Executive Powers
Watergate Scandal
War Powers Act
100
The Authority to enforce orders and to ensure they are carried out as intended
What is Executive Power?
100
Nixon's staff was responsible for...
What is the Watergate break-ins?
100
November 1973
What is the year the War Powers Act was adopted?
200
5 men were..
What is intially arrested for watergate?
200
Belief that the Presidents had exceeded their powers by sending too many troops
What is the War Powers Act
300
Stolen records and phone tapping
What was stolen/done in the watergate scandal?
300
President Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.
Who was responsible for the War Powers Act?
400
Nixon resigned.
What did President Nixon do shortly after the scandal?
400
States that the president is required to notify congress if more troops are needed
What does the War Powers Act call for?
500
The Smoking Gun
What were the tapes known as that were discovered stating Nixon had planned the break-ins?
500
90 days.
How long will the troops remain unless otherwise stated by congress?
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