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The thesis explores the impact of Watergate on the American political system. It examines how Watergate, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the media environment in the 1970's highlighted the corruption of the Nixon Administration and caused a decline in public confidence in government. Specifically it looks at how political actors and the public reacted to this change in American ... read morepolitical culture. The work then examines the post-Watergate political reforms, the rise of citizen-lobbies, and how Watergate contributed to the rise of Ronald Reagan and conservative shift in American politics in the 1980's and 1990's. It then concludes by examining the increasingly present myth of Ronald Reagan in current political dialogue.read less
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