1. Politics Truman through Bush

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

3. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) Consensus Centrism

4. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) TV Debate Close Election Assassination

5. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) Ran as moderate Daisy Ad (1964) Daisy Ad Tet Offensive

6. 1968

7. Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)

8. Southern Politics Political Shift George Wallace

9. Watergate Break in Cover up Resignation

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

11. Gerald Ford (1974-1977) Unelected Pardoned Richard Nixon

12. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) Outsider as President Rejection of Ford

13. Ronald Reagan (1981-89) Campaign  “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” (1980)  Morning in America (1984) Morning in America

14. Reagan New Right Teflon President

15. George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) Extension of Reagan Gulf War I

16. Bill Clinton (1993-2001) Campaign  “It’s the economy, stupid”  Ross Perot

17. Clinton and Congress Republican Revolution (1994) Impeachment

18. George W. Bush (2001-2009) 9/11 – War on Terrorism Economic and Domestic Issues

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

20. 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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