"I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interests of America first… Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow." — Richard Nixon, Resignation Address, August 8, 1974
Watergate prompted which broader trend in 1970s federal policy?
- Acheck_circle
Major reforms including the Ethics in Government Act, FECA amendments, and the Church Committee investigations of intelligence agencies
- B
Repeal of the Twenty-second Amendment
- C
Abolition of the Federal Reserve
- D
Creation of the Department of Homeland Security
Explanation
Post-Watergate Congresses produced campaign finance limits, special prosecutor procedures, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978), and the Church Committee revelations about CIA, FBI, and NSA abuses.