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  2. Watergate scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Watergate scandal left such an impression on the national and international consciousness that many scandals since then have been labeled with the "-gate suffix". One of a variety of anti-Ford buttons generated during the 1976 presidential election: it reads "Gerald ... Pardon me!" and depicts a thief cracking a safe labeled "Watergate".

  3. Timeline of the Watergate scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Watergate scandal refers to the burglary and illegal wiretapping of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, in the Watergate complex by members of President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign, and the subsequent cover-up of the break-in resulting in Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, as well as other abuses of power by the Nixon White House that were discovered during ...

  4. History of the United States (1964–1980) - Wikipedia

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    The Watergate scandal was still fresh in the voters' minds when former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter, a Washington, D.C. outsider known for his integrity, prevailed over nationally better-known politicians in the Democratic Party presidential primaries in 1976. Faith in government was at a low ebb, and so was voter turnout.

  5. List of -gate scandals and controversies - Wikipedia

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    The suffix-gate derives from the Watergate scandal in the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of US President Richard Nixon. [2] The scandal was named after the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., where the burglary giving rise to the scandal took place; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on ...

  6. United States Senate Watergate Committee - Wikipedia

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    The Senate Watergate Committee, known officially as the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, was a special committee established by the United States Senate, S.Res. 60, in 1973, to investigate the Watergate scandal, with the power to investigate the break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the ...

  7. ‘Far Worse’ Than Watergate [Video] - AOL

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  8. Watergate scandal wasn't just a burglary, it was a state of ...

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    The two-year drama that unfolded after the burglary, with its plot twists and cast of colorful, often unsavory characters, ultimately led to the impeachment and resignation of Nixon, who was ...

  9. The Watergate Hotel's "Scandal Room" - AOL

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    The greatest scandal in American political history has its roots in room 214 of The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. The famed room still exists and can be booked for overnight stays for an ...