The Most Controversial Action of Gerald Ford's Presidency Was

question 99

Multiple Choice

The most controversial action of Gerald Ford's presidency was

• A) signing the Helsinki accords with the Soviet Union.
• B) frantically evacuating the last Americans and Vietnamese by helicopter during the fall of South Vietnam to the communists.
• C) arranging the deal whereby Nixon resigned the president.
• D) pardoning Nixon for any known or unknown crimes he had committed while president.
• E) pardoning Vietnam War draft resisters and evaders.

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