The Presidents

1
The Presidents

• Nixon
• To
• Obama

2
Richard M. Nixon- Republican

• Domestic Issues- Civil Rights, Womens Rights,
  Crime, Protest of Vietnam
• OPEC- Organization of Petroleum Exporting
  Counties
• Foreign Relations with China- Opposition to
  Communism but opened trade and diplomacy
• Watergate
• Vietnamesation

3
Gerald Ford- Republican

• Succession to Presidency following Nixon
• Pardoning Nixon- Pardoned Nixon to save the
  country from the impeachment trial

4
Jimmy Carter-Republican

• Inflation- Prices and unemployment rose 10
• Camp David Accords- Peace Agreement between
  Israel and Egypt ending 30 years of conflict
• Iran Hostage Crisis- Iranians overrun US embassy
  and held 52
• Americans hostage for
• 444 days

5
Ronald Reagan-Republican

• Reaganomics- Trickle down economics, lower
  taxes, smaller government
• Star Wars Defense Initiative- anti-communist arms
  build up
• Iran Contra Affair-
• US sold weapons to Iran
• for help in the hostage
• crisis

6
George H.W. Bush- Republican

• End of Cold War/ Berlin Fails- one by one
  communist governments began to fall. Berlin Wall
  opened up, Iron curtain falls (USSR)
• Persian Gulf War- 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait
  (oil), UN forces bombed Iraq
• military targets, Iraq
• retreated

7
William J. Clinton- Democrat

• NAFTA- North American Free Trade Agreement lifted
  taxes to increase trade to Mexico, Canada and the
  US.
• Economic Growth- Budget surpluses, 22 million
  new jobs created, unemployment and inflation were
  at the lowest levels in more than 30 years, and
  economic expansion
• War in Kosovo-
• Civil War in Yugoslavia
• Impeachment-
• Impeached by the House
• Acquitted by the Senate

8
George W. Bush- Republican

• Election Controversy- All depended on Fl., voting
  machines invalid, recount, Supreme Court got
  involved. Issue electoral college count vs.
  popular vote?
• September 11th/ Terrorism- Dept. of Homeland
  Security
• War in Afghanistan-
• Afghan govt. harbored
• Osama Bin Laden and
• Al-Qaeda
• War in Iraq- Iraq
• supplying WMDs to terrorists.
• Goal create a republican Iraqi
• govt. and rid Iraq of Hussein

9
Barack Obama- Democrat

• Issues of the current administration
• Immigration
• Health Care
• Foreign Policy
• Environment
• Education
• Taxes
• The ECONOMY!