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Politics Truman through Bush
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Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) 1948 Politics Dixiecrats Low Approval Ratings
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) Consensus Centrism
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John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) TV Debate Close Election Assassination
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Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) Ran as moderate Daisy Ad (1964) Daisy Ad Tet Offensive
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1968
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Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)
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Southern Politics Political Shift George Wallace
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Watergate Break in Cover up Resignation
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Discussion Turn to the person next to you Come up with three ways in which the southern political shift has affected politics in your lifetime
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Gerald Ford (1974-1977) Unelected Pardoned Richard Nixon
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Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) Outsider as President Rejection of Ford
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Ronald Reagan (1981-89) Campaign “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” (1980) Morning in America (1984) Morning in America
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Reagan New Right Teflon President
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Discussion Turn to a different person next to you Come up with three explanations as to why Ronald Reagan is still seen as a major figure in the Republican Party
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George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) Extension of Reagan Gulf War I
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Bill Clinton (1993-2001) Campaign “It’s the economy, stupid” Ross Perot
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Clinton and Congress Republican Revolution (1994) Impeachment
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George W. Bush (2001-2009) 9/11 – War on Terrorism Economic and Domestic Issues
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Closure Turn to someone else near you Discuss who were the two best Presidents since World War II. Why? Discuss who were the two worst Presidents since World War II. Why?
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