Ford Replacing Nixon
What scandal was President Richard Nixon Charged for?
Watergate
What was the foreign affair in Russia called?
The Détente with the Soviet Union
What side of Vietnam did the U.S. aid?
South
What party was Ford running for?
Republican
What two sports did Ford do for fun?
Golf and skiing
What date did Nixon resign?
August 9th, 1974
In November of 1974, what did Ford and the Soviets agree to _____ which outlined what treaty?
Vladivostok Accords
Salt I treaty
Congress responded by granting South Vietnam $___ million in military and ______.
700
humanitarian assistance
Who did Ford run against?
Ronald Regan
Who offered Ford A Job as Vice President?
Ronald Regan
What was Nixon's plan to blacken Ford's reputation as president?
By publicly claiming that Ford had promised a pardon in exchange for the presidency.
What agency was deeply involved with Angola?
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Communist forces overran ____. America's allies in neighboring _____ and ______America's allies in neighboring were also falling from power.
Saigon
Cambonia and Lao
What caused Ford a huge disadvantage in running for president again?
Nixons Parden or association with Nixon
What date was his autobiography published and what was it called?
August 1, 1979
A Time to Heal
What does Ford claim in his pardon of Nixon?
"It is not the ultimate fate of Richard Nixon that most concern me but rather the immediate future of this great country".
Ford joined with Soviet leader ______ and the heads of other European nations to sign the ____.
Leonid Brezhnev
Helsinki Accords
After the seizure by Cambodia of the American cargo ship ______, Ford declared the event an ________ and sent the Marines to seize the ship.
Mayaguez
“act of piracy”
What did Ford claim in his debate with Jimmy Carter?
“There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe”
What award did Ford win and why?
Congressional Gold Medal
For helping the nation recover from the shocking events of Watergate.
What were the results of the 1976 presidentail election and electoral vote?
40.8 million to 39.1 million
electoral vote: 297 to 240.
When, where and how did Gerlad ford die?
You must answer all three questions correctly to earn credit.
December 26, 2006, Rancho Mirage, California, cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis.