Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
George H.W. Bush
The correct answer is C) Gerald Ford.
The president that was criticized for pardoning Nixon was Gerald Ford.
After Richard Nixon resigned due to the Watergate Scandal, and avoid impeachment by the US Congress, Gerald Ford became the 38th President of the United States. His administration started in August 1974. At that moment, many citizens thought that Ford would exert an exemplary punishment against Nixon for all the things he did, but that was not the case. Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon for all the crimes committed. Some analysts considered that the pardon was part of the negotiations to get Ford the Presidency.
How did the U.S. exercise this new power?
Answer:
America started getting into wars that would not affect them such as the Cuban revolution and colonizing lands i.e. Guam, Phillipean islands
(1) opposition to joining the League of Nations
(2) ending farm subsidies under the Agricultural
Adjustment Act
(3) reducing tariff rates on imported goods
(4) rejection of disarmament agreements