Gerald Ford
Ryo Yoshida
Ford as President
- Was the first unelected president following Nixon's resignation as a result of the Watergate break-in incident
- Original vice president Spiro Agnew resigned because of tax evasions
- His name was submitted by Nixon as a vice-presidential candidate
- Popularity sank when Ford pardoned Nixon
End of the Vietnam War
- 1975- North Vietnam made full invasion of South Vietnam
- Ford requested aid but was rejected by Congress
- South Vietnam fell
- US lost self confidence and pride