PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS & SCANDALS

THE ELECTION OF 1968

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

• Richard Nixon
• Ronald Reagan
• George Romney
• Nelson Rockefeller

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• Eugene McCarthy- anti war
• Hubert Humphrey
• Robert Kennedy- anti war
• George McGovern- anti war
• http://www.history.com/topics/robert-f-kennedy/videos/the-assassination-of-...

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ELECTION OF 1968

• R- Nixon "restore law and order"
• D- Humphrey- Wanted to scale back in Vietnam, seen as LBJ's step in.
• I- Wallace- Won primarily in the south

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WATERGATE - NIXON'S RESIGNATION

IRANIAN EMBASSY TAKEOVER

• November 4, 1979
• Iranian students attacked the U.S. embassy in Tehran
• They held more than 60 hostages

IRAN - CONTRA SCANDAL

• August 1985 - March 1987
• The Contras
• Selling parts to Iran
• Aiding the rebellion

PRESIDENT REAGAN AND END OF THE COLD WAR

• President Reagan 40th president.
• Cold War

CLINTON'S TECHNO-REVOLUTION

• Bill Clinton lies to the jury.

ELECTION OF 2000

INVASION OF IRAQ

ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA