April 17th

• Learning Target

• I can identify the major components of the Watergate scandal.

• Opener• Review:

• Define “political scandal” in your own words. • (Guess if you do not know)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFID6Qkwh88

President Richard Nixon

• Gained fame as a “Communist hunter”• Vice President to Eisenhower

• Elected in 1968 on promise of “Peace with honor”

• Eventually began withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam

• “Opened up” relations with China

Closure

•Did Nixon deserve to be impeached for the Watergate scandal?