The Ford Presidency

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The Ford Administration

Domestic Policy

CIA Secrets released

Initiative to look into allegations headed by the VP

Former agents wrote exposes and reporters wrote about leaks that they were able to exploit

Had to fix stagflation

Recession deepened and unemployment rose

Only focused in inflation

Combated with WIN

Tried to restore public faith in government

No one seemed to believe in the words of their political leaders as a result of Watergate

Selected Nelson Rockefeller as VP

NY Governor

Whip Inflation Now

Failure

Worsened the economy

Reduce government intervention

Create vegetable gardens

Small Government

WIN

Path to the White House

Selected by Nixon after the resignation of Spiro Agnew

Some doubt in the eyes of the public, especially due to his pardon of Nixon

As per the 25th amendment Agnew would have been president

Foreign Policy

Detente with the Soviets

Adopting realpolitik

Kissinger´s policy of containment

Energy policy became a battleground

Ford wanted to raise the price of domestic oil

He thought that the gas would be rationed and would drive down oil consumption

Defeat of South Vietnam by the North

People fled by boat

One of the largest mass migrations by sea in history

Called boat people

Many had worked with Americans and didn't want to live under a North Vietnamese regime

Khmer Rouge seized an American ship

Ford sent in Marines to free the ship

Called the Mayaguez

SALT II Treaty

USSR and US pledged to limit nuclear arms production

Helsinki Accords

Put the nations of Europe on record

Brezhnev and Ford met to allow all Europeans to be entitled to basic rights

Wanted to continue foreign policy of Nixon administration

Fall of Saigon

Operation Babylift

Knew that the fall of the city was helpless

To help orphans

Ford appeared to be helpless

Embarrassment for Americans

Political Background

Positive presidential image

Friendlier than Nixon

Some media sources said he was 'faking presidency' in that he didn't really act like a president

Many saw him as a nice person

Gerald Ford survived two assassination attempts

The second was Lynette Fromme

One was an FBI informant named Sara Jane Moore

Both were in California

Despite his time serving in Congress, Ford had a rocky relationship with them

Ford ended up vetoing a few pieces of legislation that Congress passed anyway

Was a House minority leader

Used to be a member of the House of Representatives