Gerald Ford (R) 38th
- Nixon's vice president
- Took over when nixon resigned
- only vice president and president to never be elected
- Had two assassination attempts within three weeks
Accomplishments
- Pardon Nixon- a corrupt bargain
- Offered conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War draft dodgers who had fled to countries such as Canada
- Whip inflation now. called for americans to reduce their spending and consumption in an attempt to stop inflation
- Education for All Handicapped Children Act(1975) established Special Education in school throughout the US
- continued detente with the USSR
- Forn wanted to help south Vietnam when North Vietnam invaded in 1874 but congress refused
- by april 1975 all of vietnam became communist
- Assistance act was passed to allow refugees to immigrate to the Us
Election
- His only presidential election was against Jimmy Carter.
Jimmy Carter- 39th
Early life
- born october 1 in plains georgia
- He was a peanut farmer
- HS star basketball player
- Served in the navy a submariner serving in both atlantic and pacific fleets rose to lieutenant rank
- On July 7th 1946 he married Rosalynn Smith
- 2 terms as Georgia state senator 1962- 1966
- 1 term as governor 1971-1975
Education
- plains HS
- Georgia southwestern college
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Received a bachelors degree of science from the US Naval Academy
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