Politics

Truman through Bush

Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

1948 Politics Dixiecrats Low Approval Ratings

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

Consensus

Centrism

John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

TV Debate

Close Election

Assassination

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

Ran as moderate

Daisy Ad (1964)

Tet Offensive

1968

Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)

Southern Politics

Political Shift

George Wallace

Watergate

Break in

Cover up

Resignation

Discussion

Turn to the person next to youDiscuss how Watergate and

the affected people’s feelings about the government?

Gerald Ford (1974-1977)

Unelected

Pardoned

Richard Nixon

Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

Outsider as

President

Rejection of Ford

Ronald Reagan (1981-89)

Campaign“Are you better

off than you were four years ago?” (1980)

Morning in America (1984)

Reagan

New Right

Teflon

President

George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)

Extension of

Reagan

Gulf War I

Bill Clinton (1993-2001)

Campaign

“It’s the economy, stupid”

Ross Perot

Clinton and Congress

Republican Revolution (1994)

Impeachment

George W. Bush (2001-2009)

9/11 – War on

Terrorism

Economic and

Domestic Issues

Barack Obama (2009-present)

Historic election First minority president

Inherited many issues Recession Iraq/Afghanistan

Remains to be seen

Closure

Turn to someone else near you Discuss who were the two best

Presidents since World War II. Why? Discuss who were the two worst

Presidents since World War II. Why?

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