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1976 election
Gerald Ford ran against Jimmy Carter. Carter won narrow victory; won the popular vote by less than 2 million -
Jimmy Carter Pros
Carter successfully mediated peace talks between israel and Egypt. Carter strongly emphasized human rights -
Jimmy Carter Cons
Energy crisis in the late 1970s was sign of a failing economy -
Bad Presidential decisions
Lyndon Johnson's actions around the vietnam conflict changed the view of the presidency -
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The last 35 years
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Star Wars
in order to stop the Soviets from making it to the moon first Reagan declared to begin operation "Star Wars" defense system -
Western Democracies
Brittain, Portugal, and France are three of the Western Democracies -
Three Communist Countries
Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia are three of the communist countriees -
Bush wins election
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Bill Clinton wins election
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The world trade center bombing
Islamic Fundamentalist terrorist from Al-Qaeda flew planes into the world trade center NYC, The Pentagon in wash DC, and outside of Philadelphia Osama Bin Laden planned the attacks; roghly 3,000 were killed -
Invasion of Iraq
Us and British forces invaded Iraq in march of 2003 -
2008 election
Bush's Vp Dick Cheney did not run for office. Democrat Barrack Obama vs Republican John McCain. Obama won becoming the first black president -
Trump Wins
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Obama ends his term for presidency
after 8yrs of being president Former President obama has finally ended his term and Trump becomes president after the Loooooong election
