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Throughout our country’s relatively young history, we the American people have endured myriad events that have shaped our government and political system. Whether or not the actual event or happening is remembered, its effect on our government is always felt. ... This was Richard Millhouse Nixon’s infamous Watergate Scandal. Watergate changed our political system more than anything preceding it. Watergate uprooted the very principle which our government was based upon, trust in the government created for the people, by the people. ... The Watergate Scandal drastically reduced Americas’ trust in their government and president, making way for a new breed of “non-professional” politician.
The actual start of the Watergate Scandal could be pinpointed at several different places in time, but what really set the ball rolling was the creation of the Committee to RE-Elect the President (CREEP) by President Richard Millhouse Nixon. ... To the public eye however, The Watergate Scandal began with the Watergate break-in. The Watergate was a hotel, office park, apartment cooperative, and the home of the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters. In the early morning hours of June 17, 1972, five men were arrested at the Watergate building on charges of breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. ... As it became increasingly evident that the Watergate burglars were tied closely to the Central Intelligence Agency and CREEP, some of Nixons aides began talking to federal prosecutors. ... As more things were uncovered of White House involvement in the Watergate break-in and its aftermath, Nixon announced the resignations of John Ehrlichman and H. ... The Court ruled against Nixon, now stating that Watergate was a criminal matter. ...
The Watergate Scandal shattered the American public’s faith in their governmental system. Although the scandal proved the republic to be stronger than the evils of a single president and his administration, the public developed a new skepticism of the government’s effectiveness.
Approximate Word count = 1533
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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