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Gerald Rudolph Ford

Published on Dec 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Gerald Rudolph Ford

-Domestic
-Gave former president, Nixon, an official pardon
-Tax Reduction Act of 1975.
-Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.

-Foreign
-In1974 Ford announced a program for the return of Vietnam Era draft evaders and deserters to the United States
-The Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act.

-Challenge
had to deal with Nixon's cabinet staff

-Accomplishments
Final withdrawal from Vietnam
-Reducing unemployment rate
-Reduced crime by 75%

-Events
-Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempts to assassinate President Ford in San Francisco. September 05, 1975
-In 1974 Ford makes the first American Presidential trip to Japan