finishing watergate finnaly
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Originally made to help Europe countries make the economy stronger.
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