Today we finished up talking about Watergate.Watergate was all about getting Nixon elected for his 2nd term.5 burglars that broke in bugged phones. this was a third page story, nothing too extraHe kep

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Today we finished up talking about Watergate.
Watergate was all about getting Nixon elected for his 2nd term.
5 burglars that broke in bugged phones. this was a third page story, nothing too extra
He kept denying he wasnt involved but he was!
Gerald Ford:
Was nixon's VP
Took over when nixon resigned
Only VP ans president to never be elected
Had two assassination attempted within three weeks
a women tried to shoot him. but a secret service man saw and got the gun
then another woman shot and missed and hit the wall but the bullet did bounce off the wall and hit a cab driver
1976 election
he reduced the federal deficit
pardoned 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
ford wanted to help South Vietnam when north vietnam invaded in 1974 but congress refused
BY APril 1975, all of vietnam became communist
Indochina migration and refugee assistance act was passes
>> the vietnam conflict 1950-1975<<
 >the french connection<
france controlled indochina
france were jerks to us after WW2