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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Report on President ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Gerald Ford. ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Date: 06/94 # of Words:1437 School: Private Co-Ed State: NY
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Outline
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I. Introduction
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II. Early Life
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III. Presidency
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IV. Conclusion
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V. Bibliography
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Introduction
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Ford may not be the most important president during his time, but he
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did more than some presidents did for the people. One of them was raising
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their spirits and hopes for the people to the government. He helped people
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gain confidence in their president again after losing confidence with
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Nixon. He set new records and started getting the United States on its
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feet again after having a very hard time in the past. He started his
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presidency with an oath on August 9, 1974 which he said - "Our long
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national nightmare is over (4, page 422)" which started his presidency.
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Early Life
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Ford had a more interesting early life than he had during his
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presidency. He was born in Omaha Nebraska on July 14, 1913. He wasn't
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always called Gerald Ford, his original name was Leslie Lynch King Jr. His
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parents were Leslie and Dorothy King. When his parents got divorced while
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he was two, his mother married a man named Gerald R. Ford from whom he got
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his most widely known name. Together, they moved to Grand Rapids Michigan
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(1, Page 1). During his High School years, he was the most popular Senior
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having been a great athlete and competing within 5 sports, his best being
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Football. Being good at Football, he got a M.V.P, a scholarship to
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Michigan with a Football scholarship and was offered a contract by the
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Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. He finally took a job as
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assistant Football coach at Yale.
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While at Yale, he became interested in law and asked to take courses.
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He was soon invited to learn law in the college and didn't graduate till he
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was 27 because of his late start. 1941, he set up a practice in Grand
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Rapids Michigan which closed after World War II (4, page 145). He joined
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the Navy and was discharged as lieutenant commander.
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He married Elizabeth Bloomer Warren and entered the Republican primary
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in Michigan during 1948. November, he was elected to the House of
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Representatives and was reelected every two years till 1973. In the House,
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he was know to be a moderately conservative, hardworking member of the
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Republican Party. In 1965, he was the Republican House leader.(1,page1)
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While in the House of Representatives, he announced:
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"A Republican of the President's domestic policies...It's going to be
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rough going for him around here. Congress will write the laws, not
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the executive branch." (3, page 29)
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Presidency
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After Agnew resigned, Ford was then nominated as Vice President from
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the House of Representatives. About six months later, The Watergate
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scandal forced Nixon to resign. Ford set records as the 1st president in
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history who had not been chosen in a national election as President or
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Vice-President. He soon pardoned Nixon for the crimes he might of commited
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during office. Ford wanted people to look ahead and stop worrying about
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Nixon and Watergate. As soon as he got in office, the country had an
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economic slump which had a recession combined with inflation causing a
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stagflation. He had other problems too, he had a running battle with the
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Democratic Congress. He had vetoed 61 bills and had 12 vetoes overridden.
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The government was pretty much deadlocked.
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The government had some things happen while he was in office. South
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Vietnam collapsed to North Vietnam in 1975 ending the 'war' there. Ford
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offered a conditional amnesty to Vietnam draft evaders. There was the
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overthrow of the Lon Nol regime in Cambodia Kampuchea by Communist forces.
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There was a successful rescue attempt for the recapture of the U.S.
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Freighter Mayaguez and its crew which were seized by Cambodian forces. We
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got the people back safe (1, Page 2).
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His economic plan was initialed W.I.P. This meant Wip Inflation Now.
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This said that average people could beat inflation if we all worked
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together. This plan was meant to include everyone in fighting the rising
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economic problems. He even received personal mail which said that people
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were listening about what he had said to them about the W.I.P. idea and
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what it stood for.
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Ford was know during these years as someone who brought new openness
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to the White House and how he turned the United States around for the
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better (4, Page 146). He was also known to let things work themselves out
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and how he made a firm and an instant decision. He was a great leader.
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It's not easy to be classified as a great leader. You must have some
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important elements in you. One of them being an element of ruthlessness
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and toughness. You also must have a cold- bloodedless that sacrifices dear
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friendship so you don't get caught up with the past and do move on. The
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last and probably most important element is the element of iron
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determination which means the person is determined to reach something and
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will get it done no matter what is the cost.
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Ford by no doubt turned the government around by fixing the
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duplicities of Vietnam, the deceptions of Watergate, and a general loss in
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confidence within elected leaders in Washington. He didn't accomplish this
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by being special, or rich, or using special abilities or people. He was
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just a regular guy who changed the country. He was best know to be decent,
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honest, hard-working, and was even known as "too nice a guy." He boasted
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he had adversaries and no enemies. He was a good Christian who hated to
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hurt people. Known as "Good old Jerry", he was a good, polite politician.
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(2, page 422)
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Ford's family life helped him gain acceptance to the people of
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America. One of the more famous Ford's (probably more famous) was Betty
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Ford. Betty had her problems but she was not afraid to share them with the
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public. She had several troubles during Ford's presidency such as a
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nervous breakdown. She was overdosing on pills and alcohol causing it.
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When she told the public, they didn't hate her for her problem, no, they
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understood what stress a wife of the president must give a woman. Betty
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Ford also had another problem. This being Breast Cancer, she also told the
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public. The public admired her honesty with them as well as Gerald's.
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Reporters followed the family everywhere they went and covered news on
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anything new that was happening within this ordinary family. The reporters
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followed the Ford's while they were on vacation in Vail, Colorado and the
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reporters were present when Gerald's golden retriever had puppies.
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Ford didn't act president as he was in office. He acted like an
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ordinary person, too. He loved to ski and he often swam twice a day. He
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golfed while in office and was very good. He never liked reading. Instead,
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he watched Football on T.V. He always was a sporting person and even went
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to that section of the newspaper first. He liked strange food making him
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unique. His favorite dish was cottage cheese smothered in catsup. For
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dessert, he liked Pecan Ice Cream with peach slices (4, Page 146).
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Election of 1978
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Ford was God-Fearing and very patriotic. He was a proud American.
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These things made him run in the upcoming election. He wanted to be
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elected on his own to prove to himself that he had done a good job and the
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public had thought so, too. He often said such things to people:
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"I don't care what the polls say, it's the right thing to do. Whatever
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the election outcome, I think it is best for the country" (2, Page
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421)
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He lost the election, unfortunately, to Carter because during the
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campaign the Halloween Massacre came about around Halloween and turned many
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people against him causing a very close election which showed how separated
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Americans were at this time.
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Now
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. now spends the remaining years of his life in
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California and is an active Republican Member. (4, Page 147)
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Conclusion
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As you have read in the above pages, Ford was an important man who has
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changed history for the good. He might not of done much to make him as
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famous as other presidents such as Kennedy, Reagan or Good 'ole Abe
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Lincoln, but he did raise the spirits and sights of many millions of
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Americans for the Good.
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Bibliography
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1. Prodigy "Ford, Gerald"
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Grolier Encyclopedia
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1992, pp. 1-3
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2. Hartmann, Robert T.
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Palace Politics
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New York - Robert T. Hartmann Press
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1980
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3. Carter, Douglas
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"Power in Washington"
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Newsweek, November 21, 1966
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pp. 29
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4. Bumann, Joan and Patterson, John
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40 President's Facts
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Ohio, Willowsip Press
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1981
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