1. 1989-Present (AKA the Life of Ms. K)
Presidents George HW Bush – Donald Trump

2. Vice President to Ronald Reagan, elected in 1988. Major Events:
1. George H.W. Bush
Vice President to Ronald Reagan, elected in 1988.
Major Events:
Fall of the Berlin Wall-1989
Persian Gulf War successful attack on Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army to stop the invasion of oil rich Kuwait.
Internet becomes available to the public in
Bill Gates’s Windows operating system makes the personal computer possible.
Soviet Union collapses in 1991.
Republican

4. Elected in 1992 and reelected in 1996. Major Events:
2. Bill Clinton
Elected in 1992 and reelected in 1996.
Major Events:
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed in 1993.
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of allowed time off from work for the birth of a child or family medical issues.
U.S. and NATO forces intervene in Bosnia and Kosovo to stop genocide being committed by Serbs.
Democrat

6. 2. Bill Clinton Major Events continued:
Welfare Reform Act of 1996 put tougher restrictions on qualifying for government assistance.
Monica Lewinsky scandal breaks in 1998.
Clinton is impeached, but not removed from office.
2. Bill Clinton
Democrat

7. 3. George W. Bush Elected in 2000 and reelected in 2004. Major Events:
Election of 2000 called in Bush’s favor after 5 weeks of recounts and controversy. He won the electoral vote, but lost the popular vote to Al Gore.
Popular vote
Gore
48.38%
Bush
47.87%
Nader
2.74%
Buchanan
0.43%
Browne
0.36%
Others
0.22%
Republican

9. 3. George W. Bush Major Events continued:
September 11, Terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon.
“War on Terror”- Invasion of Afghanistan 2001
Invasion of Iraq Saddam Hussein was believed to have weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). Hussein was deposed and executed.
Increased military spending = rising debt.
Hurricane Katrina levees designed by Army Corps of Engineers broke in New Orleans, floods and wind devastated the region. Killed 1,833 people.
Financial Collapse of Worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Government “bailed out” failing banks to help revive the economy.
3. George W. Bush
Republican

10. Total Americans killed in Afghanistan 2,254
Total Americans killed in Iraq 4,424

11. Damage from Hurricane Katrina 2005

12. Criticism of the Patriot Act and the War on Terror.

13. 4. Barack Obama
Elected in 2008 and reelected in st African American president.
Major Events:
Appointed first female Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor in 2009
Affordable Care Act- (nicknamed “Obamacare”) passed in Required health insurance for every American, expanded Medicare and Medicaid coverage.
Arab Spring revolutionary uprisings in Arab nations across the Middle East
Syrian Civil War 2011-Present
Rise of ISIS- Islamic State in Syria and Iraq
Democrat

15. 5. Donald Trump
Elected in over Hillary Clinton. This was the second time since 2000 that the president won the electoral vote and lost the popular vote.
Major Events:
A special prosecutor, Robert Mueller, was appointed to investigate connections between Russia and the Trump campaign.
In December 2017, Trump signed a bill that substantially cut taxes.
Uses twitter to lash out at political enemies and world leaders.
Republican

17. A Twitter Presidency