The watergate scandal had a tremendous impact on the nation, including increased skepticism about government. what was one unique consequence of the scandal?
a) the presidency was assumed by an appointed president.

b) a president was tried on criminal charges for the first time.

c) the president no longer had the power to offer pardons to criminals.

d) the electoral college elected a new president without interruption.

A) The presidency was assumed by an appointed president.

Following the Richard Nixon's resignation (The president involved in the Watergate Scandal) in August 1974, Gerald Ford, who was serving as the 40th Vice President at the time, became the first President of the United States without being elected by the United States Electoral College. He entered the White House as the 38th President and ruled from 1974 through 1977.

the answer is a, salt plain

paul willis (born 1950) is a british social scientist known for his work in sociology and cultural studies. paul willis' work is widely read in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and education, his work emphasizing consumer culture, socialization, music, and popular culture. he was born in wolverhampton[1] and received his education at the university of cambridge and at the university of birmingham. he worked at centre for contemporary cultural studies and subsequently at the university of wolverhampton. he was a professor of social/cultural ethnography at keele university. in the autumn of 2010, he left keele university and is now a professor at princeton university.

paul willis’s work has focused mainly, but not exclusively, on the ethnographic study of lived cultural forms in a wide variety of contexts. from highly structured to weakly structured ones, willis examines how practices of `informal cultural production` to produce and construct cultural worlds `from below`.[2]

trained in literary criticism at cambridge,[2] paul willis received his phd in 1972 from the centre for contemporary cultural studies at birmingham university where he remained as senior research fellow until 1981. he gave a paper at the 9th symposium of the natiohnal deviancy conference in january 1972 entitled 'a motor-bike subculture

during the 1980`s willis served as youth policy adviser to wolverhampton borough council in the english midlands. there he produced the youth review (published by the council and ashgate) which formed the basis for youth policy and for the formation of the democratically elected youth council, both still functioning. during the 1990s he served first as head of the division of media, communications and cultural studies, and then as a member of the professoriate at the university of wolverhampton. in 2000 willis co-founded the sage journal, ethnography. in 2003 willis was hired as a head professor of social and cultural ethnography at keele university.