The Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974 were passed as a response to Watergate to:
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Correct answer: Limit contributions and create public financing for presidential campaigns
To prevent the kind of corruption seen with CREEP, Congress passed stricter laws on how campaigns could be funded. It established the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to oversee these new regulations.
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