A chart of each of the House Judiciary Committee member's party affiliation and vote on each article of impeachment in the Watergate case.

Activity in which students investigate the Watergate Scandal and explore the concepts of impeachment, Executive privilege and presidential pardoning. Includes questions for discussion and small group work.

The document shown here deals with a specific question: Should the Watergate Special Prosecutor seek an indictment of the former President?

Richard Nixon (1913-1994 CE) served as the 37th President of the United States. AmericanPresident.org tracks the course of his turbulent political career.

This easy-to-navigate site has Richard Nixon's biography, events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, several video clips.

This site is a comprehensive overview of the Watergate break-in and investigation that would eventually result in Nixon's resignation.

Young scholars will write an essay on the causes of the Watergate affair using background information, a chronology of events, and nineteen primary source documents.

One of the most controversial presidents since Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, learn more than just the basic facts in this article about Richard M. Nixon's presidency.

This is the text, audio, and video [5:08] of President Nixon's resignation address to the nation on August 8, 1974.

This article, first featured in MIT's student newspaper, is a commentary on the life of Richard M. Nixon.

This is mp3 audio and text of Gerald R. Ford's speech to the nation pardoning Richard M. Nixon for his part in the Watergate coverup. It was delivered on September 8, 1974, Washington D.C.

The domestic policies of three Presidents from the 1960s are examined, including Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. The tutorial looks at their political initiatives, what worked and what didn't. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.

The National Portrait Gallery explores the actions of presidents in regard to the Cold War. Read about the so-called anti-Communist warrior, Richard M. Nixon, and his opening of relations with Communist China. Watch Nixon's speech about...

Provides the background and events leading to the Articles of Impeachment being drawn up against Richard Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee.

Read the complete text of President Nixon's address to the nation in which he responds to the House Judiciary Committee's subpoena for additional presidential tape recordings concerning Watergate.

Full text of Richard M. Nixon's televised speech to the nation announcing his resignation as President of the United States.

Originally written in 1974 by Carl B. Feldbaum, this text overviews the "Factors to be Considered in Deciding Whether to Prosecute Richard M. Nixon for Obstruction of Justice."

Learn about Nixon's presidency, including his strategy to get the United States out of the Vietnam War, his foreign policy maneuvers with China and the Soviet Union, and his fall from grace due to the Watergate scandal.

This mini-instructional activity covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that then-sitting President Nixon had to turn over some recordings of his presidential communications to a court of law. Students learn about the...

Read about the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon.

Brief biography of Richard M. Nixon, with links to important speeches he made.

Provides detailed facts and an overview of the conspiracy and cover-up of the 1972 Watergate Break-in.

How do you approach the difficult task of teaching learners about scandals in our Nation's highest office? This lesson plan has students research, compare and contrast, and discuss Watergate and other political scandals.

A photograph of Nixon's letter of resignation signed on August 9, 1974.