April US History

True or False:
Nixon was impeached from presedency. 

• True
• False

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

During the investigation, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to hand over what piece of incriminating evidence?

• Tape recordings
• Transcripts of his conversations
• Contracts of different CREEP members
• Receipts of the hotels Nixon had stayed

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

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

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

• perjury

• political espionage

• impeachment

• subpoena

Who were the "plumbers" in the Watergate scandal?

• special investigation team created to stop news leaks about Vietnam War

• people that were investigating Nixon's recordings

• committee assigned to work on getting Nixon re-elected

• people that were fired for investigating the Watergate scandal

Nixon was impeached and removed from office.

• True

• False

How did the Watergate scandal get its name?

• Watergates opening was a metaphor used for the flood of information and the president's inability to stop it

• People broke into Richard Nixon's office at the Watergate aprtment complex to get information about the election

• Bill Watergate was the director of the FBI in charge of investigating Nixon but he was corrupt

• there was a break-in at the Watergate apartments and office complex in D.C.

Five men were arrested when they were caught putting up surveillance equipment in this location:

• D.C. National Convention office building

• Democratic National Committee headquarters

• Republican Committee headquarters

• The Washington Post's office building located at the Watergate complex

To what does the "Saturday Night Massacre" refer?

• Nixon was impeached on a Saturday; unusual that it wasn't on a week day...

• After many refusals to fire people involved with the investigation of the scandal, Nixon started firing many people himself.

• Nixon ordered his attorney general to fire a special prosecutor and attorney general refused to do it; he resigned

• Nixon ordered people to be killed to keep quiet about his illegal activities in office