Presidents (Nixon-trump)

Richard Nixon (republican)

Only pres to ever resign due to watergate

First to visits and “open” china

Signs SALT Treaty with Brezhnev states detente era of Cold War

Pres at start of environmental movement created EPA

ERA ratified by congress not passed by states and defeated by conservative women

Failed to fight inflation because of Vietnam and great society

Gerald Ford (republican)

Pardoned Nixon

Pres during fall of Saigon led to US loss of reputation abroad

Tried to WIN inflation didn’t

First vice president and Pres to not be elected to either office

Jimmy Carter (democratic)

Meditated camp David accords a peace agreement for Israel and Egypt

Won noble peace prize

Couldn’t stop inflation due to great society

Energy crisis from oil and opec embargo

Pursues detente with Brezhnev (more SALTs)

1979 Iran took over US Embassy and 52 US hostages, killed US ambassador and fail rescue attempt

First go support form moral majority Christian social issues group that turned republican

Ronald Reagan (republican)

Helped end Cold War by rebuilding military and nuclear arsenal and proposing SDI

cut taxes from wealthy and cutting great society expenses

Accused of racism

Ended inflation grew economy by adding jobs

Iran contra affair nearly cost him his presidency

Called USSR the evil empire started arms race that bankrupted them

George H.W Bush (republican)

Pres during first golf war

Promised no new taxes then raised taxes

President when soviets fell velvet rev

Bill Clinton (Democrat)

Impeached for obstruction of justice and perjury for lying to the grand jury

Informational revolution expanded economy and led to surplus during the 90s

Used military to relieve humanitarian crisis in Haiti, Bosnia, Somalia NOT ← accused of being racist

Instituted conservative criminal justice and Welfare reforms in mid-90s

George W. Bush (republican)

Supreme Court stoped the recount of votes in Florida BUSH WON

9/11 largest terrorist attack in American history led by Osma bin laden his organization AI Qaeda

Bush Doctrine says the US has the ability to attack any territorial harboring country

PATRIOT ACT passed in 2001 gives government the ability to see your private information

War on IRAQ is declared under the Bush doctrine in 2003

Barack Obama (Democrat)

First African American president in American history

Presidency starts during the Great Recession when the economy crashed

Passed the affordable care act nicknamed Obamacare to provide national healthcare

President during the growth of ISIS and the attack on Benghazi which killed a American ambassador

President during obergefell v. Hodges which legalized same sec marriage

Donald trump (republican)

President during the COVID-19 pandemic which to date killed ½ million Americans

Had massive protest during final year in office for the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer

Only President to be impeached 2 times

1- Withholding aid for Ukraine

2- For his alleged role in the capital riots on January 6

Joe Biden (Democrat)

Ordered a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 ← turned into a embarrassment for the US

First president to sign a significant infrastructure bill since Eisenhower ← largely helped to build roads and bridges