President notes continued:
Gerald Ford:
- Nixons Vice President
- He took over after Nixon resigned
Assassination attmepts:
- Two attempts both by women
- One was intercepted by secret service
- Other women shot but the bullet missed and hit a wall, bounced off and hit a cab driver.
Election:
- '76 election was between Jimmy Carter and Gerald ford
- Jimmy Carter
- The pardon of Nixon brought Ford down
- The election was still close
Accomplishments:
- Pardoned Nixon- a "corrupt bargin"
- 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 dentente with the USSR
- Ford wanted to help South Vietnam when North Vietnam invaded in 1974 but congress refused
- All of Vietnam became communist
- Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act was passed to allow refugees to immigrate into the US
VIETNAM WAR-
The Vietnam Conflict
(1950-1975)- People were on edge because you couldn't trust anyone (Viet Kong)
- French Connection- France had gained control of Indochina in a series of colonial wars in the mid late 1800s
- The french had control of IC. Frace didnt give independence and the they lost to Vietnam.
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