1. Richard Nixon:

2. Vietnam Vietnamization-slowly pull out troops but escalate the attack
Secretary of State-Henry Kissinger (chief negotiator in Vietnam)
President when war ended

3. Domestic plan New Federalism
Revenue Sharing-state and local governments may spend their federal money any way they saw fit. (As opposed to government telling them how to spend it)

4. Family Assistance Plan
Unemployment compensation
Job training
Accept jobs if they are offered

5. Government programs Increased Social Security Medicare Medicaid
Subsidized housing for low income families (Section 8)

6. Watergate
Scandal centered on the Nixon administration’s attempt to cover up a burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex in Washington D.C.

7. Impeach or Resign
(In Congress or a state legislature) the presentation of formal charges against a public official by the lower house, trial to be before the upper house.

8. Gerald Ford signs in
Grants Nixon a full pardon in an attempt to move past Watergate
Troubled economy High oil prices, inflation and unemployment
Loses election in 1976 to Jimmy Carter

9. Jimmy Carter Democratic peanut farmer from Ga.
Energy crisis, gas prices soared commotion everywhere
Foreign Policy- promotes human rights so that everyone can have freedom and liberty around the world

10. Camp David Accords
Carter helped forged peace between long time enemies, Anwar el Sadat, and Israeli prime minister, Menachem Begin.
Five year transition period during which Israel and Jordan would work out the issue of self rule for the Palestinians, Arabs living on the Gaza Strip, areas captured by Israel in earlier wars.

11. Iran Hostage Crisis
U.S. had provided military and political assistance to Shah of Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini and rebels overthrow the Shah’s government which is severely corrupt. Carter allows the Shah to come to U.S. for cancer treatment
This infuriates revolutionaries in Iran

13. Iran Hostage Crisis
On November 4, 1979, armed students seize the U.S. embassy in Iran’s capital Tehran taking 52 American hostages in exchange for the Shah
Year long standoff
All trade banned, diplomatic relations severed
Hostages are not released until Jan. 20, 1981

14. Ronald Reagan and the New Right
Very conservative
Oppose legal abortions
ERA
Busing
Gun control
Reverse discrimination

15. Slashes government programs
Food stamps
Welfare
Job training
Medicaid
School lunches
Student loans

16. Middle Class
Does not cut Social Security
Medicare
Veteran’s pension

17. Reaganomics Supply side economics Trickle down theory
Increased money for business investments will create more jobs, money, entrepreneurs, and the development of new products and services

18. SDI Strategic Defense Initiative or Star Wars
A defense system that would keep the U.S. safe from enemy missile attack
Estimated cost one trillion dollars

19. Reagan plan: A balanced federal budget
Voluntary prayer in public schools
Presidential line item veto on budget

20. The George H.W. Bush Administration

21. George H.W. Bush - Navy Pilot (1942 – 1945)
George H.W. Bush rescued from the Pacific after being shot down by the Japanese during World War II

22. George H. W. Bush in his baseball uniform
George H.W. Bush - Yale University (1945 – 1948)
George H.W. Bush (left of clock) with the Skull and Bones group at Yale
George H. W. Bush in his baseball uniform

23. George H.W. Bush - Oilman (1948 - 1966)
Congressman Bush (1966 – 1970) w/his family (children left to right: Jeb, Marvin, Doro, Neil, George W.)

24. George H.W. Bush - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1971-1973)
George H.W. Bush - Director of the CIA ( )

25. George H.W. Bush - Vice President (1981 - 1989)

26. 1988 Presidential Election
1988 Bush Ad # Bush Ad #2

27. 1988 Election Results

28. Major Events and Policies as President
Invaded Panama & captured Manuel Noriega (dictator & major drug trafficker) in 1989.
Initially a CIA informant for America
Noriega was indicted by two US federal grand juries in Florida on charges of drug trafficking and racketeering and the CIA took him off its payroll. The next year, Noriega's image as a thuggish dictator was reinforced in the starkest terms as opposition candidates in the presidential election were stopped and beaten up by Noriega's "dignity battalions".
Following a series of incidents that culminated in the death of an American soldier, President George Bush decided it was time for regime change. In December 1989, Bush sent in US troops to overthrow Noriega, offering a $1m reward for information leading to his capture.
"General Noriega's reckless threats and attacks upon Americans in Panama created an imminent danger to the 35,000 American citizens in Panama. As president, I have no higher obligation than to safeguard the lives of American citizens," Bush said at the time.

