Détente and Rapprochement, 1968-Present

Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)

 * Republican
 * VP: Spiro T. Agnew, Gerald R. Ford
 * Major items:
 * "Imperial Presidency"
 * Landing on the moon, July 1969
 * Warren Burger, Chief Justice, 1969
 * Woodstock, August 1969
 * Environmental Protection Agency established, 1970
 * Visit to China, February 1972
 * Visit to theU.S.S.R., May 1972
 * Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT), 1972
 * Henry Kissinger and "shuttle diplomacy," 1973-1975
 * Wounded Knee Massacre, South Dakota, 1973
 * Allende regime in Chile overthrown with help of the CIA, September 1973
 * Agnew resigns, 1973
 * Nixon resigns, 9 August 1974
 * Pentagon Papers, 30 August 1971

Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)

 * Republican
 * First appointed--not elected--President
 * VP: Nelson Rockefeller
 * Major items:
 * Pardons Richard Nixon before charges were even filed
 * OPEC crisis, 1974

Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

 * Democrat
 * VP: Walter Mondale
 * Major items:
 * Panama Canal Treaty signed, September 1977
 * Established diplomatic relations with China and ended recognition of Taiwan
 * Three-Mile Island Incident, March 1979
 * Egypt and Israel peace treaty, Sadat and Begin win the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979
 * Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979 (Rescue attempt kills 8, April 1980)
 * Seizure of Afghanistan by the USSR, 1979
 * "Stagflation" in the econonmy
 * Boycott of Olympics in Moscow to protest invasion of Afghanistan

Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)

 * Republican
 * VP: George H. W. Bush
 * Major items:
 * Iran hostages returned
 * Falkland Islands Crisis, 1982
 * 1500 marines sent to Beirut, 1983; withdraw in 1984
 * Grenada, October 1983
 * Nicaragua, 1984
 * Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court
 * "Supply-side economics"
 * Iran-Contra Hearings, Summer 1987

George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)

 * Republican
 * VP: Dan Quayle
 * Major items:
 * Savings and Loan Scandal, 1990
 * Berlin Wall came down and Germany was reunified
 * Invasion of Panama, 1990
 * Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (the Gulf War), January to August 1992

Bill Clinton (1993-2001)

 * Democrat
 * VP: Al Gore
 * Major items:
 * North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1993
 * Proposes a national health care system, 1993
 * Participates in air strikes in Bosnia, 1994
 * Participates in air strikes in Iraq
 * Participates in air strikes in Serbia, 1999
 * Sex scandal, 1998

George W. Bush (2001-2009)

 * Republican
 * VP: Dick Cheney
 * Major items:
 * Disputed election decided by the Supreme Court
 * "Compassionate Conservative"
 * War on Terror
 * Sends U.S. troops to Afghanistan to overthrow Taliban government
 * Invasion of Iraq
 * Creates Department of Homeland Security, 2002
 * Advocates tax cuts
 * "Jobless" economy recovery
 * Real estate bubble burst
 * Bank bailout
 * Guantánamo Bay and the suspension of habeus corpus
 * Waterboarding and torture of terror suspects
 * Unilateralism
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Barack Obama (2009-2017)

 * Democrat
 * VP: Joe Biden
 * Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton
 * Major items:
 * American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
 * Reduces troops in Iraq but boosts numbers in Afghanistan
 * Orders closing of Guantánamo Bay
 * Renews American committment for international cooperation as opposed to unilateralism
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