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Watergate and the Ford Years

Question 4 • U.S. History 2026 - 3311 B

When President Nixon agreed to turn over only some of the Watergate tapes or edited transcripts to the special prosecutor,

Answer
A
the prosecutor stated that he would not accept any of the tapes.
B
the prosecutor filed a Supreme Court case against Nixon.
C
the Supreme Court put an end to the Watergate Senate hearings.
D
the Supreme Court took charge of conducting the Watergate hearings.

Explanation

Nixon’s offer to provide only selected tapes or edited transcripts did not resolve the dispute over the presidential recordings. Special prosecutor Leon Jaworski pursued the matter in court, leading to United States v. Nixon, which the Supreme Court decided in 1974. The correct choice is “the prosecutor filed a Supreme Court case against Nixon.”

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