5Final- Nixon/Ford Flashcards
Vp
Agnew
Nixon/Ford years
1969-76
Foreign policy leader
Henry Kissinger
1st president to visit
Moscow (russia)
China
Vietnamization
Turn over more of the combat rule to S Vietnam army
War expands to
Cambodia Laos Thailand
Protests:
Kent state killings 1970
Pentagon papers
Published 1971 reveals all Nixon lies
Peace treaty
1973
Total communist victory
Saigon April 1975 Americans withdrawal
Detente
Lessening tensions between us and SU (cultural exchanges, sports exhibitions, joint space mission)
War powers act
Limits president power to send troops
1972
Reelection of Nixon
Watergate
Massive corruption
Vp Agnew resigns
October 1973
New vp after Agnew
Ford
August 1974
Nixon resigns in disgrace under threat of impeachment
Who become president when Nixon resigns
Ford
Ford - Nixon
President Ford pardons Nixon