1. How was the Twenty-Fifth Amendment used to make Gerald R. Ford the Vice President? 2. Why did Richard Nixon resign as President? 3. (a) According to Ford, what were the chances of Nixon's receiving a fair jury trial after he had left office? (b) Do you think that Ford's 4. How did President Ford feel that a trial of Nixon would affect the "domestic tranquillity" of the nation? 5. (a) Why do you suppose that Ford's pardon of Nixon became controversial? (b) To what extent might the Nixon pardon have contributed to Ford's defeat by Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election? Explain your assessment was accurate? Explain your answer. answer. No have points please