Lyndon Baines Johnson
Great Society War on Poverty Civil Rights Help for poor Head Start The Arts
Warren Court Thurgood Marshall Most significant in 20 th c Rights of the accused
Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Anti-war movement
1968 What didn’t happen?
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam Vietnamization My lai massacre Pentagon Papers Cambodia Kent State 26 th Amendment War Powers Act
Political Issues Conservative Backlash Southern Strategy Silent Majority Revenue sharing Environment Philadelphia Plan Oil
Cold War Détente Realpolitik China 1972 Moscow 1972 SALT I
Watergate Break-in DNH Obstruction of Justice v. Executive Power Resignation 1974
Imperial Presidency ? FDR: Truman: Kennedy: Johnson: Nixon:
Congress Re-asserts Power War Powers Act Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act Federal Election Campaign Act Privacy Act End of “VITAL CENTER”
Gerald Ford
What Can I Say ? Pardoned Nixon Bicentennial Stagflation Helsinki Conference
Jimmy Carter The Outsider Southern Governor
Cold War SALT II Afghanistan 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles
Foreign Policy Humanitarian Diplomacy Panama Canal Camp David Accords Iran Hostage Situation
Economy Stagflation Deregulation Oil Crisis Dept. of Energy Three Mile Island
Domestic Issues 1 term ERA Title IX
Ronald Reagan
1980’s Political Issues Core conservative issues “New Right” Moral Majority Reaganomics Culture War Deregulation Sandra Day O’Connor Iran Contra Affair AIDS
Cold War Arms Race Poland SDI Evil Empire Grenada Reagan Doctrine Angola Gorbachev Geneva Summit INF Treaty Fall of Communism Fall of USSR
George HW Bush
Political Issues Taxes Kuwait Al Qaeda Operation Desert Storm Recession
1990 Election Ross Perot Economy Outsiders Republican Party split
William Jefferson Clinton
Political Issues Gays in Military Hillary Health Care 1994 elections NAFTA Impeachment Serbia IRA
2000 Election Al Gore George W Bush Florida Supreme Court
George W Bush
Political Issues Tax cuts September 11, 2001 Afghanistan War (2001) Iraq War (2003) Banking crisis
2004 Election John Kerry George W Bush Ohio
2008 Election John Mc Cain Barack Obama HOPE
Political Issues Great Recession Healthcare Reform Bill Gays in Military Osama Bin Laden Iraq War