Go to the following links and read the articles detailing the aftermath and legacy left by Watergate:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/watergate/
After reading these articles answer the following questions:
- How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
- Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall strip the nation of its innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
Post your answers on this blog. Be sure they are in sentence/paragraph form.
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1. It made citizens mistrust the government more than what they already did. It showed that the government not only lied about things happening in war, but they were lying about something as simple as an election of a possible new president.
2. When other countries learned about the U.S. lying, it stripped us of our innocence. It made the country as a whole look like liers. Other countries more than likely had trust issues concerning the U.S. after this incident.
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1. How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
The Watergate scandal showed how powerful the government was and what they were capable of doing. It also showed that although presidency is one of the highest positions in government, you cannot always trust authority.
2. Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall strip the nation of its innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
Although the nation was somewhat “stripped” at first, America is very resilient and came back stronger than before. Other countries, as well as U.S. citizens, might have been doubtful to trust our nation after such a malicious attack. In the end, the United States proved itself to be a trusted nation that could overcome anything.
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I agree with you on your second responce because the nation was “stripped” before the watergate scandal, along with the people not having trust in the government is what really “stripped” us. I believe it affected us more after than before, only because it really made the american people think about who to trust in rather than trusting in a president who may “do them dirty”.
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Your answers are well structured and I agree with both of them, especially the second response. I believe that this event made Americans think about their decisions when choosing their government officials and helped as an eye opener to many Americans. It definitely proved that the United States can come back stronger than before.
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1. How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
The watergate scandal changed the perception of the presidency by the public lost faith and trust in politicians and other officials. Also showed that the government lied about the war.
2. Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall strip the nation of its innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
Yes Richard M. Nixon misdeeds and downfall stripped the nation innocence by when other countries stripped us of our innocence. It was also making the US look like liars to other countries, and we couldn’t be trusted by them.
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1. How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
The Watergate scandal showed how powerful the government was and what they were capable of doing. It also showed that the president does not hold all the power and the government did what it was supposed to do in its “Checks and balances”.
2. Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall strip the nation of its innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall did not only strip the nation of its innocence but made other countries not believe in us along with the american people. Making the people doubt the government, but in the end they proved to the american people that the government can do its job and continue to be trusted in.
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1 How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
The reason why the Watergate scandal changed the perception of the presidency is because when the President lied to the public about the Watergate break in, why can the public be able to trust the president if they are being lied to.
2. Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall strip the nation of it’s innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
Yes Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall stripped the nation because it led to other countries not trusting the US, and just made the US look bad overall.
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1. The view of the power of the presidency has changed by the people of America not trusting the government and what they do. They cannot always trust the people in charge anymore.
2. Nixon’s downfall lead to the nation being affirmed of its resilience because everybody now is always keeping an eye on the government and all of the people in America.
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1. How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
The Watergate scandal showed that the people that were in higher power of the President really stepped in and did what needed to be done. The President had no chance in ever getting reelected after what he had done.
2. Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall strip the nation of its innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
Yes the President stripped the nation of its secrecy and innocence and he also lied about other things and they are just finding them now.
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1. The Watergate scandal changed the perception of the presidency by showing that even though presidency is so high up in today’s society that you can’t always trust authority.
2. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall did not only strip the nation of its innocence but made other countries not believe in us along with the American people.
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Your answers are correct and very well-put, however I would’ve added a little more information. For example, for question one, I would’ve added some background information on how prestigious the presidential position is. For question two, you could’ve explained and described how Nixon’s misdeeds and downfalls led other countries to not believe in us.
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1. How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
Watergate Scandal changed the perception of the presidency by showing the power of the presidency and what they could do. It also showed that authority cannot always be trusted.
2. Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall strip the nation of its innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
Yes Nixon’s misdeeds stripped the nation of it’s innocence because other countries may look at us judgmentally and doubt us.
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1. The Watergate Scandal changed the perception of the presidency because it showed what the government could do. It also showed that you can’t always trust the government.
2. At first it stripped the US of it innocence, but we bounced back even if some people didn’t believe in us.
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I agree with your second answer because even though we were lied to and looked down on for our innocence being gone we came back from it.
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1. The Watergate scandal changed the perception by showing that anyone can untrustworthy, even the leader of the nation.
2. Nixon’s actions did strip the nation of it’s innocence, but also showed the resilience of the nation by kicking him out since he did wrong, showing that the nation can handle a bad leader.
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1. The Watergate Scandal changed the perception of the presidency because it showed the true power of the government and how even they can’t be trusted at times.
2. Yes Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall stripped the nation because it made all Americans look untrustworthy. Once other countries found out about this action they would have looked down on us as liars.
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1.The scandal changed the perception of presidency because is showed the American people how much power the president actually had. It also showed people that anyone can break your trust.
2.I believe at first that the innocence was stripped from our nation but after nixon resigns and everything is fixed up the innocence returns.
