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Gerald Ford
Born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., Gerald Rudolph Ford (1913 – 2006) was the 38th US President. Because he was appointed Vice-President, and later succeeded Richard Nixon as President upon Nixon’s resignation, he was the only one not elected into both posts.
463 Questions
What are football colors of university of Michigan?
The colors of U of M are maize and blue. The mascot is the wolverine.
'How many runners in a relay team'?
There are four runners per team who compete in a relay. However, teams always have alternates (back ups) in case of an injury or drop out.
What US President was a Big Ten college football player?
President Gerald Ford played football for the University of Michigan
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What important events happened during Gerald Ford term?
The fall of Cambodia and South Vietnam to Communist forces was probably the big event.
Who was president during Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
His recently-appointed running mate, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee.
Why did Lincoln wait two years before freeing the slaves?
ANSWER
The Emancipation Proclamation was instituted at a time during the war when the north was losing and it was used to create unrest in the south. The slaves weren't freed they were only freed in the south. The last 2 states to give up their slaves were Ohio and Delaware 2 years after the war. Gen. Lee inherited 50 slaves and released them 10 years before the war started. Gen. Grant was forced to free his slaves. The civil war was not fought over slavery it was fought over individual states rights.
Who appointed Gerald ford as vice president?
When Gerald Ford took the presidency and left the office of vice presidency in 1974, he nominated Nelson Rockefeller as vice president. He did not run with Rockefeller as vice president in the 1976 election, however.
Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
President Nixon resigned at noon on August 9, 1974, and Vice President Ford was immediately sworn in.
What were the results in the Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford election?
Jimmy Carter won the 1976 presidential election defeating Gerald Ford. In the 1976 presidential election Jimmy Carter received 297 electoral votes (55.3%) and Gerald Ford received 240 electoral votes (44.7%). The popular vote totals were Carter 40,830,763 and Ford 39,147,793.
Who was the first vice president to be elected as president?
The first female candidate for vice president was Sarah Palin. She was the running mate of John McCain in 2008.
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme is 69 years old (birthdate: October 22, 1948).
The Charles Manson follower tried to shoot President Gerald Ford in 1975, and spent 33 years in prison.
In Ford's case, he pardoned Nixon. That was very unpopular with a large part of the American people. In Jimmy Carter's case, he wound up looking weak and ineffective with the Iran Hostage situation.
What was Gerald R. fords involvement in the Vietnam war?
He ordered an airlift of about 300,000 Vietnamese refugees into the United States
What good things did Andrew Jackson do?
its not necessarily good (for the native americans, anyway) but he did the whole trail of tears thing, pushed the indians out west, and allowed for more American settlement in the places the natives had vacated
Why did Lincoln free the slaves?
In 1780, the abolitionist movement began in England, and carried over into the US. Members formed the Underground Railroad to help slaves who escaped captivity. Legislation was passed in 1850 to ban the slave trade within the United States.
In disgust of the northern states expansion of the federal government and their disregard for the Tenth Amendment (which gave states sovereignty from the federal government), the southern states decided to withdrawal from the union. In 1861 the Civil War began. After losing many battles and soldiers, Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation to Free the slaves in the southern states. This hurt the economics of the southern states; the free labor that was helping the south gain it's independence from the US was released and had to be compensated for their work.
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves to use economic warfare to prevent the southern states from winning their independence.
Only president who was not elected?
all of them
No U. S. President has ever been directly elected by the people.
What did Gerald Ford do before he was president?
Gerald Ford worked as a park ranger in the summer of 1936. He also worked as a male model. He went to Yale Law school, got his law degree and was admitted to the bar in 1941. He worked as a lawyer until the US entered the war and he joined the navy. Gerald Ford was a Lieutenant Commander in US Navy during WWII, 1942-1946; After the war, he became a member of the US House of Representatives for many years and became the House minority leader before being appointed Vice-President.
Who was the first President to get the US involved in the Vietnam war?
Eisenhower laid the groundwork for U.S. involvement in Vietnam with the Eisenhower Doctrine, which proclaimed that, when it came to the Middle East, the U.S. would be "prepared to use armed force...[to counter] aggression from any country controlled by international communism." Eisenhower was also the first president to send economic and military aid to South Vietnam.
Kennedy followed in Eisenhower's footsteps by gradually increasing the amount of enonomic and military aid sent to South Vietnam. And it was Johnson who first sent large numbers of American ground troops to fight in Vietnam.
Differences between White House Staff and Cabinet?
The White House staff does whatever the president assigns them. The Cabinet serves as an advisory body to the president.
Is Henry Ford related to Gerald Ford?
No. There is no known relationship between these two men, In fact, Gerald Ford's real last name wasn't even Ford. He was adopted by his step-father, named Ford< after his mother re-married. His birth name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr and was legally changed to Ford when he was 13.
