{"id":1880,"date":"2021-07-30T05:34:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T05:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/?post_type=chapter&p=1880"},"modified":"2022-09-29T00:24:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T00:24:02","slug":"introduction-to-watergate-and-its-fallout","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/chapter\/introduction-to-watergate-and-its-fallout\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Watergate and Its Fallout","rendered":"Introduction to Watergate and Its Fallout"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do: describe political turmoil and changes of the 1970s<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7343\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"488\"]\"Image<\/a> Figure 1.<\/strong> Address book of Watergate burglar Bernard Barker, discovered in a room at the Watergate Hotel.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIn 1972, President Nixon faced an easy reelection against a Democratic Party\u00a0still struggling to determine its purpose and identity.\u00a0But even before his landslide victory, evidence had surfaced that the White House was involved in the break-in at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters at\u00a0Washington D.C.'s\u00a0Watergate office complex. As the investigation unfolded, the depths to which Nixon and his advisers had sunk became clear. Some twenty-five of Nixon\u2019s aides were indicted for criminal activity, and he became\u00a0the first president\u00a0to resign from office. His successor, Gerald Ford, was unable to solve the pressing problems the United States faced or erase the stain of Watergate.\r\n\r\nJimmy Carter\u2019s administration began with great promise, but his efforts to improve the economy through deregulation largely failed. Carter\u2019s attempt at a foreign policy built on the principle of human rights also prompted much criticism from those favoring a harder line against the Soviet Union.\u00a0On the other hand, he successfully brokered the beginnings of a historic peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Remaining public faith in Carter was dealt a serious blow, however, when he proved unable to free\u00a0American hostages held by a fundamentalist regime\u00a0in Tehran.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: describe political turmoil and changes of the 1970s<\/h2>\n
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Figure 1.<\/strong> Address book of Watergate burglar Bernard Barker, discovered in a room at the Watergate Hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In 1972, President Nixon faced an easy reelection against a Democratic Party\u00a0still struggling to determine its purpose and identity.\u00a0But even before his landslide victory, evidence had surfaced that the White House was involved in the break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters at\u00a0Washington D.C.’s\u00a0Watergate office complex. As the investigation unfolded, the depths to which Nixon and his advisers had sunk became clear. Some twenty-five of Nixon\u2019s aides were indicted for criminal activity, and he became\u00a0the first president\u00a0to resign from office. His successor, Gerald Ford, was unable to solve the pressing problems the United States faced or erase the stain of Watergate.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Carter\u2019s administration began with great promise, but his efforts to improve the economy through deregulation largely failed. Carter\u2019s attempt at a foreign policy built on the principle of human rights also prompted much criticism from those favoring a harder line against the Soviet Union.\u00a0On the other hand, he successfully brokered the beginnings of a historic peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Remaining public faith in Carter was dealt a serious blow, however, when he proved unable to free\u00a0American hostages held by a fundamentalist regime\u00a0in Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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