1. 1974-1977 Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller Party: Republican
Gerald Ford

2. Question of Succession
Ford becomes VP when Spiro Agnew is forced to resign due to finanacial scandal
Ford was House Minority Leader
Under 25th Amendment Nixon could nominate a new VP, and Congress would confirm

3. The Pardon
September 8th 1974 Ford pardoned Nixon in an attempt to have country move beyond Watergate Scandal

4. Fall of Vietnam 1975
US finally pulls its last military representatives and diplomats out of S. Vietnam as North Vietnamese Army invades
Operation Baby Rescue – American citizens brought home for adoption