There's a fundamental flaw in your initial premise. There was no deregulation under Bush. It's a myth.
Also please note that the Recovery Act ($787 Billion Stimulus) was passed by Obama and the Democrat Congress in February 2009, during the 2009 fiscal year you discuss. Was that factored into your analysis? Yes, the economy was a problem.
The dot.com bubble burst just before Bush came into office, so we had to deal with a recession from the get go. Then 9/11 happened, and we had to deal with that economic hit too. Then things got better for 6 years, and then we got hit with the housing bubble collapsing in 2008.
Can you tell me what Bush / GOP policies may have caused that?
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.