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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Great Society War on Poverty Civil Rights Help for poor Head Start The Arts
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Warren Court Thurgood Marshall Most significant in 20 th c Rights of the accused
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Vietnam 1945-1961 1961-1964 1964-1968 Gulf of Tonkin Anti-war movement
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1968 What didn’t happen?
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Richard M. Nixon
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Vietnam Vietnamization My lai massacre Pentagon Papers Cambodia Kent State 26 th Amendment 1973 1975 War Powers Act
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Political Issues Conservative Backlash Southern Strategy Silent Majority Revenue sharing Environment Philadelphia Plan Oil
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Cold War Détente Realpolitik China 1972 Moscow 1972 SALT I
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Watergate Break-in DNH Obstruction of Justice v. Executive Power Resignation 1974
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Imperial Presidency ? FDR: Truman: Kennedy: Johnson: Nixon:
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Congress Re-asserts Power War Powers Act Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act Federal Election Campaign Act Privacy Act End of “VITAL CENTER”
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Gerald Ford
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What Can I Say ? Pardoned Nixon Bicentennial Stagflation Helsinki Conference
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Jimmy Carter The Outsider Southern Governor
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Cold War SALT II Afghanistan 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles
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Foreign Policy Humanitarian Diplomacy Panama Canal Camp David Accords Iran Hostage Situation
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Economy Stagflation Deregulation Oil Crisis Dept. of Energy Three Mile Island
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Domestic Issues 1 term ERA Title IX
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Ronald Reagan
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1980’s Political Issues Core conservative issues “New Right” Moral Majority Reaganomics Culture War Deregulation Sandra Day O’Connor Iran Contra Affair AIDS
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Cold War Arms Race Poland SDI Evil Empire Grenada Reagan Doctrine Angola Gorbachev Geneva Summit INF Treaty Fall of Communism Fall of USSR
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George HW Bush
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Political Issues Taxes Kuwait Al Qaeda Operation Desert Storm Recession
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1990 Election Ross Perot Economy Outsiders Republican Party split
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William Jefferson Clinton
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Political Issues Gays in Military Hillary Health Care 1994 elections NAFTA Impeachment Serbia IRA
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2000 Election Al Gore George W Bush Florida Supreme Court
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George W Bush
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Political Issues Tax cuts September 11, 2001 Afghanistan War (2001) Iraq War (2003) Banking crisis
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2004 Election John Kerry George W Bush Ohio
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2008 Election John Mc Cain Barack Obama HOPE
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Political Issues Great Recession Healthcare Reform Bill Gays in Military Osama Bin Laden Iraq War
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