Carmina topacio biography of barack obama

As the first African-American elected President of the United States, Barack Obama became a pivotal figure in American history even before his inauguration.

But after winning a second term in 2012, his achievements in office have made him one of the most transformative presidents of the past hundred years.

He took office with a country in peril and led it through the Great Recession, two wars, civil unrest, a rash of mass shootings, and changing cultural demographics.

In the 2008 campaign he called for change and eight years later we are living in a more prosperous country because of it.

Here are 28 of President Obama's biggest accomplishments as President of the United States.

1 – Rescued the country from the Great Recession, cutting the unemployment rate from 10% to 4.7% over six years

2 – Signed the Affordable Care Act which provided health insurance to over 20 million uninsured Americans

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