What effects was Ford hoping to achieve by pardoning Nixon? Select three options.He wanted to reduce tension in the nation.He wanted to keep other officials from resigning.He wanted to avoid a drawn-out trial of a former president.He wanted people to develop more respect for his own presidency.He thought the former president had been punished enough through public shame.

Ford said he hoped the pardon would help end the divisions and tension caused by Watergate, so he wanted to reduce tension in the nation. He also wanted to spare the country a long, painful trial of a former president. Ford believed Nixon had already paid a severe price through losing the presidency and enduring public shame; keeping other officials from resigning or boosting respect for Ford’s own presidency were not the stated goals.

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