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Nixon wins the election of 1968 and he said he would get our troops out of Vietnam, Detente which decreased Cold War tensions, and reopened talks with China -
Watergate began which unraveled many events to come. This led to the hurt of the reputation of the republican party. Created a distrust in general of politics, also showed the power of investigative reporting to show the truth. This ultimately led to Nixon resigning. -
Agnew resigns and admits to tax evasion. -
Nixon announces that he will appoint Ford to become his next VP. This was the first time that a VP was appointed by use of the 25th amendment. -
He was sworn in after the house and the senate both voted majority to bring him in as vice president. -
Nixon resigns after the Watergate events occured. -
After the resignation of Nixon the 25th amendment was in place again meaning that Ford became president by default from Nixon resigning since he was the VP. -
Ford pardons Nixon because he wanted to put the scandal behind the nation and focus on the issues at hand(controversial). Ford was seen as a failure because he was unable to stop inflation and didn't hold Nixon accountable.