Jimmy Carter's Election-
Won 1976 to Ford
Lost 1980 to 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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