Name:Gerald Ford Years in Office:1974-1977 Political Party:Republican Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller Category &
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Life Before the Presidency Name: Sharon Turcios
Ford was born as Leslie Lynch King, Jr, after graduating college, changed his name to Gerald Rudolph Ford, due to his mom’s new husband, which then became a big father-figure to Ford. He was good in
History and Gov. and finished in the top 5 percent of his class. He was very popular among his classmates. Hard worker and great athlete. Good Football player, as center, which helped him get accepted to the
University of Michigan. After graduating he was offered a contract but turn it down and went to law school instead. Ford took a job, as the football coach, at Yale with a pay of $2,400-a-year job in 1935. He proved himself as an excellent coach. Even Though winning admission to Yale was difficult, he finally got accepted to Yale law school in 1938. He did well in his studies. He was in the top third of his class when he graduated in January, 1941. He then join the Navy in 1942. Ford fought in several big battles with Japan. Winning
Mother divorced Ford’s father who was a wife-beating
ten battle stars and he proving himself to be a great leader and a dependable officer. He then got into congress and during his first terms, he proved his abilities to work with both parties. He won a reputation as a hard worker and trustworthy among his co workers..
Campaigns & Elections Name: Sarah Dossa
-Came into office after Nixon impeached (never voted in) -Ford later competed for the presidential election against Regan in Republican primary. -Ford tried getting more votes by speaking to the republican states, and inviting them to the White House.
- He won the election, but by a very close call.
-Ford won the first ballot, with 60 more delegate voters than Regan.
-In 1975, Ford competed against Carter for re-election as
president.
-Carter was ahead of Ford in the election due to the republican voters.
-Ford messed up saying a rehearsed line to the public during a live debate on tv, and later denied that he made a mistake. which later lost him followers.
-Ford lost the presidential election to Carter in 1976. Domestic Affairs
Name: Andrew
-tried very hard to get out from Nixon’s shadow
-approved a tax cut to jump start the economy
-approved an increase in domestic oil production → passed energy bill
-high inflation and unemployement
-large distrust of the government because of Nixon
-a large amount of racial tension re-emerged during his
presidency Foreign Affairs
Name: Matthew Kim
Ford was more familiar with major international issues that is facing the country. Ford fired his Secretary Schlesinger and
Director of Central Intelligence William Colby nicely and replaced them with the chief of staff. Ford improved relations with China and also with SOuth Vietnam so this evolved Fords policy prescriptions.
Ford is still learning and doesn’t know what an
-came to an agreement with Soviet Union to limit weapons during the Cold War
-ended the war in Vietnam for good
the Soviet Unions.
-still dealing with fallout from U.S. support in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East
Life After the Presidency Name: Anthony Springer
-Bill clinton awarded Gerald Ford with the presidential freedom medal.
- Gerald Ford was an author to a couple books and wrote a book about his presidency.
-Gerald Ford appeared at colleges as a public speaker and was a speaker to private
audiences.
-Gerald Ford retired his presidency in 1976 to Rancho Mirage.
-Ford entered Reagans
discussion about running on the republican ticket because he felt betrayed.
-Gerald Ford died at his house on december 26 2006 and was buried at his museum. Family Life
Name:Sharon Turcios
President Ford and wife have 3 boys and 1 daughter. Americans see them as a fun, energetic, youthful and normal family. There teenage daughter, Susan, captured the most attention to the press. They enjoyed all kinds of sports and going out as family. Excellent health and one of the most athletic president of all. He came very close to been
assassinated twice but luckily the gun misfired in the first attempt and the second missed by a few feets.
His oldest son went against Nixon way of handling the Vietnam war. His childrens got annoyed at the secret service protection assigned to them. Ford has had two assassination attempts by Lynette Fromme and Sara Jane More. Both women were convicted for attempting assassination of the president. Punishment for life.
The American Franchise Name:Chaz Conklin
The civil rights revolution of the 1960s had produced significant gains—greater numbers of blacks voted, attended colleges and
universities, and had access to better-paying jobs.
Among the 1.5 million Asian immigrants who arrived during the 1970s were thousands of well-educated technical
Female politicians won offices at the local, state, and national levels, and by the mid-1970s women were playing a larger role in both the Democratic and Republican parties.
During the first two decades after World War II, the American manufacturing and industrial sectors provided well-paying and plentiful jobs.
work in restaurants, hotels, and the garment industry.
In the 1970’s the American Economy stumbled.
Service industry jobs were poorer paying, offered
employees fewer benefits and opportunities for advancement, and were less likely to be unionized.
Impact & Legacy Name:Jomar Lorenzo
-Ford understood that he was to take care of the disgust and distrust from the watergate crisis.
-In domestic affairs, the Ford administration failed to recover the nation's economic
problems, but by 1976 the economy had begun to recover from the previous year's of recession.
- Ford faced a lot of challenges especially involving the nations economic woe, which he solved and finished. He had trouble with navigating a demand political environment in which the Democrats and
conservative Republicans found fault with his leader ship and domestic policies. But, later on he was a respectable and decent good guy that brought the white house to honor.
-Ford wasn't trusted because his legislative program, they therefore let equal rights to congressional Republicans and Democrats to retake some of the powers they had ceded to the White House over the previous forty years -The people towards Ford quickly fell down when the new President forgiven Nixon a month into his tenure. Ford believed that the pardon would help the nation, as well as his own presidency, move forward. - While the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Helsinki pact, which is they failed to agree on a major arms control agreement.
Name:Matthew Kim
and that there long nightmare is finally over. In 1975 Ford signs the Tax Reduction Act so we would get lower taxes which was a $22.8 billion tax cut. In 1976 the inflation rate drop from 12.2 to a 4.6 which is a crazy amount.
Democrats win the the majority of the election. On June 6, 1975 unemployment reaches its highest point at 9.2 percent. Losing to the North Vietnam Ford tells all the Americans and troops to be evacuated from the North.
