Nixon
- Watergate
- June 17, 1972
- 5 men broke into office of DNC - located in Watergate building in Washington D.C.
- connected to Nixon's reelection campaign
- caught while attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents
- Nixon gave the 5 men money to try to keep them quiet
- Tried to stop the FBI from investigating by firing everybody who investigated it
- revolutionized foreign relations, set the foundation for modern environmental but will always be known for his Watergate scandal
- war on drugs
- was the first one to really say that drugs were bad for you and you need to stay away from them if you want to get a job
President Gerald Ford(R) - 38th 1974 -1977
- Granted Richard Nixon a full pardon for all of his crimes
- offered conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War draft dodgers who had fled to countries
- continued Detente with USSR
- Ford wanted to help south vietnam when north vietnam invaded in 1974 but congress refused
- was the first president not to be elected by the USA
Jimmy Carter 39th president
- born October 1 in plains georgia
- peanut farmer HS star basketball player and in the FFA
- served in the navy submariner serving in both atlantic and pacific fleets
- on july 7 1946 married rosalynn smith
- 2 terms as geargia state senator 1962 - 1975
- Won the 1976 election to Ford.
- Lost the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan
Accomplishments-
- Carter Center- promoting peace
- 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 Rating-50
He wanted nothing more than his want for humanity to get along especially in the Middle East
George Herbert Walker Busch-
Born June 12, 1924
Rich family
Got sick his senior year(staph infection)
House of Representatives
Director of CIA
Vice President for Reagan
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
- Increased Federal spending on Childcare, Education, and Advanced Technology Research
- Clean-Air Act
- Persian Gulf War
Persian Gulf War- Iran and Iraq
August 2, 1990
Iraq invaded Kuwait
Saddam Hussein claimed "it was an artificial state carved out of the Iraqui coast by Western colonist."
US won
Approval rating-89%
Lowest- 29%
Legacy- He had a good background for president. The economy wasn't ever in his favor and he couldn't get America to give him another 4 years as president.
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