nioxon to bush presidents
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Nixon
• Had an appeal to middle America
• Created revenue sharing, which was intended to give the states more power
• However it ended up giving the federal government more power
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Nixon
• Established détente, or relaxing of Cold War Tensions
• Most remembered for Watergate Scandal
• Nixon claimed executive privilege- that White House conversations should be private
• In an effort to quiet the outrage over his actions, Nixon resigns as president
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Nixon• He avoids
impeachment, or charging him with presidential misconduct
• Watergate led to Federal Campaign Amendments, limiting campaign contributions
• Ethics in Government Act required the finicial disclosure of officials
• Overall the American public was left with a deep distrust
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Ford• Most Americans
considered Ford to be decent and honest
• Bland, not an exciting or dynamic president
• Ford pardons Nixon “for the good of the nation”
• Approval Ratings drop from 71% to 50%
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Ford• Ford had to inherit the
inflation, rising cost of goods from the Nixon era
• Then a new issue of “stagflation” costs go up and economy goes no where
• He attempts to revive the economy by keeping taxes low, cut government spending, and balancing a budget
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Ford• Foreign policy, his only
major event: signing the Helsinki Accords
• These were agreements made with the Soviets about Europe
• With the economy failing, rising inflation and unemployment political turmoil around the world, Americans would turn to a new president in 1976
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Carter
• Carter image as being upstanding and moral helped him win election
• Carter would devote most of his agenda to fixing the economy
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Carter• He tried to increasing
government spending to end recession
• He then tried reducing taxes
• Then reducing money supply and raising interest rates
• Created the Department of Energy to reduce energy consumption…
• None of this fixed the economy
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Carter
• His foreign policy was marked by trouble in the Middle East
• When a group of Islamic terrorist took 52 Americans hostage and Carter failed to gain their release it would forever mark his foreign policy and cost him reelection
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Reagan• Out of the mess in
the 1970’s came two groups
• Liberals: government should be very active
• Conservatives: government should cautious about its use of power
• Reagan was a conservative
• Also an actor and former governor of Ca
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Reagan
• Reagan appealed to Americans who were frustrated with the economy and worried America was too weak internally
• “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” asked Reagan…no they weren’t
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Reagan
• Reaganomics: belief that his policies would corperate and wealthy Americans, not the average “Joe”
• Cut Civil spending, increased military spending, and government regulations
• Result: economy began to recover
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Reagan
• “Star Wars” Reagan's nuclear deterrent
• “Tear down this wall!”-so he did
• As Regan’s second term came to end, the economy was booming, military was strong, and Soviet relations were good
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George Bush
• As Regan left, many Americans wanted more focus on domestic policies rather than foreign
• “Read my lips…no new taxes”
• Under Papa Bush the Cold War would end, but a Gulf War would begin
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George Bush
• Perhaps the most serous crisis was the Persian Gulf War
• The economy would slow towards the early 1990’s
• Bush would have to break his campaign promises
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Clinton• Clinton promised to
reform health care• Tried to develop a
plan to cover all Americans
• People feared it would cost too much, put too much pressure on small business and relied on government control
• His plan died before ever coming to a vote
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Clinton• Worked to help
American families• Provided increased
funding for educational programs
• Created a gun control law, requiring a waiting period
• Anti-crime bill to provide more money for prisons and put more officers on the street
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Clinton
• Clinton’s second term saw a booming economy, high approval, and scandal
• Never fully impeached• Legacy uncertain: left
the economy with balanced budget and presided over the greatest period of economic growth in American history
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Bush jr.• Little Bush
gets a turn as president
• Wins the closest election in American history
• He cut taxes to try and boost the economy
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Bush jr.• Promised to
improve nations schools, No Child Left Behind
• Cut taxes• And build
nations defenses• 9-11 would
change his entire president
Come on terror… ‘merica is ready
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Bush jr.• Began a war on
terror• Increased
government control• Brought the U.S.
back into Iraq• Bush won a second
term, “don’t change horses mid stream”