#44 Barack Obama- First African-American President

#44 Barack Obama- First African-American President

Obama was a Community Organizer (1985-1988) before attending Harvard Law School (1988-1991). He gained national recognition becoming the first black President of Harvard Law review which helped lead him to a publishing contract where he wrote his personal memoirs.

He went on to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago (1992-2004) where he also served as a member of the Senate ((1997-2004) before becoming the Senator of Illinois (2005-2008).

2009;

• Obama becomes the 44th President and first African-American President of the United States at the age of 47. Joe Biden is his V.P.
• Obama announces that companies receiving large amounts of federal bailout money through the TARP, must cap top executive pay at $500,000
• Obama nominates the first Hispanic to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor
• Obama signs the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
• Obama signs an Economic Stimulus Bill into Law
• Obama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

2010;

• Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) into law
• BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes

DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL RIG EXPLODES

OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

• Obama signs the compromise tax plan, extending the Bush tax cuts

2011;

• U.S. forces track down Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, killing him in a raid.

PAKISTANI MEDIA AND RESIDENTS GATHER AROUND THE HOUSE BIN LADEN WAS HIDING IN

• Government backed solar company Solyndra files for bankruptcy
• Libyan leader Muammar Qaddaffi is killed

2012;

• Supreme Court starts hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act
• Supreme Court upholds key part of Arizona law allowing police to ask about immigration status dealing a blow to Obama and the Federal government’s lawsuit.
• The U.S consulate and annex in Benghazi, Libya are attacked by terrorists where the American ambassador Stevens and three other Americans are killed.

2013;

• Obama wins a 2nd term
• The No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 is signed into law
• The Violence Against Women Act is signed into law
• Freedom Tower (One World Trade Center) is completed

FREEDOM TOWER

• Terrorists plant bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon

BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING

• Tornado rips through the town of Moore, Oklahoma

MOORE TORNADO AFTERMATH

• Obama announces he will seek congressional approval to use military force against Syria for their use of chemical weapons
• The Continuing Appropriations Act is signed into law containing a continuing resolution ending the US government shutdown of 2013 and the debt-ceiling crisis of 2013
• Obama overseas the G20 summit

2014;

• Obama issues an executive order raising the minimum wage of federal contractors
• Russian military intervention in Ukraine
• Financial sanctions imposed against “‘individuals and entities’ responsible for the Russian intervention in Crimea
• Obama attends the Nuclear Security Summit in the Netherlands
• The Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act signed into law
• Obama announces the authorization of targeted airstrikes against ISIS near Erbil, Iraq

AIRSTRIKES NEAR IRAQ

• U.S. and allied forces begin an airstrike in Syria

AIRSTRIKES BY ALLIED FORCES IN SYRIA

• Obama announces the nation will resume normal relations with communist controlled Cuba

2015;

• Obama meets with United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron to discuss Iran, ISIS, and the terrorism of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, France.
• Obama vetoes the Keystone XL pipeline bill passed by congress
• Supreme Court declares same-sex marriage legal
• Obama delivers a speech on the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama on the 50th anniversary of the Civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH MARCHING

• Obama delivers a memorial speech and lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

OBAMA LAYING A WREATH AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

• Obama announces a nuclear deal with Iran
• Obama discusses climate change at the United Nations conference in Paris, France
• Two heavily armed terrorists attack a Christmas Party in San Francisco, California

SUSPECTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SHOOTING GUNNED DOWN

2016;

• Obama signs Judicial Redress Act of 2015
• Obama signs Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 into law
• Obama hosts the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit
• Obama visits Flint, Michigan to address the city’s water crisis

Famous Quotes:

“The strongest weapon against hateful speech, is not repression, it’s more speech”

“The best way to not feel helpless, is to get up and do something”

“Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing”