An overview of the economic state and government policies during President George Walker Bush's first term.

1. A look at the presidents and political parties from 1981 to 2016. As well
as an overview of the current 2016 election.

2. Table of Contents:
PageTitle: Page Number:
History of US Political Parties 4
Overview of the Parties 5
Democrat 15
Republican 49
Decade Overview 1980 to 1989 84
Ronald Wilson Reagan 90
President Profile 91
President Reagan’s First Term 95
Domestic Events 96
International Events 102
Economic Overview 108
Policies 118
President Reagan’s Second Term 149
Domestic Events 150
International Events 156
Economic Overview 162
Policies 172
Presidential Pros & Cons 183
PageTitle: Page Number:
Decade Overview 1990 to 1999 188
George Herbert Walker Bush 194
President Profile 195
Domestic Events 199
International Events 205
Economic Overview 211
Policies 221
Presidential Pros & Cons 245

3. Table of Contents:
PageTitle: Page Number:
William Jefferson Clinton 250
President Profile 251
President Clinton’s First Term 255
Domestic Events 256
International Events 262
Economic Overview 268
Policies 278
President Clinton’s Second Term 298
Domestic Events 299
International Events 305
Economic Overview 311
Policies 321
Presidential Pros & Cons 334
PageTitle: Page Number:
Decade Overview 2000 to 2009 339
George Walker Bush 345
President Profile 346
President Bush’s First Term 350
Domestic Events 351
International Events 357
Economic Overview 363
Policies 373
President Bush’s Second Term 400
Domestic Events 401
International Events 407
Economic Overview 413
Policies 423
Presidential Pros & Cons 435

4. Table of Contents:
PageTitle: Page Number:
Decade Overview 2010 to 2016 441
Barack Hussein Obama II 446
President Profile 447
President Obama’s First Term 451
Domestic Events 452
International Events 458
Economic Overview 464
Policies 474
President Obama’s Second Term 497
Domestic Events 498
International Events 504
Economic Overview 510
Policies 520
Presidential Pros & Cons 537
PageTitle: Page Number:
Presidential Election 2016 543
Republican Candidate Profile 544
Democrat Candidate Profile 548
Candidates on the Issues 552
Work Cited 578

6. Decade Overview:
2000
• The dot-com bubble burst
• Vladimir Putin is elected
2001
• 9/11 terrorist attack leaves
3,000 dead
• Wikipedia is launched
2002
• The Euro enters circulation
• The deadliest act of terrorism in
Indonesia
2003
• The invasion of Iraq
• The Human Genome Project is
completed
2004
• Indian Ocean earthquake kills a
quarter of a million
• Facebook is launched
Compiled by author from: futuretimeline.net

7. Decade Overview:
2005
• Hurricane Katrina floods New
Orleans
• YouTube is launched
2006
• Saddam Hussein is executed
• TheWest African black rhino is
declared extinct
2007
• Global economic downturn
• Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in
Pakistan
2008
• Worst financial crisis since the
Great Depression
• Scientists extract images
directly from the brain
2009
• Obama is sworn in as 44th
president of the USA
• Water is discovered on the
Moon
Compiled by author from: futuretimeline.net

8. President from 2001 to 2009.
“Dealing with Congress is a matter of give and take.The president
doesn't get everything he wants, the Congress doesn't get everything
they want. But we're finding good common ground. A dictatorship
would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.”

9. Profile:
Born: July 6, 1946,
in New Haven,
Connecticut
1975: Received an
MBA from
Harvard Business
School
1977: He marries
Laura Welch
1988: Worked for
his father's
presidential
campaign
1994: Becomes
the governor of
Texas
2000: Wins the
presidential
elections
2003: Invades Iraq
2004: Reelected
president
Compiled by author from: shmoop.com

11. Domestic Events:
2001:
• China-US incident
• 9/11Terrorist Attracts
• Anthrax attacks by mail
• The first attack in theWar
onTerrorism
2002:
• TheWinter Olympics are
hosted in Salt Lake City,
Utah
• The US State Department
issues its report in the War
onTerror
2003:
• Space Shuttle Columbia
explodes overTexas
• TheWar in Iraq begins
• Saddam Hussein is
captured
2004:
• Mars rover confirms their
was once water on Mars
• The groundbreaking for
the FreedomTowers
• Bush wins reelection
Compiled by author from: americasbesthistory.com

12. International Events:
2001:
•Euro enters circulation
•Beijing selected for 2008 Olympics
•Friendship Treaty singed
•Syria Troops withdraw from Beirut
2002:
•NATO expands by seven countries
• East Timor declares independence
• Israelis raid refugee camps
• Switzerland joins UN
2003:
•Libya agreed to give up nuclear,
biological and chemical weapons
•China sends first astronaut into orbit
•SARS epidemic in china kills
hundreds
•Yugoslavia renamed as Serbia and
Montenegro
2004:
•Tsunami in south east Asia kills
thousands
•World court rules against Israeli
barrier
•Roof collapses at airport in France
•Madrid bombing
Compiled by author from: endmemo.com

13. Economic
Overview:
An overview of the economic
state of the country during
President Bush’s first term.
Images from: Google Images

14. Gross Domestic Product:
$12.68
$12.91
$13.27
$13.77
2001 2002 2003 2004
Real GDP
(Trillion of US Dollars):
1.0%
1.8%
2.8%
3.8%
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
4.0%
2001 2002 2003 2004
Real GDP Growth Rate
Compiled by author from: thebalance.com

15. Debt:
54.73%
56.40%
58.44%
59.83%
50.0%
52.0%
54.0%
56.0%
58.0%
60.0%
62.0%
2001 2002 2003 2004
Government Debt to GDP:
$5.81
$6.23
$6.78
$7.38
2001 2002 2003 2004
National Debt
(Trillions of US Dollars):
Compiled by author from: polidiotic.com & fred.stlouisfed.org

16. Investment:
$146.80
$179.55
$197.16
$378.13
2001 2002 2003 2004
Foreign Direct Investment
(Billion of US Dollars):
-13.00%
-23.40%
26.40%
9.00%
-30.00%
-20.00%
-10.00%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
2001 2002 2003 2004
S&P 500 Index Annual Returns:
Compiled by author from: indexmundi.com & forecast-chart.com

17. Employment:
139.22
138.81
140.08
141.57
2001
2002
2003
2004
Total Employed Persons
(Millions):
Compiled by author from: knoema.com & fred.stlouisfed.org
4.7%
5.8%
6.0%
5.5%
4.5%
4.7%
4.9%
5.1%
5.3%
5.5%
5.7%
5.9%
6.1%
2001 2002 2003 2004
Unemployment Rate:

18. Inflation & Interest Rate:
Compiled by author from: thebalance.com & data.worldbank.org
1.6%
2.4%
1.9%
3.3%
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
4.0%
2001 2002 2003 2004
Inflation Rate:
4.54%
3.09%
2.09%
1.55%
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
4.0%
4.5%
5.0%
2001 2002 2003 2004
Interest Rate:

19. Confidence & Ownership:
100.38 100.33
100.21
101.03
2001 2002 2003 2004
Consumer Confidence
Indicator:
Compiled by author from: fred.stlouisfed.org
67.8%
67.9%
68.3%
69.0%
66.5%
67.0%
67.5%
68.0%
68.5%
69.0%
69.5%
70.0%
2001 2002 2003 2004
Home Ownership Rate:

20. Exports & Imports:
$1.01
$0.98
$1.02
$1.16
2001
2002
2003
2004
Exports Of Goods & Services
(Trillions of US Dollars):
$1.37
$1.40
$1.51
$1.77
2001
2002
2003
2004
Imports Of Goods And Services
(Trillions of US Dollars):
Compiled by author from: knoema.com

21. Policies:
Policies that were created during
President Bush’s first term.
Images from: Google Images

22. Domestic and Foreign Policy:
In response to 9/11,
the Bush
administration felt
its primary
responsibility was
to protect America
from another attack
Compiled by author from: whitehouse.gov

23. Domestic Policy:
2x the child tax
credit
Incentivized
retirement savings
Phased out federal
estate taxes
All income brackets
received a tax cut
Senate Democrats forced a
compromise that reduced the final tax
cut to $1.35 trillion and set up the tax
cuts to expire in 2011
Taxes
Bush’s proposed a tax plan that called for a $1.6 trillion
reduction in taxes
Compiled by author from: millercenter.org

24. Domestic Policy:
TheTax Cuts Were to Stimulate the Economy:
The cuts would give people and businesses more
money to reinvest
This would lead to economic growth
In the long term, actually
increase the taxable income
Taxes
Compiled by author from: millercenter.org

25. Domestic Policy:
The No Child Left Behind Act:
Expanded federal funding for
education
Allowed more freedom for
localities to spend federal funds
Set federal standards for school
achievement
Encouraged more freedom of
choice between private and
public schools
Mandated that 100% of US
children must have basic
reading and math skills by the
2013-2014 school year
Literally- no child was to be left
behind
Schools that failed to meet the
standards were offered help
However, continued failings to
make the established goals,
would mean penalization
Education
Compiled by author from: millercenter.org

26. Domestic Policy:
Medicare Modernization Act of 2003:
Prescription Drugs:
Creates a prescription drug benefit for Medicare
beneficiaries and establishes a new Medicare
Advantage program to replace the
Medicare+Choice program
The prescription drug benefit
is voluntary and beneficiaries
would pay a monthly
premium after enrolling
The MedicareAdvantage
program establishes
payments based on a system
of bids and benchmarks
• It provides billions of dollars in
subsidies to insurance companies
and health maintenance
organizations
• Takes the first step toward
allowing private plans to compete
with Medicare
In
addition:
Medicare
Compiled by author from: millercenter.org & royce.house.gov

27. Domestic Policy:
The Partial-Birth
Abortion Ban Act of
2003
A law prohibiting a form
of late-term abortion
called "partial-birth
abortion”
An intact dilation and
extraction of the fetus
Social
Compiled by author from: caselaw.findlaw.com

28. Foreign Policy:
In response to 9/11:
Bush declared a new approach to
foreign policy: “Our war on terror
begins with al Qaeda, but it does
not end there. It will not end
until every terrorist group of
global reach has been found,
stopped, and defeated.”
After declaring a new foreign
policy in a speech, the remarks
matured into the Bush Doctrine
Compiled by author from: millercenter.org

29. Foreign Policy:
The
Doctrine’s
3 Points
The US would strike an
enemy nation or
terrorist group before
they had a chance to
attack
The US would act alone
if necessary to defend
itself either at home or
abroad
Is to spread democracy
and freedom around
the world, focusing on
concepts such as free
markets, free trade,
and individual liberty
Bush
Doctrine
Compiled by author from: millercenter.org

30. Foreign Policy:
• Bush justifies his executive actions citing Article II of the US Constitution
• This section outlines the powers of the President as commander in chief as well as legal
authorizations passed by Congress
• After 9/11 Bush’s approval rating rose to 90%- the highest recorded job-approval
rating in US presidential history
9/11

31. Foreign Policy:
President Bush decided to
respond decisively with
troops in Afghanistan to
defeat theTaliban and al
Qaeda
Congress passed a joint
resolution authorizing the
use of force against those
responsible, and Bush
signed it on September 18
On October 7, the US
began air strikes in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Compiled by author from: millercenter.org

32. Foreign Policy:
Connect the US
Special Forces with
CIA teams to clear the
way for conventional
troops
Mount a massive air
campaign against al
Qaeda andTaliban
targets and conduct
humanitarian
airdrops
Ground troops are to
enter the country and
work with Afghan
forces to hunt down
remainingTaliban
and al Qaeda fighters
American troops are
to stabilize the
country
Afghanistan
“Operation Enduring Freedom” consists of Four Phases:
Compiled by author from: millercenter.org

33. Foreign Policy:
Two controversial
policies after 9/11 are:
The administration’s
treatment of captured
prisoners
Domestic surveillance
Interrogation &
Surveillance
Compiled by author from: millercenter.org

34. Foreign Policy:
• Bush’s administration also authored legal memos justifying enhanced
interrogation
• For those accused of fighting against the US in the war on terror
• These methods included:
• Sleep deprivation, slapping, waterboarding, and subjecting prisoners to cold
Interrogation &
Surveillance

35. Foreign Policy:
• The most expansive and effective initiative to bring relief to foreign nations was
Bush’s policy to fight HIV/AIDS
• Bush’s first step in fighting the disease was to make a commitment of $200 million
to the UN Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS
• In 2002, Bush concluded that the Global Fund was not sufficiently responding to
the AIDS crisis
Foreign Aid

36. Foreign Policy:
• The President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR/Emergency Plan) was an
initiative to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic
• The program initially aimed to provide antiretroviral treatment (ART) to 2 million
HIV-infected people, to prevent 7 million new infections
• PEPFAR has been called the largest health initiative ever initiated by one country
to address a disease
Foreign Aid

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