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Presidential Review
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RICHARD NIXON
Nixon’s domestic policy
• New Federalism – sharing revenue
Nixon’s Foreign Policy
• Became the first
President to visit
Romania and China
(communist countries)
• SALT I – Strategic Arms
Limitation Treaty (with
the Soviet Union)
• Wanted a BALANCE OF
POWERS among
nations.
• Policy of détente –
relaxing and easing of
tensions between U.S.
and Soviet Union.
• Problems in Middle
East – YOM KIPPUR
WAR
• Shuttle diplomacy – to
resolve problems in
Middle East.
WATERGATE
• Break-in at the
Watergate hotel in
Washington D. C.
• Impeached for
obstruction of justice,
abuse of power, failing
to turn over tapes.
• He was pardoned by
Gerald Ford.
GERALD FORD
Gerald Ford
• continued Nixon’s policies.
• NOT a very popular president because he
pardoned Richard Nixon.
JIMMY CARTER
Carter’s Domestic Policy
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BAD economy.
High unemployment and inflation
High gas prices
Energy crisis
Jimmy Carter’s Foreign Policy
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The HUMAN RIGHTS president.
Apartheid (South Africa)
Hostage crisis in……
Iran
He wanted “PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST”
RONALD REAGAN
Reagan’s Domestic Policy
• Reaganomics – “supply-side”
economics.
• Huge tax cuts
• GOOD economy
• Appointed first female justice to the
U.S. Supreme Court…..
• Sandra Day O’Connor
Reagan’s Foreign Policy
• SDI – “Star Wars”
• Military buildup of
nuclear weapons to
compete with Soviet
Union.
• Mikhail Gorbachev –
new and better leader
of Soviet Union.
• Glasnost
• Perestroika
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
George H.W. Bush’s Domestic Policy
• BAD economy
George H.W. Bush’s foreign policy
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The GULF WAR
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Desert Shield
Tried to prevent Iraq
from invading….
• Kuwait
• DICTATOR leader of Iraq
• SADDAM HUSSEIN
• End of Cold War
• Berlin Wall comes
down!!
BILL CLINTON
Clinton’s Domestic Policy
• GOOD economy.
• High gross domestic product (GDP) – lots of
goods – items and goods worth a lot of
money.
• Promoted HEALTH CARE
• Republicans tried to ruin his presidency with
the….
• CONTRACT FOR AMERICA (in 1994)
Clinton’s Foreign Policy
• NAFTA
• North American Free
Trade Agreement
• Opened up trade
between U.S., Mexico,
and Canada.
• Start of problems in
Middle East with
terrorists.
Clinton’s IMPEACHMENT
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Had an affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Impeached on which two charges….
Perjury – lying under oath
Obstruction of Justice
Was he voted to be removed from office?
NO
GEORGE W. BUSH
Presidential Election of 2000
• CLOSEST ELECTION IN U.S. HISTORY
• GEORGE W. BUSH vs. AL GORE
The state of Florida decided the election.
Bush’s domestic policy
• Created the Department of Homeland
Security (to prevent against any terrorist acts)
• “Patriot Act of 2001”
• “No Child Left Behind”
• Tax cuts
Bush’s Foreign Policy
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WAR ON TERRORISM
WAR in 2 countries….
1) Iraq
Get rid of WMDs and
Saddam Hussein
(weapons of mass
destruction)
• 2) Afghanistan
• Find Osama Bin Laden
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Fight the “Axis of Evil”
3 countries:
1) Iraq
2) Iran
3) North Korea