Ford
Analiese Gerald
Becoming President
- after Nixon's resignation, Congress voted vice president Ford in as president
- widely thought of as dim witted and not worthy of becoming president
- further shocked and displeased the nation when he pardoned Nixon of all charges; was accused of striking a deal with Nixon but claimed that he wanted to prevent a distracting trail and end Nixon's misery
End of Vietnam War
- North Vietnam moved forward with their powerful attack southward and without American troops, the South crumbled
- Ford called for congress to provide aid but none came
- any remaining Americans and about 140,000 South Vietnamese had to be evacuated by Helicopter by April 1975
- by losing the war American lost confidence, economic muscle, and power in the eyes of other countries
Other Things
- Title XI of the Education Amendments (1972)- prohibited sex discrimination in any federally assisted educational program or activity
- Allan Blakke- in 1978 the Supreme court agreed with his claim that the University of California's medical school favored minority applicants; court forced school to admit him
- Roe v. Wade (1973)- struck down laws that prohibited abortion, arguing for a woman to have a choice