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15 Cards in this Set
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Harry S. Truman |
April 1945-1949 Democrat Previously FDR died of brain aneurism and Truman was his V.P. so he took over. End of WWII in Europe. Decision to drop bombs on Japan. VJ Day. Start of the Cold War. |
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Harry S. Truman
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1949- January 1953 Vice President: Barkley, Allen W. Truman Doctine (Turkey and Greece) Beeline Crisis, Berlin Airlift, Division of Greece. Marshall Plan. Korean War Starts. Dewey defeats Truman Dewey was way ahead 2nd election. |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Jan 1953- Jan 1961 Republican Vice President: Richard M. Nixon Korean War. Brown v Board of Education. Arms Race begins. National Interstate and Defense Act (highways). Suez Canal Crisis. Eisenhower Doctrine. Sputnik launched. Space Program NASA. Domino Theory. Military Industrial Complex. |
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John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy
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January 20, 1961- November 23, 1963
First Lady: Jacqueline Kennedy Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson The start of New Liberalism in the U.S. Defeats Nixon. First televised debates. Bay of Pigs Invasion (La Brigada, Paper Tiger). Cuban Missile Crisis (Brinkmanship). Peace Corp-Spread Democracy. Affirmative Action. Marilyn Monroe??? Assassinated (Lee Harvy Oswald). Jack Ruby. Zapruder Film. |
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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November 22, 1963-1965 Warren Commission Report. The Great Society (Liberal Policy). War on Poverty. Job Corp. Medicare and Medicaid. Civil Rights Movement. Civil Rights Act. 24th Amendment (poll tax). Voting Rights Act of 1965. Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers Union. |
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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1965- Jan 20, 1969 Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey (1964) American Indian Movement (AIM). Vietnam War: Tonkin Gulf Resolution, Anti-War Protests, and Tet Offensive. |
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Richard M. Nixon
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Jan 20, 1969-1973 Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew Republican. First Moon Landing. Kent State/Jackson State Massacre. Trip to China (Ping Pong Diplomacy). OPEC Oil Embargo (oil producing export countries). Pentagon Papers Released. Roe v Wade. SALT I. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). |
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Richard M. Nixon
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1973-Aug 9, 1974 Vice President: Gerald R. Ford Title IX. Watergate Investiagtion (begins second term in office). Spiro Agnew/ Gerald Ford-VP. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. (journalists). Watergate Scandal (FBI begins to investigate, C.R.E.E.P. Payoffs for defense and silence, Nixon asks CIA to stop FBI investigation, Deep throat-Mark Felt. Leads to White House. Alexander Butterfield-had a tape recording. Final attempt to stop the investigation "Saturday Night Massacre." Tapes released. Goes public. 18.5 break from Rose Wood. Nixon resigns.) |
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Gerald R. Ford
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Aug 9, 1974- Jan 20, 1977 Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller Nixon Pardon one month into term. Fall of Saigon. Assassination attempts (Lynnette "Squeaky" Fromme, Sara Jane Moore) Swine Flu Outbreak. W.I.N. (Whip Inflation Now). Charles Manson and the Manson Family. |
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Jimmy Carter
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1977-1981 Vice President: Walter F. Mondale Peanut Farmer from GA. Pardon Draft Dodgers. Panama Canal Treaty. Department of Energy. Jonestown Suicides (913). Camp David Accords (Egypt/Israel). Alaskan Pipeline begins operation. Three Mile Island. Soviet's invade Afghanistan. SALT II (not signed by Congress). Iran Hostage Crisis (52 hostages/444 days). 1980 Boycott of the Olympics in Moscow. Billy Carter and Billy Beer. |
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Ronald Reagan
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Jan 20, 1981- Jan 20, 1989 Vice President: George HW Bush The New Right (Conservative). Assassination Tempt-John Hinckley Jr. James Brady was hit. Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court. Invasion of Grenada (Cold War). Space Shuttle Program's/Challenger Disaster. Iran-Contra Affair. Oliver North took the heat for Reagan. Reaganomics/Supply-side Economics. Deregulation of Industries. Trickle Down Economics (Tax Cuts). Strategic Defense Initiative. Credited with winning the Cold War. |
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George H. W. Bush
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Jan 20, 1989- Jan 20, 1993 Vice President: Dan Quayle (potato spelling bee incident). Invasion of Panama. Clarence Thomas Appointment. Operation Desert Storm. Fall of the Berlin Wall. 1992 Elections results 3rd party candidate Ross Perot. |
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Bill Clinton
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1993-2001 Vice President: Albert Gore World Trade Center Bombing. NAFTA. Brady Bill. Oklahoma City Bombing, Timothy McVeigh/Terry Nichols. Whitewater. Kenneth Starr. Paula Jones. Linda Tripp. Monica Lewinsky. Impeachment. |
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George W. Bush
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2001-2009 Vice President: Dick Cheney 9/11. Department of Homeland Security. PATRIOT ACT. War on Terroism. War in Afghanistan. War in Iraq. Katrina. Saddam Hussein. Osama Bin Laden. Economic Crisis. |
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Barack Obama
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2009-Today
First Lady: Michelle Obama Vice President: Joseph R. Biden The Good: Nobel Peace Prize. Bailouts (Auto Industry). Guantanamo Bay Closing (Yet to happen). Healthcare Reform Bill (Obama Care). Haiti Earthquake. BP Oil Spill. Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami. War in Afghanistan withdraw of troops. Killing of Osama Bin Laden. Bad: Attack in Benghazi, Libya. IRS targeting conservative groups. Fast and Furious weapons to Mexico. VA Hospitals mismanaged. Race Relations (Ferguson Baltimore). ISIS. |