Ford

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Ford Carter
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Who is this?
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Fords Presidency

• Pardons Nixon
• Officially forgiven
• Very unpopular decision
• WIN (Whip Inflation Now)
• Failure factories close, demand for goods
  decreased unemployment increased
• Overall economy worsens during his presidency

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Jimmy Carter Defeats Ford in 1976
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Jimmy Carter

• Citizens President
• Amnesty
• Political pardons to draft dodgers during Vietnam
• The most disgraceful thing a president has ever
  done

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The Good

• Camp David Accords
• Peace treaty between Egypt Israel
• Result Egypt formally recognizes Israel

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The Bad

• SALT II
• Agreed upon under Ford
• Carter Brezhnev sign
• USSR invades Afghanistan
• Carter withdraws SALT II from the Senate
• Imposes sanctions
• 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics
• Suspension of grain sales to USSR

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The Ugly-Iran Hostage Crisis

• US supports the Shah (leader of Iran)
• Iranian Revolution
• Ayatollah Khomeini takes power
• Shah flees Iran
• Comes to US for medical treatment
• US Embassy taken over by Iranian radicals
• 66 US Hostages
• Carter imposes sanctions
• Fails to get hostages released
• Shows sign of weakness as leader