Watergate

What building was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?

• The Capitol Building
• The White House
• Republican Headquarters
• Democratic Headquarters

True or False:
Nixon was impeached from presedency. 

• True
• False

In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?

• Resign
• Die while in office
• Flee the country
• Own a cat

What was the name of the hotel that Nixon allegedly sent people to break in to and spy on the DNC?

• Waterfront
• Watergate
• Wyndgate
• Waterfall

To accuse a government official and/or charge with a crime is known as

• perjury

• political espionage

• impeachment

• subpoena

What is the main idea of this cartoon from the Watergate era?

• The Supreme Court presides over a presidential impeachment trial.

• Congress has to obey the Constitution.

• The president has the final word involving constitutional issues.

• No person or group is above the law.

Which statement most accurately depicts why president Nixon had to resign from office in 1974?

• He had an affair with an intern
• He pulled troops out of Vietnam in 1973
• He opened relations with China and the Soviet Union
• He led a criminal conspiracy from the White House, which mislead the nation

Which of the following best describes the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Nixon?

• The Court ruled that all the requested tapes must be turned over.

• The Court ruled in favor of executive privilege.

• The Court ruled that President Nixon must resign.

• The Court ruled that President Nixon could fire Archibald Cox.

________ First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.

• Sputnik

• Iron Curtain

• Watergate

• Laika

________ A term to describe the Soviet Union's policy of isolation during the Cold War. The barrier isolated Eastern Europe from the rest of the world.

• Domino Theory

• Iron Curtain

• McCarthyism

• Truman Doctrine