USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE VIETNAM WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Five men were arrested when they were caught putting up surveillance equipment in this location:
A
D.C. National Convention office building
B
Democratic National Committee headquarters
C
Republican Committee headquarters
D
The Washington Post’s office building located at the Watergate complex
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Committee for the Re-election of the President (also known as the Committee to Re-elect the President), abbreviated CRP, but often mocked by the acronym CREEP, was, officially, a fundraising organization of United States President Richard Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign during the Watergate scandal.

Detailed explanation-2: -On March 1, 1974, a grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted several former aides of Nixon, who became known as the “Watergate Seven"-H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, John N. Mitchell, Charles Colson, Gordon C. Strachan, Robert Mardian, and Kenneth Parkinson-for conspiring to hinder the Watergate investigation.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the early morning hours of June 17, 1972, a night guard at a D.C. hotel and office complex was making his rounds when he noticed a suspiciously taped-open exit door. He quickly alerted authorities, setting off a series of events that would forever change the nation.

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