Ford’s Foreign Policies

• Ford’s foreign policies had mixed results– Ford succeeded in continuing détente with the Soviet Union

• He champions the Helsinki Accords, in which the countries of East and West Europe promise to cooperate more and respect human rights

– He has more trouble in Southeast Asia• North Vietnam was attacking South Vietnam during his

administration, violating the peace deal that was signed when the US pulled its troops out– Ford asked Congress for $722 million to help South Vietnam but was

refused» South Vietnam surrendered shortly after

– Thousands of Vietnamese who had worked for the South Vietnamese government and/or with the US fled the country and entered the US as refugees

• The Communist government of Cambodia seized a US merchant ship with 39 crew members– Ford orders the military to mount a rescue, which ends up costing the lives

of 41 troops

Vietnamese Refugees

• Guiding Question: How were Vietnamese refugees in the US treated?

• Analyze Source A

Vietnamese Refugees

• Guiding Question: How were Vietnamese refugees in the US treated?

• Analyze Source A• Come up with a main idea that would help

answer the guiding question– Write down both your main idea and the detailed

evidence to support it

Vietnamese Refugees

• Guiding Question: How were Vietnamese refugees in the US treated?

• Analyze Source B

Vietnamese Refugees

• Guiding Question: How were Vietnamese refugees in the US treated?

• Analyze Source B• Come up with a main idea that would help

answer the guiding question– Write down both your main idea and the detailed

evidence to support it

Vietnamese Refugees

• Guiding Question: How were Vietnamese refugees in the US treated?

• Come up with a topic sentence to answer the guiding question– Should contain both a thesis and a hook in ONE

sentence