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WATERGATE AFTERMATH
1 How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
The reason why the Watergate scandal changed the perception of the presidency is because when the President lied to the public about the Watergate break in, why can the public be able to trust the president if they are being lied to.
2. Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall strip the nation of it’s innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
Yes Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall stripped the nation because it led to other countries not trusting the US, and just made the US look bad overall.
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1. The Watergate scandal had changed the perception of the presidency for safety and to make sure nothing happens to were the public won’t trust the president again.
2. Nixon had mislead and had degraded the nation by lying and trying to cover up the Watergate, causing citizens to question why he is leading which made the U.S look bad
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Good answers they are correct and I agree with them Nixon’s whole scandal opened the US up to criticism from other countries.
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1. The Watergate scandal showed the public that our government isn’t as honest as they make us believe, and that they can not always be trusted.
2. Yes, Nixon’s actions and misdeeds stripped that nation of its innocence. The downfall made other countries believe that the United States could not be trusted, nor looked at us the same as they had before.
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How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
It shows that the president isnt always truthful and we begin to question the president more often.
Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall strip the nation of its innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
It affirmed the resilience of the american sysytem because it shows if the president is untruthful we will just get a new one.
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How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
1. The watergate scandal changed the perception of the presidency by showing you cant trust everyone. It shows that someone with a high title can do things that are wrong.
Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall strip the nation of its innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
2. Yes nixon did wrong but it shows that we can overcome the bad parts and try to improve and become better.
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1.) The Watergate Scandal changed the perception of the presidency by helping to define how powerful the government is. The Watergate scandal also implied the importance of the checks and balances in the branches of the government. One final thing that was changed was the fact that you can’t always rely on high ranking government officials to tell the absolute truth. Up until the Watergate scandal occurred, Americans had complete trust in their government and their words. When the Watergate scandal occurred, this trust was defied and many Americans no longer viewed their government in the same manner.
2.) Despite the fact that Richard Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall stripped the nation of its innocence at first, in the end, they helped to affirm the resilience of the American system because they proved to show that despite the fact that major problems may arise within the structure of the country, the problems will be resolved and the United States will continue to grow and prosper.
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How did the Watergate scandal change the perception of the presidency?
The Watergate scandal took a highly respected and authoritative position in the United States and tinted it with lies, mistrusts, and disloyalties. It shows that elected officials, in the end, sometimes are not who they say they were. I feel like it showed Americans a brutal reality, that someone so high-ranked in the country can still be so dishonest. It truly showed, not necessarily in the best way, how powerful our government is.
Did Richard M. Nixon’s misdeeds and downfalls strip the nation of its innocence or affirm the resilience of the American system?
Initially, President Nixon’s misdeeds and downfalls did strip the nation of its innocence. It shocked the American people to say the least. Not only did the scandal make Richard Nixon’s reputation plummet, but it was as if Americans felt like this scandal was going to affect presidents in the future. However, as time passed, the nation left the past in the past. In the end, Watergate seemed to make America stronger. People realized the mistakes made, and were bound and determined to make sure things like it never happened again. Eventually, the Watergate scandal brought out the thing people around the world know America for, its pride and perseverance. America was heading on its way to a more prosperous future, leaving Watergate and Nixon behind.
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1) It showed that the government isn’t always truthful and made us distrust the government more. It also showed us just how powerful and decieving the government could be.
2) It somewhat stripped the nation of its innocence by making us not trust our government officials and shocking us into realizing that the government may be corrupt at times, making us want to analyze the people we are electing into office more and more. I also think in a way that helped make America as strong as we are now, and for us to become more diverse in opinions etc.
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Good answers I agree with you on the second one
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1.The Watergate changed the perception of the presidency by showing the people it’s deceitfulness and corruptness. Watergate brought people discomfort in their government leaving them with less trust.
2. Richard Nixon’s misdeeds and downfall stripped the nation of it’s of its innocence by showing people how untrustworthy the government was.Many people were shocked by the corruptness the government held and changed American’s perspective on voting. People look more into a candidate. Others vowed never to trust the government again like a strict parent to a disobedient child.
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The Watergate Scandal showed the people that the government is trying to cover things up that they didn’t want the public knowing about or thought they didn’t need to know. This makes the people much wearier and mistrusting of the government.
Yes, Nixon’s misdeeds stripped the US of its innocence because other countries were now looking at the government and officials as liars.
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1) This scandal changed the presidency because it shows that you can get away with a lot when you’re in a position that high in the government, it also made it a lot harder to trust what the president does and says.
2) People were very upset by this scandal at first, it did strip us. We will never have the same reputation, people will never fully trust the government again.
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1. It changed the perception of presidency by making others criticize and form a different view of the president. It showed that people who are put in office are still people and they will lie and deceive like any other human being.
2. I don’t think that it completely stripped the nation of its innocence, but it made everyone realize that people need to be more attentive to who they are putting in office and who they don’t want in office. It’s more of a wake up call then a complete downfall of the American System.
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