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Gerald Ford1974-1976
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• VP- Nelson Rockefeller• First time neither men in office were elected.
• Pardons Nixon
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ODD/EVEN Last # LPs
Thermostats lowered to 66F
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The Alaskan Pipeline
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Ford 1. besides dealing with the fallout from Watergate, Ford faced tough economic problems which were exasperated by the results of large Democratic gains in the 1974 midterm elections (43 + in the House & 3 + Senate)
2. Ford vetoed more bills than any other president as he tried to curb inflation; most were social welfare bills (66 total but many were overridden)
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he issued WIN buttons to try and to motivate the nation in whipping inflation now Ford pushed for tax cuts and spending cuts; he got only the former and the nation went into a deeper recessionFailed to improve economy- consumer demand dropped and unemployment skyrocketed.
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Assassination Attempts•escaped assassination attempt Sept. 5, 1975, in Sacramento, Calif., by Lynette Alice (Squeaky) Fromme, who pointed but did not fire .45-caliber pistol •escaped assassination attempt in San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 22, 1975, by Sara Jane Moore, who fired one shot from a .38-caliber pistol that was deflected
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1st assassination attempt by Lynette Alice (Squeaky) Fromme
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SALT II• Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev signing a
joint communiqué on the SALT treaty in Vladivostok, November 23, 1974
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Foreign Poicy
• Mayaguez Incident- Cargo ship was taken by Khmer Rouge (Cambodian Pirates).
• Ford order two air strikes and sent special forces to rescue the crew (41 men)
• 41 members of the rescue team were killed.• Embarrassment for the Ford
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1976 Presidential Election
• Presidential Election of 1976 pitted Ford and Bob Dole for the Republicans
• a Washington outsider who was peanut farmer from Georgia named Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale ran as the Democratic nominees
• Carter won a close election that was decided by sections