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Objective 11.06
Identify political events and the actions and reactions of the government
officials and citizens, and assess the social and political consequences
National Endowment for the Humanities
• Independent Grant making agency dedicated to research and education in the humanities
New York Times v US 1971
• President Nixon argued that the release of the Pentagon Papers threatened National Security
US v Nixon 1974
• President Nixon must release recorded conversations in the White House to Watergate investigators
Sam Ervin/Senate Watergate Committee
• North Carolina Senator/ Head of the Senate committee that investigated the Watergate break-in
John Dean
• Former counsel to President Nixon/ spent 4 months in jail for his role in the Watergate break-in
Bob Woodward/Carl Bernstein
• Washington Post Writers/ Broke the story of the break-in at the Watergate hotel
Democratic National Convention 1968
• Anti-war protest turns violent/ Chicago police called in to restore order/ Hubert Humphrey selected by the democrats to run against Richard Nixon in 1968