HISB31H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Iran Hostage Crisis, Camp David Accords, Presidency Of Ronald Reagan
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Modern american presidents: jimmy carter (1976-1980, ronald reagan (1980-1988, george h. w. Bush (1988-1992: bill clinton (1992-2000, george w. bush (2000-2008, barack obama (2008-2016) If you are a member of the liberal, you must vote for the liberal party unless the party leader makes a free vote. Independent voters: one can have a caucus within the party. Gerald r. ford (president, 1974-1977: was boring; was always made fun of by the media (i. e. chevy chase/saturday. Night live); was not memorable: was never in a national election until 1976 until he lost to jimmy carter. Presidential election of 1976: gerald r. ford, jimmy carter. Jimmy carter (president, 1976-1980: the democrats occupied both the senate and the house of representatives so he was able to get things passed through congress, war in iran. Got leaders of his party and agreed to peace in the middle east. Took 148 days to get the hostages released. 489 electoral votes (50. 8% of the vote: jimmy carter.
