- In 1976 he won the election from Ford
- In 1980 he lost the election to Reagan
Top 10 things
- Carter Center
- Department of Energy
- Love Canal Superfund
- Emergency Natural Gas Act
- Graduation Speech at Annapolis
- Camp David
- Department of Education
- US Boycott to Moscow Olympics
- Pardon Draft Dodgers
- Taft-Hartley Act
Popularity Rating-50%
- Many people were becoming jobless
- Gas prices were skyrocketing
- People forming lines for gas
- Iran Hostage Crisis
- Nobel Peace Prize
George Herbert Walker Bush
- June 12, 1924
- Milton, Massachusetts
- Rich Family
- Episcopal
- Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
- Mattoes "not for self"
- staph hospitalized him for six weeks
- retook his senior year
- 18-enlisted in Navy
- Yale-1948
- Oil Business
- Millionaire-40
- Barbara Pierce
- January 1945
- Six children
Political Career
- Ambassador to the UN
- House of Reps
- Director of CIA
- Nomination, Republican, 1980
- VP for Reagan
- War on Drugs, prohibition of drugs, Military Aid, Military Intervention
Top 10 Accomplishments
- Increased Taxes
- Decreased debt
- Ordered Military operations in Panama
- Increased Welfare
- Additional benefits for unemployed workers
- Improved International Space Station
- Signed Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- Increased Federal spending on Childcare, Education, and Advanced Technology Research
Persian Gulf War
- Iran and Iraq
- August 2, 1990
- Iraq invaded Kuwait
- The US won by getting Iraq troops out of Kuwait
Berlin Wall came down under Bush’s watch-cold war ends
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