The Ford Administration

South-East Asia

Khmer Rogue is in charge of Cambodia

Vietnam is a civil war between North and South Vietnam

Fall of Saigon and Vietnam falls to communism

Operation Baby lift was used to get orphans out of Vietnam

Boat People are people from Vietnam that left Vietnam via boat

Middle East Wars

OPEC oil embargo

Shuttle Diplomacy

Rise to Office

Richard Nixon hand picks Gerald Ford through the 25th Amendment as his Vice President

Richard Nixon is the first ever president to resign from office because of Watergate

Ford is sworn into office in 1974

Vetoed a lot while in office didn't have a good relationship with congress and this was

Spiro Agnew resigns as the Vice President because of tax evasion

Economy

Whip Inflation or (WIN) tried to stop stagflation but was a failure

Lack of Trust in the government because of CIA secrets and Vietnam war

Stagflation which was inflation and recession

Ford pardons Nixon a month after he was sworn into office

CIA Secrets are let out that we were trying to assassinate world leaders

Ford survived 4 assassination attempts through his 2 years in office

Cold War

Continued with SALT talks

Detente between US, Soviets, and China

Helsinki Accords are signed between Ford and Brezhnev

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