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1 Lyndon Baines Johnson

2 Great Society War on Poverty Civil Rights Help for poor Head Start The Arts

3 Warren Court Thurgood Marshall Most significant in 20 th c Rights of the accused

4 Vietnam 1945-1961 1961-1964 1964-1968 Gulf of Tonkin Anti-war movement

5 1968 What didn’t happen?

6 Richard M. Nixon

7 Vietnam Vietnamization My lai massacre Pentagon Papers Cambodia Kent State 26 th Amendment 1973 1975 War Powers Act

8 Political Issues Conservative Backlash Southern Strategy Silent Majority Revenue sharing Environment Philadelphia Plan Oil

9 Cold War Détente Realpolitik China 1972 Moscow 1972 SALT I

10 Watergate Break-in DNH Obstruction of Justice v. Executive Power Resignation 1974

11 Imperial Presidency ? FDR: Truman: Kennedy: Johnson: Nixon:

12 Congress Re-asserts Power War Powers Act Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act Federal Election Campaign Act Privacy Act End of “VITAL CENTER”

13 Gerald Ford

14 What Can I Say ? Pardoned Nixon Bicentennial Stagflation Helsinki Conference

15 Jimmy Carter The Outsider Southern Governor

16 Cold War SALT II Afghanistan 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles

17 Foreign Policy Humanitarian Diplomacy Panama Canal Camp David Accords Iran Hostage Situation

18 Economy Stagflation Deregulation Oil Crisis Dept. of Energy Three Mile Island

19 Domestic Issues 1 term ERA Title IX

20 Ronald Reagan

21 1980’s Political Issues Core conservative issues “New Right” Moral Majority Reaganomics Culture War Deregulation Sandra Day O’Connor Iran Contra Affair AIDS

22 Cold War Arms Race Poland SDI Evil Empire Grenada Reagan Doctrine Angola Gorbachev Geneva Summit INF Treaty Fall of Communism Fall of USSR

23 George HW Bush

24 Political Issues Taxes Kuwait Al Qaeda Operation Desert Storm Recession

25 1990 Election Ross Perot Economy Outsiders Republican Party split

26 William Jefferson Clinton

27 Political Issues Gays in Military Hillary Health Care 1994 elections NAFTA Impeachment Serbia IRA

28 2000 Election Al Gore George W Bush Florida Supreme Court

29 George W Bush

30 Political Issues Tax cuts September 11, 2001 Afghanistan War (2001) Iraq War (2003) Banking crisis

31 2004 Election John Kerry George W Bush Ohio

32 2008 Election John Mc Cain Barack Obama HOPE

33 Political Issues Great Recession Healthcare Reform Bill Gays in Military Osama Bin Laden Iraq War


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