Modern Presidencies-Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush I

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Modern Presidencies-Ford, Carter, Reagan, and
Bush I

• Or, stuff you almost lived through

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President Ford

• Spiro Agnew resigned in 1973 as Vice President
• Richard Nixon resigned in 1975 Ford chose Nelson
  Rockefeller as his Vice President neither were
  elected
• Ford pardoned Nixon country was against the
  pardon
• Economy in recession with high inflation and
  unemployment stagflation
• War Powers Act (1) notify Congress within 48
  hours if send troops (2) troops stay overseas 60
  days without Congressional approval (3) Congress
  can bring troops home by passing a concurrent
  resolution

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Ford Presidency (1974-1977)

• Never elected to the executive branch
• Pardons Nixon 1 month after Nixon resigns
• Brings 140,000 Vietnamese refugees to America
• Whip Inflation Now (WIN) and vetoes of social
  program spending bills to lower inflation
  (Inflation drops from 12 to 5)
• Helsinki Accords (human rights)

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Ford Being Rushed to Safety after Assassination
Attempt
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Manson Family Member, Lynette Squeaky Fromme,
and Sara Jane Moore both tried to shoot Ford (he
was unharmed both times)
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Foreign Policy

• North Vietnam took over South Vietnam
• American airlift rescued thousands of Americans
  and Vietnamese
• Helsinki Accords, U.S., Canada, Soviet Union, and
  30 European nations pledge to cooperate

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Election of 1976
Republican Democrat
Candidates Gerald R. Ford (240) Jimmy Carter (297)
Issues Inflation Control Experience Honesty Washington Outsider
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Carters Domestic Issues

• Inflation was 10 percent
• Created the Department of Energy to help save
  fuel
• Three Mile Island partial meltdown of the core
  occurred, releasing some radiation
• Nuclear industry suffered
• Amnesty granted to those who had evaded the draft
  during the Vietnam War
• Civil Rights
• Affirmative action

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Carters Foreign Policies

• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• Friction with the Soviet Union SALTII treaty
  withdrawn from Senate
• Sanctions boycott of 1980 Summer Olympic games
  held in Moscow
• Mariel boatlift Cubans allowed to come to U.S.,
  some were criminals
• Returned the Panama Canal to Panama in 199
• Iran seizes American Hostages Ayatollah Khomeini

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Carter Presidency

• SALT II Treaty (not ratified by Senate)
• Iran Hostage Crisis
• Camp David Accords (Egypt Israel)
• Inflation back up (12)
• Department of Energy
• Panama Canal Zone Treaty (return control to
  Panama in 2000)

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Images of the Carter Years
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Election of 1980
Republican Democrat
Candidates Ronald Reagan (489) Jimmy Carter (49)
Issues Cut the size of the fed. Government Iran Hostages Common Man Camp David Accords Reagan is trigger happy Minority Rights
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Reagan Presidency

• Marine base bombing in Lebanon
• Troops to Grenada (to free medical students and
  overthrow oppressive gov)
• Star Wars (Strategic Defense Initiative)
• Iran-Contra Scandal
• Tax reform and supply-side economics
• Huge budget deficits
• Sandra Day OConner appointed to Supreme Court
  (but no real support for feminism)
• Assassination attempt (John Hinckley)
• Ending the Cold War (glasnost and perestroika
  with Gorbachev) Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this
  wall!

