The Watergate scandal: United States vs. Nixon
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The Watergate scandal was a political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.
There was a lot of unrest in the U.S at this time in our history. Why?
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