Watergate
- 5 men were caught breaking into Democratic party headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972 to find dirt on the Democratic Party
- Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward investigated the story
- Woodward and Bernstein relied on an FBI informant known as "Deep Throat" to link the men to the Nixon White House "Follow the money"
- Nixon downplayed the scandal and denounced the story as biased and misleading
- FBI confirmed that Nixon aides had attempted to sabotage the democrats- many began resigning and faced prosecution
- Nixon was involved by trying to cover up the break-in and eventually resigned as presidency
President Gerald Ford 38th 1974-1977
- Nixon's Vice President
- Took over when Nixon resigned
- Only Vice President and president to never be elected
- "I am actually aware that you have not elected me as your president by your ballots, and so I ask you to conform me as your president with your prayers."
- Had 2 assassination attempts with three weeks
- Offered conditonal amnesty program for Vietnam War draft dodgers who held fled to countries such as Canada
French Connection
- France gained control of indochina in a series of colonial war in the mid 1800's
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