30. Major Events and Policies as President
Invaded Panama & captured Manuel Noriega (dictator & major drug trafficker) in 1989.
START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) w/the USSR in 1991 (reduced the nuclear arsenals of both countries).

31. Major Events and Policies as President
Invaded Panama & captured Manuel Noriega (dictator & major drug trafficker) in 1989.
START Treaty w/the USSR in 1991 (reduced the nuclear arsenals of both countries).
Oversaw the end of the Cold War (Berlin Wall fell in 1989 & the USSR dissolved in 1991).
Liberated Kuwait in 1991 after it was invaded by Iraq (Operation Desert Storm).
Began the NAFTA negotiations in The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) began on January 1, This agreement would remove most barriers to trade and investment among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. (Free trade between North American countries)

32. Major Events and Policies as President
Invaded Panama & captured Manuel Noriega (dictator & major drug trafficker) in 1989.
START Treaty w/the USSR in 1991 (reduced the nuclear arsenals of both countries).
Oversaw the end of the Cold War (Berlin Wall fell in 1989 & the USSR dissolved in 1991).
Liberated Kuwait in 1991 after it was invaded by Iraq (Operation Desert Storm).
Began the NAFTA negotiations in 1991.
Raised taxes to deal with the rising deficit, contradicting his campaign promise.

33. Major Events and Policies as President
Invaded Panama & captured Manuel Noriega (dictator & major drug trafficker) in 1989.
START Treaty w/the USSR in 1991 (reduced the nuclear arsenals of both countries).
Oversaw the end of the Cold War (Berlin Wall fell in 1989 & the USSR dissolved in 1991).
Liberated Kuwait in 1991 after it was invaded by Iraq (Operation Desert Storm).
Began the NAFTA negotiations in 1991.
Raised taxes to deal with the rising deficit, contradicting his campaign promise.
Deficit spending and the national debt dramatically increased during his presidency.

34. Major Events and Policies as President
Invaded Panama & captured Manuel Noriega (dictator & major drug trafficker) in 1989.
START Treaty w/the USSR in 1991 (reduced the nuclear arsenals of both countries).
Oversaw the end of the Cold War (Berlin Wall fell in 1989 & the USSR dissolved in 1991).
Liberated Kuwait in 1991 after it was invaded by Iraq (Operation Desert Storm).
Began the NAFTA negotiations in 1991.
Raised taxes to deal with the rising deficit, contradicting his campaign promise.
Deficit spending and the national debt dramatically increased during his presidency.
Was unable to deal with the economic recession that began in 1990.

35. Major Events and Policies as President
Invaded Panama & captured Manuel Noriega (dictator & major drug trafficker) in 1989.
START Treaty w/the USSR in 1991 (reduced the nuclear arsenals of both countries).
Oversaw the end of the Cold War (Berlin Wall fell in 1989 & the USSR dissolved in 1991).
Liberated Kuwait in 1991 after it was invaded by Iraq (Operation Desert Storm).
Began the NAFTA negotiations in 1991.
Raised taxes to deal with the rising deficit, contradicting his campaign promise.
Deficit spending and the national debt dramatically increased during his presidency.
Was unable to deal with the economic recession that began in 1990.
Lost his bid for reelection in 1992 to Bill Clinton.
Presidential Trivia
His father (Prescott) was a U.S. senator. His son Jeb was governor of Florida & his son George W. was the 43rd President of the U.S.
He publicly refused to eat broccoli in 1990 & banned it from the White House & Air Force One menus.

