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=May 10, 2010 - Preliminary research=

Please post the following items: Lyndon Johnson was the 36th president of the United States. During his lifetime, he served as President, Vice President, Senator, and Representative. Johnson created the “Great Society” and Medicare and Medicaid. When Nixon was elected the next president of the United States, trouble eventually followed. Nixon was involved in the Watergate scandal which was a political scandal where five men broke into the Watergate complex. President Nixon’s resignation, the indictment of his administration officials, and Nixon’s presidential tape recordings show that the Watergate scandal of the 1970s led to the public mistrust of government. The Watergate scandal led Nixon to resign. President Nixon resigned announced his resignation on August 8, 1972 and resigned the following day. This caused much controversy among the media. He felt he had lost the support of the Congress. In his resignation speech, Nixon was hurt yet felt it was in the best interest of the country to focus more on the needs of America and not this issue. Nixon was the first president of the United States to resign. Also, the indictment of his administration officials during the Watergate scandal allowed the public to not trust the government. Five men were associated with breaking into the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The five men had thousands of dollars in cash when they were arrested. The a couple of the men were John Mitchell, former attorney general and Bernard Barker. They made donations to the president’s re-election committee even though they were apart of it. The public began to mistrust the government even more. Nixon’s tape recordings during the Watergate scandal caused the public to doubt the government. The Watergate situation was addressed by Nixon Because of this scandal, many people today dislike politicians and other forms of government. A scandal today has the suffix //-gate// because of the Watergate scandal. President Nixon’s resignation, the indictment of his administration officials, and Nixon’s presidential tape recordings show that the Watergate scandal of the 1970s led to the public mistrust of government.

I. Introduction A. Lyndon Johnson was the 36th president of the United States. He served as President, Vice President, Senator, and Representative. 1. Johnson created the "Great Society" and Medicare and Medicaid. B. When Nixon was elected as the next president of the united States, troubles began to unfold. 1. Nixon was famous for the watergate scandal which resulted from five men breaking into the Watergate Complex. C. President Nixon's resignation, the indictment of his administration officials, and Nixon's presidential tape recordings show that the Watergate scandal of the 1970s led to the public mistrust of government. II. President Nixon's resignation, the indictment of his administration officials, and Nixon's presidential tape recordings show that the Watergate scandal of the 1970s led to the public mistrust of government.
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President Nixon's resignation, indictment of administration officials, and presidential speeches show that the Watergate scandal of the 1970s altered how Americans thought and changed how politics are today.


 * Working bibliography:[[file:Encyclopedia Britannica-Watergate Scandal.mht]]**

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