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CANADA AND THE WORLD

Dr. Curtis Cole

Trent University in Oshawa

The 1970sThe 1970s

March 15, 2010

Triumph Disgrace

Canada and the World: The Canada and the World: The 1970s1970s

Watergate Hearings


Richard NixonPresident, 1969-1974


The “Silent Majority” 26th Amendment - voting age 18 Senator George McGovern Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago Jesse Jackson Sen. Thomas Eagleton, Missouri



Sargent Shriver & George McGovernThe 1972 Democratic Ticket


Richard NixonGeorge McGovern Spiro Agnew

Sargent Shriver

Democratic Candidates Republican Candidates



“Vietnamization” of the war Henry Kissinger

“Peace is at hand”


The Watergate



secret bombing of Cambodia, 1969

illegal wire taps Democratic National Committee

The Watergate


The Watergate Burglars

BernardBarker

VirgilioGonzalez

EugenioMartinez

FrankSturgis

The Cubans


James McCordSecurity Coordinator

Committee to Re-Elect the President(C.R.E.E.P.)


Ronald ZieglerWhite House Press Secretary

A third-rate burglary attempt...


No one in the White House staff, no one in this Administration presently employed, was involved in this very bizarre incident. This kind of activity, as I have often indicated, has no place whatsoever in our political process.

Richard NixonAugust, 1972


Judge John J. Sirica James J. McCord


Senate Select Committee on Campaign Practises

Chair: Senator Sam J. Ervin, North Carolina


The Pentagon Papers John Ehrlichman - chief domestic policy advisor The Plumbers Daniel Ellsberg H.R. Haldeman


John Mitchell - Attorney-General

- Chairman of CREEP


Maurice Stans - Secretary of Commerce


John DeanWhite House counsel



Alexander Butterfield

Richard Nixon

I'm not a crook...


Archibald Cox - Watergate Special Prosecutor


Saturday Night Massacre - Oct. 20, 1973


Leon Jaworski - Watergate Special Prosecutor (2)


Vice President Spiro T. Agnew


Vice President Spiro T. Agnew Gerald R. Ford


October, 1973 - Nixon releases some transcripts of White House tapes


Impeachment March 1974 - Ehrlichman, Haldeman and Mitchell indicted


Impeachment March 1974 - Ehrlichman, Haldeman and Mitchell indicted April 1974 - Nixon released edited tape transcripts


Impeachment March 1974 - Ehrlichman, Haldeman and Mitchell indicted April 1974 - Nixon released edited tape transcripts July 24, 1974 - Supreme Court ordered Nixon to release the

complete tapes


Impeachment July 24, 1974 - Supreme Court ordered Nixon to release the

complete tapes July 30, 1974 - House Judiciary Committee voted 3 counts of

impeachment against the President:

1 obstruction of justice2 contempt of Congress3 use of govt. agencies to deprive citizens of

rights


Impeachment July 24, 1974 - Supreme Court ordered Nixon to release the

complete tapes July 30, 1974 - House Judiciary Committee voted 3 counts of

impeachment against the President:

1 obstruction of justice2 contempt of Congress3 use of govt. agencies to deprive citizens of

rights August 5, 1974 - Nixon releases the full tape transcripts


Friday August 8, 1974Nixon announces his resignation


Gerald R. Ford, President 1974-1977


Gerald R. Ford, President 1974-1977 Sept. 1974 - Ford pardoned Nixon


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