Deliverable Length:
2–3 pages  
Due Date 07/20/2014
 
APA STYLE
 
In 1972, there was a break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in the Watergate Office Complex. Thus began a series of events that would shake the public’s confidence in its most visible symbol of American authority and prestige: the presidency.
This is a Three part assignment:
PART ONE:
 Discuss 
ONE
 of the following events surrounding the break-in:
When did the break-in occur?
How was Nixon connected to the break-in?
Which top aides resigned and why?
When Nixon resigned, who took over as President?
PART TWO:
The presence of a White House taping system was discovered.
Discuss the events surrounding the discovery of the tapes and the issues involved in trying to get the tapes.
What is the "18 1/2 minutes of silence"?
PART THREE
: Include 
ONE
 of the following personalities in your discussion and discuss their involvement (see list). You are to incorporate persons from
part three
, into your discussions of parts
one and two.
Richard M. Nixon and his resignation
Gerald Ford’s pardoning of Richard Nixon (not connected with the break-in but important in the context)
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Attorney General Richard Kleindienst
Archibald Cox
Howard Hunt
Chuck Colson
G. Gordon Liddy
John Dean
John Mitchell
James McCord
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Mark Felt
Deep Throat