Episode 48 of 100 · 5-Minute Videos
Gerald Ford: Healing a Divided Country
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About This Video
When Richard Nixon resigned as President following the Watergate scandal, America was in a bad way. The nation needed a leader who could mend the country’s divisions. Was Gerald Ford that leader? Political commentator Hugh Hewitt has an answer.
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Standards Met in Ohio
- AMG.9-12.11.lp.dGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify historical amendments to structures and functions of federal government (12th Amendment - separate ballot for president and vice president, 23rd - DC. electoral votes, 22nd - presidential term limit, 25th - presidential successions).