1. Jerry and the peanut farmer:
Presidents Ford and Carter

2. Nixon Resigns
1st President to Resign

3. The president Who was not elected: Ford is sworn in august 9, 1974
Ford is in office from August 1974 – January 1977
1st President to take office via the 25th Amendment: Vice President position by appointment, then fill the office of President by succession
1976 Republican Presidential Candidate
Reputation for integrity
Moderate
Appointed Nelson Rockefeller as VP
Pardons Nixon
The president Who was not elected: Ford is sworn in august 9, 1974

4. Vice President Leslie Lynch King Jr.?
Ford was born Leslie Lynch King Jr
Mother left abusive father shortly after his birth
She remarried to Gerald R Ford Sr.
Ford was never formally adopted
U of M football player (center and linebacker)
13 terms in House of Representatives (House Minority Leader)
Died at age 93 (oldest President)
Vice President Leslie Lynch King Jr.?

5. Betty Ford – more popular than jerry!
Wife: Betty Ford
76% approval rating when Jerry lost to Carter
Former model and dancer
Divorce’ (scandalous…)
4 kids
Feminist
ERA supporter
Pro-Choice
Breast Cancer Awareness (Together with VP’s wife Happy Rockefeller)
Frankness
Substance Abuse and Addiction Advocate
Alcoholic
Betty Ford Clinic
Betty Ford – more popular than jerry!

6. “no paper shufflers” DOMESTIC POLICIES: Socially conscious:
i.e. Education of All Handicapped Children Act 1975 (special education)
ERA supporter
Pardoned Draft Dodgers
Country is in midst of Recession
Economic goals:
Reduce inflation
Reduce taxes on business
Reduce government controls on business
Stimulate the economy by reducing government controls on businesses
“no paper shufflers”

7. More of the same… FOREIGN POLICIES:
Declared Vietnam War (for the US) over
Prevent Turkey/Greece/Cyprus going to war
Prevent (more) war in the Middle East
Maintain Détente with USSR
Rabin and Ford
More of the same…
Ford and Sadat

8. 2 assassination attempts
1975 in California:
1. Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme (follower of Charles Manson)
2. Sara Jane Moore
2 assassination attempts

9. 1976 Election

10. Ford Loses: Republicans still associated with Watergate
Carter: represented the “common man”
Farmer from Georgia: Humble/Honest

11. Carter: 50.1% vs. Ford 48% 40.8m vs 39.1M popular votes

12. When Carter took office…
Condition of the World:
Middle East
Cold War
Condition of the Country:
Economy still in a recession
Fuel crisis continues
When Carter took office…

14. At Home: - 8M increase in jobs - Reduction in federal deficit - Interest rates and inflation still high - New energy policy deregulated domestic oil prices = increased production - Civil service reforms - Record number of minorities and women appointed to government jobs - The Department of Education is created in 1979
Carter’s presidency

15. Increased environmental controls. Emphasis on environmental awareness
* Increased environmental controls * Emphasis on environmental awareness * Expansion of National Parks - Especially in Alaska
Carter the Tree hugger

16. Who is this jimmy guy? James Earl Carter, Jr. Born 10/2/1924
Plains, Georgia
Family owned a peanut farm
Married to Rosalynn Carter
3 kids
Attended Naval Academy and was a Naval Officer
Governor of Georgia
Senator from Georgia
Who is this jimmy guy?

17. Different kind of president
Informal
Didn’t like the “pomp” of the presidential image
Different kind of president

18. Abroad… Camp David Agreement in 1978 between Egypt and Israel
Panama Canal Treaties
Established full diplomatic relations with China
More nuclear weapons limits (SALT II) with USSR
BUT: Soviets invaded Afghanistan
Abroad…

19. Iran hostage crisis Ayatollah Khomeini leader of theocracy in Iran
US supported the ousted Shah
November 4, 1979: 52 American Students are captured by Iranian Revolutionary Terrorists at the US Embassy in Tehran
Held for 444 days
Failed rescue attempt “Operation Eagle Claw” April 1980
USS Nimitz and USS Coral Sea were patrolling near Iran
8 US servicemen were killed and 1 Iranian citizen
Iran hostage crisis

20. Impact of the Iran Hostage Crisis
Initially, it helped gain public support for Carter (Nation gathering together in a crisis)
Went on for so long
Images in the press of Iranians burning American Flags, etc.
Iraq invades Iran
Iran and US talk with Algeria as mediator: Algiers Accords
Release of hostages
Minutes after Reagan is sworn into office
Impact of the Iran Hostage Crisis

21.
The end of the ‘70s