Answer: a COVER-UP
Context/detail:
"Watergate" was the scandal in which persons working for President Nixon's reelection campaign committed crimes to spy on their opponents at Democratic party headquarters, and then efforts were made to cover up those crimes. Nixon didn't directly order the break-ins and spying attempts, but he did order the cover-up of his administration's connections to those activities.
The first break-in attempt by burglars working on Nixon's behalf occurred in May, 1972, as persons connected to the Nixon reelection campaign broke into the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, DC. They were planting wire-taps on the Democrats' phone lines, and also stole copies of documents. When the wire-taps didn't work properly, they broke in again (in June) to try to fix the surveillance devices, but they were caught.
Nixon's role in Watergate was especially in his efforts and those of members of his staff to cover up what had happened. Ultimately, the Watergate affair brought down the Nixon presidency. He resigned in order to avoid impeachment. And the whole affair made Americans more distrusting of government.
It is not a requirement that one must have "at least a college degree" in order to become a member of the House of Representatives," since this would not go over well with the "base" of many political parties.
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Politically: Lincoln tried preserving the Union, so the South decided to secede and this led to war.
• The most unfortunate political consequence of the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln's death.
- Lincoln also issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It went into effect on January 1, 1863, and declared, "that all persons held as slaves" in states that rebelled "are, and henceforward shall be free." the proclamation changed the focus of the war
Economic consequences:
- , the Southern economy was in ruins. Much of the war had been fought in the South
- foreign nations that once bought Southern cotton began to produce their own. As a result, post-war cotton prices plunged dramatically
- Just like in the South, a large percentage of Union soldiers went home with injuries that prevented them from working
- Buildings, railroad lines, and family farms destroyed in the war needed to be rebuilt. The nation as a whole needed to be reconstructed
Social consequences:
- The Civil War allowed African Americans to make progress in society.
- Following the Emancipation Proclamation, many free African Americans joined the Union army
- The population was reduced as a result of war casualties. Farms and homes had been destroyed.
