Nixon
- Watergate
- 5 men break into the watergate to get dirt on Democrats
- people didn't really think about it- thought it was just a robbery
- two washington post reporters thought this was fishy
- relied on FBI informant "Deep Throat" to link break in men to Nixon
- Nixon downplayed- saying the media was just attacking him
- Nixon covers up break ins
- resigned from presidency
Ford
- nixons vp
- took over when nixon resigned
- had two assassination attempts within three weeks
- pardoned nixon- "corrupt bargain"?
- offered conditional amnesty program for VIetnam war draft dodgers who had fled to canada
- "Whip Inflation Now"- encourage people to quit buying to lower prices
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