| A | B |
| Vietnam | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; public opinion split; Lyndon Johnson; War Powers Act |
| Lyndon B Johnson | War on Poverty; Medicare and Medicaid |
| Richard Nixon | China opened and in UN; Watergate; Detente (better relations with Soviets) |
| Gerald Ford | Nixon's pardon; OPEC flexes muscles |
| Jimmy Carter | Camp David Accords; Iranian Hostage Crisis |
| Ronald Reagan | Trickle-down Economics; lower taxes |
| George H Bush | Desert Storm |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement reduced tariffs between Mexico, Canada and US |
| GATT | General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs controls worldwide commerce |
| William Clinton | Scandal; great economy |
| George W Bush | Iraq War; 9/11; Terrorism War |