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why do you think ford made this speech immediately after gaining the presidency?
a. nixon’s scandal shook the public’s trust in government.

b. ford faced criticism for pardoning nixon.

c. newspaper were not covering economic issues.

d. ford needed to successfully fight inflation.

The answer is letter A. The Watergate scandal had shaken the Americans. Ford was appointed President by President Nixon after his vice president resigned. Because of this, Ford tried to regain the public’s trust as soon as he sat down as the President of the United States.

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according to the quotation from booker t. washington's 1895 atlanta compromise speech.

in the great leap from slavery to freedom . . the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands . . we shall prosper . . as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor.

washington believed that  hard work had its own kind of dignity.

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