2. WHO IS OBAMA?
• Barrack Hussein Obama II
• Born on August 4, 1961
• 44th and current President of The
United States of America
• First African American to hold the
office
• Raised by single mother, Stanley
Ann Dunham
• Graduate of Columbia University
and Harvard Law School
• Got attention during his 2004
campaign to represent Illinois in
the Unite States Senate
3. What Obama Inherited in 2008 from
Bush?
• Afghanistan and Iraq war
• The great recession of 2008
• Economy growing at just 2% per
annum
• Increase in rate of suicides due
to acute unemployment
• Low standard of medical
facilities
• High fiscal deficit
• No faith of consumers in the
government
6. • He knew that the youth of The USA
is an important asset
•He gave the popular slogan ‘Yes we
can’
•He sought their help to revive the
country’s economic health
7. Obam uni t ed t he whol e
a
nat i on and m anaged t o gai n
t hei r t r ust dur i ng hi s
f i r st r egi me!
8.
9. While his pr edecessor s
init iat ed war s… ended
.he
t hem…
10. How he tackled the economic
crunch:
• Campaigned against the
bankers who were foreclosing
homes
• Campaigned against oil
companies who were
increasing prices in spite of
making huge profits
• Campaigned against wall
street brokers who
manipulated stock prices
• Bail out for banks who were
under huge debt
• Worked hard to make health
care affordable
• Reversed his predecessor’s
pro rich tax policies