1. Gerald Ford to Bill Clinton (1974-2001)

2. #1: What were the major events of Gerald Ford’s presidency? (1974-1977)
Pardons Richard Nixon
WIN: Whip Inflation Now
South Vietnam falls to communist North Vietnam
“Let’s call it even. I pardon you.”

4. #2: What were the major events of Jimmy Carter’s presidency (1977-1981)?
Foreign Affairs
Panama Canal Treaty
Turned canal over to Panamanians
Decline of détente
Soviets invaded Afghanistan
US boycott of Moscow Olympics
Recognized “Red” China
Camp David Accords
Peace b/w Egypt and Israel
Iran Hostage Crisis
Failed rescue attempt
Domestic Affairs
Pardoned Vietnam draft evaders
More stagflation
More energy crisis
Oil rose another 200%
Three Mile Island
Nuclear reactor melt-down in PA
Increased support for movement against nuclear power

5. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, current President of Iran and former hostage taker
Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution

6. Camp David Accords: Jimmy Carter’s greatest foreign policy success

7. Because of the Three Mile Island accident, no nuclear plants have been built in the US since However, approval for a new plant in Georgia was given in February 2012 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It is currently under construction.

8. HOCKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS A MIRACLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CRIED!!!!! I STILL DO WHEN I WATCH IT!!!!

10. #3: What was the “Regan Revolution?”
the nickname given to the election of Ronald Reagan and the conservative turn the country took in
Attacked liberalism of 1960s and 1970s
Great Society programs
Focused on smaller government and less government spending
BUT: deficits increased as did national debt

11. #4: What were the major events of Reagan’s presidency?
Foreign Affairs
Massive military spending centered on killing communism
Cold War intensifies (USSR called “Evil Empire”)
Gorbachev takes power
Perestroika and glasnost
INF Treaty eases tension
USSR collapses in 1991
Invaded Grenada (after communist takeover)
Iran-Contra Affair
Weapons sold illegally to Iran (!), $ funneled illegally to Contras in Nicaragua
Domestic Affairs
“Reaganomics”
“supply side” or “trickle-down” theory
Cut taxes of wealthiest the most; savings would be invested in business and jobs created
Benefits would “trickle down” to common man
“Smaller” government
Major cuts in social programs (created during Great Society)
Less regulation of business
Smaller deficits (BUT: deficits actually grew, as did debt)

14. Despite rising deficits and debt, the country recovered economically by This is the 1984 electoral college map. Reagan won the RED states.

15. #5: What were the major events of George H. W. Bush’s presidency?
Foreign
Invaded Panama
Overthrew Manuel Noriega (drug trafficking)
Fall of Berlin Wall 1989
USSR collapses in 1991
Gulf War 1991 (Desert Storm)
To remove Saddam Hussein from Kuwait
Domestic
Dealing with deficits
Raised taxes
Impacted election of 1992
Americans with Disabilities Act

16. Colin Powell was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War

17. #6: What were the major events during Bill Clinton’s presidency?
Domestic
Domestic terrorism
Oklahoma City bombing
Anti-government radicals
Immigration
Latin America and Asia
Dealing with deficits
With Congressional Republicans, created SURPLUS and started to PAY DOWN DEBT
Impeachment 1998
Lied to grand jury about sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky (intern)
Foreign
Balkan Crisis
US bombed Serbs
Foreign terrorism
1st World Trade Center bombing 1993
USS Cole attack

19. Timothy McVeigh was executed in 2001 for the murder of 169 people in the Oklahoma City bombing. Terry Nichols, his co-conspirator, is serving life without parole in the supermax federal prison in Colorado.

20. Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives but not convicted of “high crimes and misdemeanors” by the US Senate. On the perjury charge the vote was 55 to 45 NOT to remove him (45 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted not to remove). On the obstruction of justice charge the vote was 50 to 50 (5 Republicans voted to not remove him). The vote wasn’t really that close, because to REMOVE the President, 67 votes are needed.