The Ford Administration Lecture 2

Standard 11.11.2 Discuss the significant domestic policy speeches of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton (e.g., education, civil rights, economic policy, environmental policy) Essential Question: How did Ford’s administration differ from Nixon’s?

Ford’s Domestic Policy Gerald Ford (1974 – 1977) played football for the University of Michigan 2 national championships in 1932 & 1933 offered contracts by Packers and Lions 25-year career in the House known for integrity Ford appointed Nelson Rockefeller as his VP

Pardon Me Sir Pardoning Power Whip Inflation Now (WIN) Ford’s pardon covered any crimes Nixon may have committed while President critics accused Ford of having a secret deal with Nixon Whip Inflation Now (WIN) this voluntary campaign to end stagflation failed

Bicentennial Check Up “The symptoms of this crisis of the American spirit are all around us. For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years. Two thirds of the people do not even vote. The productivity of workers is actually dropping. There is a growing disrespect for government and for churches and for schools . . . This is not a message of happiness or reassurance, but it is the truth and it is a warning.” —Jimmy Carter, 1979 How was America doing on its 200th birthday in 1976? pop. 250,000,000 fought 8 major wars superpower threat of global nuclear war stagflation

Helsinki Accords Helsinki Accords, 1974 USSR agreed to a more open exchange of people and knowledge some human rights US agreed to recognize borders of Poland and other eastern bloc nations

Trouble in the Suez Mayaguez, 1975 Khmer Rouge seized a US merchant ship in Cambodia Ford sent marines to get it back

Refugees Vietnamese Refugees over a million refugees left Vietnam in the 20 years after the war came to the US and Canada Rustbelt to Sunbelt

1970s Culture The “Me Generation” the divorce rate doubled children born out of wedlock doubled physical fitness craze meditation

1970s Culture Little House on the Prairie The Mary Tyler Moore Show All in the Family M*A*S*H* Sanford and Son Little House on the Prairie The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Wonderful World of Disney The Six Million Dollar Man Happy Days

1970s Culture Jaws Star Wars Godfather Taxi Driver Exorcist Grease Rocky Deer Hunter Clockwork Orange Halloween Saturday Night Fever Apocalypse Now Superman One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Alien Rocky Horror Picture Show Chinatown Dog Day Afternoon Annie Hall Young Frankenstein Close Encounters Of The Third Kind