1. The Presidents Nixon To Obama

2. Richard M. Nixon- Republican Domestic Issues- Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Crime, Protest of Vietnam OPEC- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Counties * Foreign Relations with China- Opposition to Communism but opened trade and diplomacy Watergate Vietnamesation

3. Gerald Ford- Republican Succession to Presidency following Nixon * Pardoning Nixon- Pardoned Nixon to save the country from the impeachment trial

4. Jimmy Carter-Republican Inflation- Prices and unemployment rose 10% *Camp David Accords- Peace Agreement between Israel and Egypt ending 30 years of conflict Iran Hostage Crisis- Iranians overrun US embassy and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days

5. Ronald Reagan-Republican * Reaganomics- Trickle down economics, lower taxes, smaller government Star Wars Defense Initiative- anti-communist arms build up Iran Contra Affair- US sold weapons to Iran for help in the hostage crisis

6. George H.W. Bush- Republican End of Cold War/ Berlin Fails- one by one communist governments began to fall. Berlin Wall opened up, Iron curtain falls (USSR) * Persian Gulf War- 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait (oil), UN forces bombed Iraq military targets, Iraq retreated

7. William J. Clinton- Democrat NAFTA- North American Free Trade Agreement lifted taxes to increase trade to Mexico, Canada and the US. *Economic Growth- Budget surpluses, 22 million new jobs created, unemployment and inflation were at the lowest levels in more than 30 years, and economic expansion War in Kosovo- Civil War in Yugoslavia *Impeachment- Impeached by the House Acquitted by the Senate

8. George W. Bush- Republican Election Controversy- All depended on Fl., voting machines invalid, recount, Supreme Court got involved. Issue: electoral college count vs. popular vote? * September 11 th / Terrorism- Dept. of Homeland Security *War in Afghanistan- Afghan govt. harbored Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda *War in Iraq- Iraq supplying WMD’s to terrorists. Goal: create a republican Iraqi govt. and rid Iraq of Hussein

9. Barack Obama- Democrat Issues of the current administration: Immigration Health Care Foreign Policy Environment Education Taxes The ECONOMY!