zeekthegeekweek4

University of Phoenix Material

Modern America Matrix Week 4

Week 4: 1970s

Watergate

From the following list, choose five events related to the Watergate scandal. Identify the basic facts, dates, and purpose of the event in 2 to 3 sentences in the Identify column. Include why the event is significant in the Significance column, and add a reference for your material in the Reference column.

· CREEP

· Dirty tricks

· Break-in

· Erwin Committee

· Archibald Cox

· The Washington Post

· Woodward and Bernstein

· Mark Felt

· John Dean

· Phone tapings

· Saturday Night Massacre

· Spiro Agnew

· Supreme Court and tapes

· Smoking Gun

· Resignation

· Ford pardons Nixon

Event	Identify	Significance	Reference

Post-Watergate Presidencies

From the following list, choose five events during the 1970s. Identify the basic facts, dates, and purpose of the event in 2 to 3 sentences in the Identify column. Include why the event is significant in the Significance column, and add a reference for your material in the Reference column.

· Post-Watergate Public Opinion

· The Arab Oil Embargo

· Stagflation

· High Interest Rates

· The Crisis of Confidence

· Energy crisis

· The Iranian Hostage Crisis

· The Sagebrush Rebellion

· OPEC

· Gerald Ford

· Jimmy Carter

· Ted Kennedy

Event	Identify	Significance	Reference