Hillary Clinton email controversy

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/hillary-clinton-email-controversy

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What was the private email server that Hillary Clinton used?Hillary Clinton used a personal email server for all her official messages while she was Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, instead of the official State Department servers.
2. Why were people worried about her using a private server?People were worried because it could break federal record‑keeping laws and make it hard to keep government information safe and open to the public.

Federal Records Act: A U.S. law requiring federal agencies to create and preserve records of their activities.
Classified Information: Government information that requires protection against unauthorized disclosure to safeguard national security.
Criminal Intent: The mental state of intending to commit a crime; a necessary element for many criminal prosecutions.
Digital Governance: The application of principles of governance to the management and use of digital technologies and data.