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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Current Events

People to Know

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GERALD 
​FORD

MICHIGAN
​​​​(POTUS 1974-1977)​
  • only president to never be elected to the position
  • popularity drops after he pardons Richard Nixon for Watergate​
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JIMMY 
​
CARTER

GEORGIA
​​​​(
POTUS 1977-1981)​
  • criticized for his return of the Panama Canal Zone
  • last year in office was marked by the takeover of the American embassy in Iran, fuel shortages, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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AYATOLLAH 
​
KHOMEINI

IRAN
​​​​(
1902-1989)
  • Shiite religious leader of Iran who led the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran and ordered the invasion of the US Embassy.
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RONALD REAGAN

CALIFORNIA
​​​​(POTUS 1981-1989)​
  • helped lead a resurgence of conservatism in American politics
  • created the Strategic Defense Initiative nicknamed "Star Wars".
  • meetings with Gorbachev were the first steps to ending the Cold War.
  • took responsibility for the Iran-Contra Affair which traded hostages for arms.

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SANDRA DAY 
O'CONNOR

ARIZONA
(o. 
1981-2006)
  • first female Supreme Court Justice
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MIKHAIL 
​
GORBACHEV

SOVIET UNION
​​​​(1985-1991)
  • Soviet leader whose domestic policy of glasnost and perestroika lead to major reforms that helped weaken communism and lead to the fall of the Soviet Union.
  • foreign policy and meetings with Reagan helped bring an end to the Cold War.

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GEORGE H.W.  BUSH

TEXAS
​​​​(
POTUS 1989-1993)​
  • president during the end of the Cold War, desolation of the Soviet Union and the Gulf War
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BILL CILNTON

ARKANSAS
​​​​(POTUS 1993-2001)​
  • passed NAFTA trade deal.
  • 2nd president to be impeached after Monica Lewinsky scandal; later acquitted of charges.
  • cut spending, lowered taxes, decreased national debt and balanced the budget in the 2nd largest/longest economic growth in US history.

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GEORGE W.  BUSH

TEXAS
​​​​(
POTUS 2001-2009)​
  • president during 9/11 terrorist attack beginning the War on Terror and the passing of the Patriot Act.
  • labels Iraq, Iran, and the North Korea as the "axis of evil"
  • conducted a preemptive attack starting the Iraq War.
  • popularity drops in his last year due to the beginnings of the Great Recession.
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OSAMA BIN LADEN

AFGHANISTAN
​​​(1957-2011)
  • terrorist leader of al-Qaeda held responsible for attacks of 9/11 and other terrorist attacks.

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BARAK OBAMA

ILLINOIS
​​​​(POTUS 2009-2017)​
  • 1st African-American president of the US.
  • approved the Wall Street bailout preventing US economic collapse.
  • passes the Affordable Care Act nicknamed Obamacare.
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DONALD TRUMP

NEW YORK
​​​​(POTUS 2017-)​
  • re-energizes populism/nationalism in America
  • 3rd president to be impeached after allegations of pressuring a foreign government to interfere on Trump's behalf in the 2020 election; later acquitted of charges.
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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Current Events