WATERGATE
MR. SPENCER
U.S. HISTORY
PERIOD 4
BY TODD THOMPSON
FEBRUARY 19, 1998
Watergate was the name of the biggest political scandal in the United States history. It included various illegal activities designed to help President Richard M. Nixon win reelection in 1972. Watergate resulted in Nixon's resignation from the presidency in 1974.
Watergate differed from most previous political scandals because personal greed apparently did not play an important role. Instead, Watergate represented an attack on one of the chief features of a democracy, free and open e…
