INTO A NEW MILLENNIUM

PRESIDENTS Harry S. Truman, DemocratDwight D. Eisenhower, Republican

PRESIDENTS John F. Kennedy, DemocratLyndon B. Johnson, Democrat

PRESIDENTS Richard M. Nixon, Republican Gerald Ford, Republican

PRESIDENTS Jimmy Carter, DemocratRonald Reagan, Republican

PRESIDENTS George H.W. Bush, Republican William (Bill) J. Clinton, Democrat

PRESIDENTS George W. Bush, Republican Barack Obama, Democrat

HARRY S. TRUMAN, DEMOCRAT Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy: Containment of Communism Atom Bomb on Japan Beginning of the Cold War Membership in NATO Truman Doctrine Korean War Domestic Issues Economic Plan: The Fair Deal

THE FAIR DEAL /

DWIGHT (IKE) D EISENHOWER, DEMOCRAT, Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy : Containment of Communism Planned Bay of Pigs Massive Retaliation Mutually Assured Destruction Brinkmanship Eisenhower Doctrine Domestic Issues National Hwy Act (Interstates)

JOHN F. KENNEDY, DEMOCRAT Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy: Containment of Communism Military Advisors to Vietnam Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis Domestic Issues “The New Frontier” Equal Pay Act Space Race/NASA Peace Corps Civil Rights Legislation Assassinated in Dallas, TX by Lee Harvey Oswald

LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, DEMOCRAT, Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy: Containment of Communism Troops to Vietnam War Escalation “Gulf of Tonkin Resolution =Power to commit troops to war w/out approval of Congress Domestic Issues “Great Society” Medicaid/Medicare Civil Rights Legislation Voting Rights Act, 1964

RICHARD MILLHOUSE NIXON, REPUBLICAN, Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy: Vietnamization South Vietnam should fight alone De-escalation of Vietnam War Ended war with Vietnam Visits Communist China Détente OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ) Domestic Issues Watergate Scandal Silent majority Resigned in order not to be impeached by Congress

NIXON AND WATERGATE Nixon’s campaign managers pay burglars to break into the Watergate Hotel where the Democratic National Headquarters were located Burglars attempt to wire tape phones and steal secret documents Nixon tries to cover up Raises “hush money” Tries to stop FBI from investigating Destroys evidence Fires uncooperative staff members Resigns rather than face impeachment

NIXON Détente- the easing of tensions between the U.S. & China Silent Majority Nixon’s belief that most Middle Class working Americans supported him & that the vocal protestors against Vietnam were a minority.

GERALD FORD, REPUBLICAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS Oil Shortage S.A.L.T.= Strategic Arms Limitation Talks/Treaty DOMESTIC ISSUES Pardoned Nixon Inflation Economic Recession

JIMMY CARTER, DEMOCRAT FOREIGN AFFAIRS Camp David Accords Oil Shortage Iranian Hostage Crisis DOMESTIC ISSUES Carter was a Dark Horse: A little known person who rises to prominence High Inflation

CARTER Camp David Accords Peace Treaty between historical rivals, Israel and Egypt Signed at Camp David, in which Egypt recognized Israel as a sovereign nation Iranian Hostage Crisis 1979-Shah of Iran was forced to flee Ayatollah Khomeini came to power, along with a return to strict Sharia (Islamic) law Iranian radicals invaded the U.S. Embassy and took 66 Americans hostage Hostages released the day Ronald Reagan became President

RONALD REAGAN, REPUBLICAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS Iran Contra Affair S.A.L.T. II SDI-Strategic Defense Initiative “STAR WARS” Fall of Berlin Wall DOMESTIC ISSUES Supply Side Economics (Reaganomics) Conservative Revolution Appointment of Conservative Court Appointed Sandra Day O’Connor to Supreme Court-1 st female judge on Supreme Court

GEORGE H.W. BUSH, REPUBLICAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERSIAN GULF WAR “Operation Desert Storm” Military invasion of Panama Tiananmen Square/China DOMESTIC ISSUES Addressed the problems of homelessness, drug addiction and crime “A Thousand Points of Light” Americans With Disabilities Act, 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, 1990

WILLIAM (BILL) JEFFERSON CLINTON, DEMOCRAT, FOREIGN AFFAIRS War in Bosnia NAFTA=North American Free Trade Agreement GATT=General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade DOMESTIC ISSUES Failed Health Care Reform Surplus/Balanced Budget Newt Gingrich’s, “Contract with America” Impeachment/Perjury/Monica Lewinski /resources/lewinsky/timeline/ /resources/lewinsky/timeline/ White Water Scandal/Kenneth Star

GEORGE W. BUSH, REPUBLICAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS 9/11 Terrorist Attacks War on Terror Afghanistan Iraq WMD’s (Weapons of Mass Destruction) DOMESTIC ISSUES Department of Homeland Security PATRIOT ACT Hurricane Katrina

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, DEMOCRAT, FOREIGN AFFAIRS Ends War in Iraq ISIS Threat DOMESTIC ISSUES 1 ST Bi-racial President “Obamacare”