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Politics

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

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Politics

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  1. Politics Truman through Bush

  2. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) • 1948 Politics • Dixiecrats • Low Approval Ratings

  3. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) • Consensus • Centrism

  4. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) • TV Debate • Close Election • Assassination

  5. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) • Ran as moderate • Daisy Ad (1964) • Tet Offensive

  6. 1968

  7. Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)

  8. Southern Politics • Political Shift • George Wallace

  9. Watergate • Break in • Cover up • Resignation

  10. Discussion • Turn to the person next to you • Discuss how Watergate and the affected people’s feelings about the government?

  11. Gerald Ford (1974-1977) • Unelected • Pardoned Richard Nixon

  12. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) • Outsider as President • Rejection of Ford

  13. Ronald Reagan (1981-89) • Campaign • “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” (1980) • Morning in America (1984)

  14. Reagan • New Right • Teflon President

  15. George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) • Extension of Reagan • Gulf War I

  16. Bill Clinton (1993-2001) • Campaign • “It’s the economy, stupid” • Ross Perot

  17. Clinton and Congress • Republican Revolution (1994) • Impeachment

  18. George W. Bush (2001-2009) • 9/11 – War on Terrorism • Economic and Domestic Issues

  19. Barack Obama (2009-present) • Historic election • First minority president • Inherited many issues • Recession • Iraq/Afghanistan • Remains to be seen

  20. 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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