Convincing the American colonists it was time to break away from England's rule and abusive monarchy.
The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. ... The event that triggered war came at Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay on April 12, 1861.
Ford continued the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty with the
Russians. It also entered the Helsinki
Accord with the U.S.S.R. to monitor human rights compliance. It also tried to mediate the Turkish invasion
of Cyprus. It made progress with the
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict through the efforts of Henry Kissinger. The most significant event of his foreign
policy was the end of the Vietnam War.
