Watergate: Nixon's Downfall

1. How are the "plumbers" connected to President Nixon?
the "plumbers" are connecte dto othe president because they were his like top men, they made sure that the press wasnt able to get anything out on Nixon. and they also were the burglers from the Watergate Scandal.

2. Who was the judge? Why did he hand out maximum sentences?
the judge was John Sircia. he handed out maximum sentences because he knew that many people, besides the 4 caught burglers, were involved in the scandal. also because afterwadrds, the president and his men, tried to cover it up.

3. How were Mitchell and Dean connected to Nixon?
Mitchell was connected to Nixon by being his attorny general, and Dean by being the first to really expose incriminating evidence on the president.

4. How were Haldeman and Erlichman connected to Nixon?
Haldeman was connected to him by being the chief of staff at the White House and Erlichman because he wa sthe chief domestic advisor.

5. What did the following men tell the Senate about Nixon?

a. Dean- said that Nixon was the one who proposed the Watergate Scandal and the one who most wanted it covered up.

b. Butterfield

6. Who was fired or forced to resign in the "massacre"?

7. Why weren't investigators satisified with the transcripts?

8. What did the tapes reveal?

9. Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign?

10. What did the House Judiciary Committee charge President Nixon with?

11. How did the Watergate scandal create a constitutional crisis?