Why did president ford pardon former president nixon? question 30 options: all of these dragging out watergate questions was distracting country from present issues president ford was concerned that former president nixon would lead an uprising if he was not pardoned secretary of state henry kissinger believed that it would to ease tensions in vietnam

There is absolutely no evidence of the last one in Ford's speech. Kissinger isn't mentioned at all. 

Nor was he afraid of Nixon. He mentions nothing about that either. Ford considered Nixon to be a victim as well perhaps as someone who did wrong (but not evil).

So pick the first one. The Nixon problem, according to Ford, was a tempest in a teapot. The country should move on.