1. 43 rd President Served 2 terms PowerPoint by Adora C. 4A

2.  Born: July 6 th, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut  Date Elected: 2000, 54 years old  Political Party: Republican  Interesting Fact: August 2008 attended Olympic Games in Beijing, China – first president ever to do that

3.  Oldest of six children: Him, then Robin, next Jeb, then Neil, Marvin and lastly, Dorothy  Spent childhood in Midland, Texas.  Robin died of cancer in 1953  Went to Yale University and Harvard University  Graduated from Yale in 1968 with degree in history  1975 master’s degree in business from Harvard

4.  Married Laura Welch in 1977  Had two twin daughters- Barbara and Jenna  Daughters helped him campaign for reelection in 2004

5.  Ran against Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman  Vice president was Dick Cheney  One of the closest elections  Neither candidate had enough votes  Florida votes-Bush won  271-266 final

6.  September 11, 2001- Terrorists attack  Knocked down twin towers, big attack  2003- Iraq War  Dangerous war  2005- Second Term, Hurricane Katrina

7.  2001-Created the Department of Homeland Security  2002-Approved the No Child Left Behind Act  2003-Signed the Medicare Act

8.  2000-Became 2 nd son of a former president to be elected himself  2004-Became first son of a former president to win reelection  Had a number of nicknames-Junior, The Lip, Dubya, Bushie  He had a love of baseball at a young age; it stayed with him throughout his life  Bush was declared the winner 36 days after the election

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