President Gerald Ford -
* Nixon's Vice President.
* Took over when Nixon resigned.
* Only Vice President and President never to be elected.
* Had two assassination attempts within 3 weeks.
* Born, raised in Omaha, Nebraska.
* His real name was Leslie Lynch King - changed his name because his dad was abusive and took his step fathers name.
* 38th President.
* Serve in US Navy in WW2.
* Represented office or something for 20 some years.
* 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 Soviet Union
- Ford wanted to help South Vietnam when North Nam invaded in 1974 but Congress refused.
- By April 1975 all Vietnam became communist.
- Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act was passed to allow refugees to immagrate to the US.
Now starting presentation starting with Whitney:
Cold War:
- Policy of Containment:
- Policy out of the US using economic and military strategy to slow down communism.
- Created after Soviet Union tried to spread communism into Western Europe.
- Also there so the US could have better influences on other countries.
- Make American secure and to better it.
- It helped reduce the chance of the "domino effect" - like someone with a bad habit, and passing it down to the next person, and the next, knocking them down like a domino.
- Promoted bu the US between 1950-1980.
- Showed smaller countries involved with communism would influence other countries around it into communism.
- NOT a good thing.
- Iron Curtain Speech:
- Spoke by Winston Churchill.
- Iron Curtain was describing seperation by countries by the USSR.
- Was there from the end of WW2 in 1945 till Cold War in 1989.
- The states on both sides of the Curtain started doing their own thing.
- Marshall Plan:
- A plan made during George Marshalls speech in 1947.
- Was a plan to make a difference in the economy between 1947 - 1951.
- Originally made to help Europe countries make the economy stronger.
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