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Politics
Truman through Bush
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
1948 Politics Dixiecrats Low Approval Ratings
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
Consensus
Centrism
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
TV Debate
Close Election
Assassination
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
Ran as moderate
Daisy Ad (1964)
Tet Offensive
1968
Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)
Southern Politics
Political Shift
George Wallace
Watergate
Break in
Cover up
Resignation
Discussion
Turn to the person next to youDiscuss how Watergate and
the affected people’s feelings about the government?
Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
Unelected
Pardoned
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
Outsider as
President
Rejection of Ford
Ronald Reagan (1981-89)
Campaign“Are you better
off than you were four years ago?” (1980)
Morning in America (1984)
Reagan
New Right
Teflon
President
George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)
Extension of
Reagan
Gulf War I
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
Campaign
“It’s the economy, stupid”
Ross Perot
Clinton and Congress
Republican Revolution (1994)
Impeachment
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
9/11 – War on
Terrorism
Economic and
Domestic Issues
Barack Obama (2009-present)
Historic election First minority president
Inherited many issues Recession Iraq/Afghanistan
Remains to be seen
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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