Politics Truman through Bush. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) 1948 Politics Dixiecrats Low Approval Ratings.

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Politics Truman through Bush

Harry S. Truman ( ) 1948 Politics Dixiecrats Low Approval Ratings

Dwight D. Eisenhower ( ) Consensus Centrism

John F. Kennedy ( ) TV Debate Close Election Assassination

Lyndon B. Johnson ( ) Ran as moderate Daisy Ad (1964) Daisy Ad Tet Offensive

1968

Richard M. Nixon ( )

Southern Politics Political Shift George Wallace

Watergate Break in Cover up Resignation

Discussion Turn to the person next to you Discuss how Watergate and the affected people’s feelings about the government?

Gerald Ford ( ) Unelected Pardoned Richard Nixon

Jimmy Carter ( ) Outsider as President Rejection of Ford

Ronald Reagan ( ) Campaign  “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” (1980)  Morning in America (1984) Morning in America

Reagan New Right Teflon President

George H.W. Bush ( ) Extension of Reagan Gulf War I

Bill Clinton ( ) Campaign  “It’s the economy, stupid”  Ross Perot

Clinton and Congress Republican Revolution (1994) Impeachment

George W. Bush ( ) 9/11 – War on Terrorism Economic and Domestic Issues

Barack Obama (2009-present) Historic election  First minority president Inherited many issues  Recession  Iraq/Afghanistan Remains to be seen

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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