; eventually
revealed himself to be Mark Felt, the Deputy Director of the FBI
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein - ANSWERThe Washington Post reporters who linked President
Nixon's office to the Watergate break-in
U.S. Senate - ANSWERthe upper house of the U.S. Congress (100 reps, 2x 50 states)
U.S. House of Representatives - ANSWERThe lower house and larger house of Congress. Its members
represent the people of their state, and the total number of representatives is based on the state's
population.
Archibald Cox - ANSWERlead prosecutor at the Watergate trial; fired on Nixon's orders
The Saturday Night Massacre - ANSWERdismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox,
and the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William
Ruckelshaus during the Watergate scandal
The Nixon Tapes - ANSWERRecordings of Nixon's White House conversations which revealed he
ordered a cover-up of the Watergate break-in
CREEP - ANSWERRichard Nixon's committee for re-electing the president. Found to have been
engaged in a "dirty tricks" campaign against the democrats in 1972. They raised tens of millions of
dollars in campaign funds using unethical means. They were involved in the infamous Watergate
cover-up.
True - ANSWERNixon is the only President in US history to have resigned from office
17 May 1973 - ANSWERThe Senate Committee begins nationally televised public hearings
