Obama's Presidency

By jpletsch

  • Election

    Barack Obama was elected President defeating John McCain with 365 Electoral votes and won 52.9% of the popular vote.
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    Obama's Presidency

  • Inauguration

    President Obama was sworn into office with the Bible that Abraham Lincoln was Inaugurated with commemorating his 200th birthday.

  • Guantanamo Bay

    Issues Executive Order to shut down Guantanamo Bay but it did not get shut down.

  • Greenhouse Gases

    Obama passed a bill that put new restrictions on factories and power plant in an attempt to limit greenhouse gas production.

  • Hate Crime Act

    Obama passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act allowing more federal investigation on hate crimes and expands hate crimes to gender, sexual orientaion, and disability.

  • Nobel Peace Prize

    Wins Nobel Peace Prize

  • Obamacare

    Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act allowed for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to be amended.

  • NASA

    Obama announced that human space exploration will be happening again and try to travel to Mars.

  • Wall Street Reform

    The Wall Street Reform was signed by Obama to try and protect investors money and avoid another crash in the economy.

  • Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act

    Obama repeals the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Act allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the Armed Forces.

  • 2011 State of the Union Address

    Obama states that he would like to innovate education. He also says that he would like to cut out tax breaks for oil companies and tax the wealthy more. He also promises over 1 million electric cars will be on the road by 2015.

  • Obama's Birth Certificate

    The White House releases Obama's birth certificate to end the rumors.

  • Iraq Withdrawl

    Announces that the troops in Iraq will be home by December 31.

  • Opinion on Same Sex Marriage

    Obama openly states his support for same- sex marriage after changing opinion several times.

  • Election

    Obama is elected to his second term defeating Mitt Romney

  • Inauguration

    Obama has his second Inauguration where his main focus was to speak about same sex marriage.