Worksheets9-3 (Watergate 2)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
To accuse a government official and/or charge with a crime is known as
perjury
political espionage
impeachment
subpoena
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
What did a U.S. District Court judge subpoena, but Nixon claimed executive privilege and refused to turn over?
surveillance of the break-in at the Watergate building
transcripts of conversations between Nixon and the directors of the FBI and CIA
recorded conversations from inside the White House
Attorney General Richardson found evidence of Nixon's involvement in
political espionage
illegal wiretapping
influence peddling
all of these
True or False: Two foreign policy developments in the Nixon administration were his visit to China and the SALT Treaty
True
False
Who of the following were members of Nixon's "Inner Circle"
H. R. Haldeman
John Dean
John Ehrlichman
John Mitchell
All of the above
Who won the presidential election of 1972?
Johnson and it was a runway
McGovern and it was close
McGovern and it was a runaway
Nixon and it was close
Nixon and it was a runaway
What building is being portrayed as a giant tape recorder here?
Capitol Records Tower
Mar-a-Lago
Supreme Court
Watergate Hotel
White House
What did a U.S. District Court judge subpoena, but Nixon claimed executive privilege and refused to turn over?
surveillance of the break-in at the Watergate building
transcripts of conversations between Nixon and the directors of the FBI and CIA
recorded conversations from inside the White House
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.
No one is above the law...not even the president.
Executive Pardon
Judicial Review
Executive Privilege
Rule of Law
The US v. Nixon case determined that this could only be used when national security was threatened.
Executive Privilege
Judicial Review
Legislative Review
Due process
What was the ruling of the court in United States v Nixon?
That the President’s executive privilege cannot be used in cases of criminal investigation and due process of law
That the President had the right to withhold information from the public.
The president cannot make the laws of this country.
The court said that only the Judicial branch may review the laws of this country.
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Educational Progress Agency
Energy Production Agency
Who were the reporters who leaked the information that prompted an investigation into the Watergate break-in?
Sacco and Vanzetti
Richards and Cox
Woodward and Bernstein
Ethel and Julius Rosenburg
Who became President immediately after Nixon left office?
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
