The Watergate Scandal - Chapter 10 and the Reasons Why I Chose it

     The Watergate scandal forced the President to his knees, begging for forgiveness. At 2:30 on the morning of Saturday, June 17, 1972, three Washington, D.C., police officers caught five men attempting to place listening devices inside the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate office complex in the nation's capital. The men wore business suits and rubber gloves.

     Watergate is one of the most well known government corruption scandals in history. Who was involved in the Watergate scandal? Watergate involved some of the highest ranking officers, government officials, and government agencies including the CIA and President Nixon. In the following blog entries, I will answer questions such as; what year did Watergate happen?, who was involved in Watergate?, what happened during Watergate?, and what caused the Watergate scandal? The answer to these questions will help uncover the mystery of who was leading this catastrophe. Obviously, it has already been uncovered, but play along and you will enjoy the ride this blog takes you on.

     This chapter also focuses on journalists and their will power to stand strong, solid, and firm with no bias. The two men who pushed the limits of investigative journalism are no known as two of the most iconic names in the media and journalism world. This scandal collapsed the White House and terrified people around the world. It sent shock waves around the universe. The fact that the President of this amazing country could be so sneaky and evil stunned the nation. Own very own President Nixon was a solicitor in the secretive operation called the Watergate Scandal.

Reasons for Chosing Chapter 7

     Chapter 7 - Defying the Ku Klux Klan was the only chapter out of the 4 that I seemed to be most interested in. I know more about this and I am also quite interested in it as well. The KKK can still be found in remote locations and cities in this country, but no where near the number of members it used to have. It was an enormous part of U.S. history and impacted so many in so many ways. Racism is still relevant in this country and the Klan was one of, if not, the strongest enforcer of racism of all time. I am 100% against racism of all kinds. It is cruel and degrading. No one deserves to be put down and underminded because of the color of their skin! It was hard for me to even type that because of rediculous it sounds! It is sickening to me that there were people that existed that could do the things the Klan did, such as burn, kill, rape, and murder not just African Americans, but all kinda of people. It is even more disturbing that there are people TODAY that continue to practice the KKK and the way of the KKK. Aside from the Klu Klux Klan, all racism should be stopped once and for all. It should be illegal to be a racist in my opinion.
     It is amazing to me that the KKK "swept the nation" (a reference to a subtopic in the book). It all started with a few racist, white men putting together the idea of creating a racist cult. They never thought they would end up have Klans all around the country, so why did it happen?! I give so much respect and credit to the great Americans who stopped them significantly, but I wish it happened sooner. And the media is to, and will be fully blamed for that right here in this blog. Yep! I said it. I AM BLAMING THE MEDIA FOR THE KKK SWEEPING THE NATION. You could have written articles and published cartoons about them much earlier then you did. But no, you were scared. Scared of what? That they were going to kill you at night when you sleep? I'm sure we all learned a valuable lesson, as well as the media and journalists around the world; to act when harm is stunting the growth of your country, its cities and towns, its morals and vaules, and most importantly your people.