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Election of 1984
Democrat Republican
Candidates Walter Mondale (and Geraldine Ferraro) (13) Ronald Reagan (and George H.W. Bush) (525)
Issues Social Programs Womens Rights Reaganomics Improved economy Tough on commies
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Chart Federal Defense Spending 1978-1990
Federal Defense Spending, 1978-1990
CHART
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Images of the Reagan Years
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Election of 1988
Republican Democrat
Candidates George H.W. Bush (426) Michael Dukakis (112)
Issues Strong Military Pro-life No new taxes Military cut-backs Social programs
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George Bush
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Bush I Presidency

• Panama Invasion and arrest of Gen Manuel Noriega
• Noriega was tried on eight counts of drug
  trafficking racketeering, and money laundering in
  April 1992. Noriega's US prison sentence ended in
  September 2007 pending the outcome of
  extradition requests by both Panama and France,
  he remaining prison as of May 200
• End of Communism (Berlin Wall, USSR Break-up)
• Persian Gulf War 8/2/1990 Desert Storm Kuwait
• Recession and Tax Increase
• China Revolt (Tiananmen Square)
• L.A. Riots
• Quayle Fact- potatoe other missteps
• AMERICA NO BAMA

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Images of Bush I
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Standards

• Element SSUSH25.e
• Explain the relationship between Congress and
  President Bill Clinton including the North
  American Free Trade Agreement and his impeachment
  and acquittal.
• Element SSUSH25.f
• Analyze the 2000 presidential election and its
  outcome emphasizing the role of the electoral
  college.
• Element SSUSH25.g
• Analyze the response of President George W. Bush
  to the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the
  United States, the war against terrorism, and the
  subsequent American interventions in Afghanistan
  and Iraq.
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Bill Clinton

• Governor of Arkansas
• Ran for President in 1992 against George Bush
• Accused of having a mistress and being a draft
  dodger
• Did not inhale
• H. Ross Perot, third party candidate

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Clintons First Term

• Economy spending cuts and tax increases
• Health care Hillary appointed to analyze
  problem suggested government-supervised
  insurance program defeated in Congress

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Republicans Contract with America

• Newt Gingrich, Georgia representative scale back
  federal government
• 1994, voters elected Republicans to Congress
  balanced budget, welfare reform government shut
  down Republicans blamed

Mrs Tummins was my best student ever
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Clintons Second Term

• 1996 Campaign Clinton vs. Bob Dole (Ross Perot
  will get 8)
• Clinton wins due to strong economy
• Congress raises minimum wage
• Passes NAFTA-(North American Free Trade
  Agreement) mostly with Mexico

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Scandals

• Whitewater Affair fraudulent loans and land
  deals in Arkansas
• Illegal campaign donations from foreign nations
• Monica Lewinsky
• 1998, House impeached Clinton acquited by the
  Senate

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George W. Bush

• Elected 2000
• Democrat Al Gore challenged the election
• 9/11
• Iraq War
• Election of 2004 defeated John Kerry
• Hurricane Katrina
• Election of 2008

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Transparency Political Cartoons The Election of
2000
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The George W. Bush Presidency

• What was the impact of Bushs domestic agenda and
  his response to the terrorist attack against the
  U.S.?
• Vocabulary
• -George W. Bush Taliban
• -Bush v. Gore Patriot Act
• -Afghanistan WMD
• -No Child Left Behind Act
• -Department of Homeland Security

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Sec 4 The George W. Bush Presidency
The George W. Bush Presidency
An Election Controversy Main Idea The 2000
presidential election between Al Gore and George
W. Bush resulted in such a close vote that a
recount was needed and the Supreme Court had to
intervene. Bush Launches an Ambitious
Agenda Main Idea Bushs priorities were tax
cuts to stimulate the economy, as well as
addressing education and the needs of senior
citizens. The United States Is Attacked Main
Idea On September 11, 2001, a foreign enemy
attacked the United States for the first time
since Pearl Harbor when terrorists crashed planes
into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Americas War on Terrorism Main Idea American
officials determined that Osama Bin Laden was
responsible for the attacks and quickly sent
American forces to the region, made attempts to
improve domestic security, and expanded the war
on terror to Iraq. Continued...
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Landslide Election results

• Electoral votes
• For Obama
• 365

• Electoral votes
• for McCain
• 173

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• 44th president

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Barack Obama

• Election of 2008
• First African American President
• Economic Recession
• Government intervention in business
• Setting the end of Iraq military deployment