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===Carter's Presidency and Further Trouble===
[[File:Carter_Shah.jpeg|250px|thumbnail|left|The overthrow of the Shah of Iran proved crucial to Carter's presidency]]
Gerald Ford succeeded Nixon to the Presidency and pardoned him in September 1974. Ford's Presidency had to handle the aftermath of Vietnam and Watergate, as well as economic struggles. Ford had not been elected Vice President in 1972, but entered that position when Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned in October 1973 in the midst of a bribery scandal. South Vietnam fell to North Vietnamese forces in 1975. All of these factors combined to cast doubt on Ford's presidency.
