The Presidents Nixon To Obama Richard M

The Presidents Nixon To Obama

Richard M. Nixon- Republican • Domestic Issues- Civil Rights, Women’s 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

Gerald Ford- Republican • Succession to Presidency following Nixon • * Pardoning Nixon- Pardoned Nixon to save the country from the impeachment trial

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

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

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

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

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 11 th/ Terrorism- Dept. of Homeland Security • *War in Afghanistan. Afghan govt. harbored Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda • *War in Iraq- Iraq supplying WMD’s to terrorists. Goal: create a republican Iraqi govt. and rid Iraq of Hussein

Barack Obama- Democrat Issues of the current administration: • Immigration • Health Care • Foreign Policy • Environment • Education • Taxes • The ECONOMY!