36. Barbara Bush with broccoli growers from California
“I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.”
- George H. W. Bush (March 22, 1990)
Barbara Bush with broccoli growers from California

37. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoBFL6iwid4 (1992-2000)
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38. Bill Clinton meets President John F
Bill Clinton meets President John F. Kennedy as a 16 year-old delegate of Boy’s Nation on June 6, 1963

39. Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham at Yale Law School, January 1972
Education – Georgetown University, Oxford University, Yale Law School
Bill Clinton runs for Student Council President at Georgetown University
Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham at Yale Law School, January 1972

40. Bill Clinton taking the Oath of Office as the Governor of Arkansas on January 9, 1979

41. 1992 Presidential Election
1992 Presidential Debate: Video Clip
Clinton 1992 Campaign Ad

42. 1992 Election Results

43. Major Events and Policies as President
Initiated the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for the U.S. Armed Forces in 1993

44. Major Events and Policies as President
Initiated the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for the U.S. Armed Forces in 1993
Signed the Brady Bill in 1993 (waiting period & background check for handguns)

45. Major Events and Policies as President
Initiated the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for the U.S. Armed Forces in 1993
Signed the Brady Bill in 1993 (waiting period & background check for handguns)
Won reelection against Bob Dole in 1996

46. Impeached in 1998
Perjury and obstruction of justice

47. Initiated the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for the U. S
Initiated the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for the U.S. Armed Forces in 1993
Signed the Brady Bill in 1993 (waiting period & background check for handguns)
Wins re-election
President under one of our best economies ever. Low unemployment and inflation rates

48. Balanced the budget, we actually had a surplus in 1999 and 2000
Initiated the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for the U.S. Armed Forces in 1993
Signed the Brady Bill in 1993 (waiting period & background check for handguns)
Wins re-election
President under one of our best economies ever. Low unemployment and inflation rates
Balanced the budget, we actually had a surplus in 1999 and 2000

49. What were the major events of the George W. Bush presidency?
Essential Question
What were the major events of the George W. Bush presidency?

50. George W. Bush

51. Election of 2000
Democrat – Al Gore
Republican – George W. Bush

52. Election of 2000 Decided by 537 votes in Florida
Closest presidential election in U.S. history

53. Election of 2000
Both needed Florida’s 25 electoral votes to win

54. Election of 2000

56. Election of 2000 Close results in Florida State law required a recount
Bush won by 537 votes

57. Bush v. Gore Gore took the case to the Supreme Court
Ruled in favor FL certified results in time for the electoral college vote in mid-December

58. Sept. 11, 2001
Terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania
Terrorism – the use of violence by nongovernmental groups against civilians to achieve a political goal

59. Reasons for Muslim Terrorism
U.S. investments in Middle East oil
Western influences on Muslim religious values
U.S. support of Israel

60. Al-Qaeda
Muslim organization created by Osama bin Laden

61. War on Terror Response to terrorist attacks
Created Department of Homeland Security

62. Patriot Act Increased authority of US law enforcement agencies
Phone tapping
Computer tapping
Question of civil liberties?

63. Afghanistan Oct. 7, 2001 – U.S. began bombing
Attacked al-Qaeda camps and the Taliban (supporters of bin Laden)

64. Iraq War March 20, 2003 – U.S. coalition forces (led by the U.S.)
Invasion of Iraq, seized control by May 1

65. U.S. – Iraq War
Based on intelligence that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction
Used chemical weapons against the Kurds in Iraq

66. War in Iraq 2007 – troop surge approved
Today – removal of troops as Iraq becomes more stable as a democracy

67. 2008-present Barack Obama Democrat – Barack Obama
First African American president
Advocated Change in America

69. Initiatives
Let’s Move-fights childhood obesity. First Lady Michelle Obama plays a major role in this campaign
Joining Forces-Supporting troops and veterans
1 is 2 many-program that is trying to end violence and sexual assault against women
Reach Higher- encouraging youth to stay in school and get a good education

70. Issues Civil Rights problems War in Afghanistan War in Iraq
Gun Control
There have been many criticisms of Obama during his presidency. His approval rating has dropped significantly.
At the end of your notes:
Write a paragraph stating your opinion about the presidency of Barack Obama. Use at least three specific examples