Jimmy Carter- 39th
Early life
- born october 1 in plains georgia
- He was a peanut farmer
- HS star basketball player
- Served in the navy a submariner serving in both atlantic and pacific fleets rose to lieutenant rank
- On July 7th 1946 he married Rosalynn Smith
- 2 terms as Georgia state senator 1962- 1966
- 1 term as governor 1971-1975
Education
- plains HS
- Georgia southwestern college
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Received a bachelors degree of science from the US Naval Academy
Election
- in 1876 he won against ford
- In 1980 he lost the election to Ronald Reagan
- Jimmy Carter wanted to be a peoples president
Top 10 thing
- Carter Center
- Department of Energy
- Love CAnal Superfund
- Emergency Natural Gas Act
- Graduation Speech at Annapolis
- Camp David
- Department of Education
- U.S. Boycott to Moscow Olympics
- Pardon Draft Dodgers
- Taft-Hartley Act
Popularity- 50%
- Many people were becoming jobless
- Gas Prices were skyrocketing
- People forming lines for gas
- Iran hostage crisis
- nobel peace prize
His legacy
- He was promoting world peace. He emphasized nothing more than his want for humanity to get along.
George Herbert Walker Bush- 41st president.
Early life
- June 12, 1924
- Milton Mass.
- Rich family
- Phillips Academy Andover Mas.
- Mottoes "Not for Self"
- Staph hospitalized him for six weeks
- Retook senior year
- 18, he enlisted in the Navy
- graduated from yale-1948
- Oil business in Texas became a millionaire at age 40
- Barbra Pierce(Wife)
- Married her January 1945
- Six Children
- George W. Bush
- Jeb Bush
- Dorothy Bush Koch
- Neil Bush
- Marvin P. Bush
- Robin Bush
Political Career
- Ambassador to the UN
- House of Reps
- Director of the CIA
- Nomination, Republican, 1980
- VP for REgan
- War on Drugs
- Military Aid
- Military Intervention
10 accomplishments
- Increased taxes
- Decreased -$500 over 5 years
- 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
- Clean Air Act-
- Persian Gulf War
- Iran and Iraq
- Iraq invaded Kuwait and this started the war we won the war, but Saddam Hussein claimed that Iraq was first
Approval
- 89%- highest
- 29%- lowest because of Taxes
Legacy
Bush was a qualified candidate for president due to his background. He had success in Foreign Affairs, but he was a disappointment......
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