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Harry Truman 1945-1953
Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961
Famous for D-day invasion, Had lots of health issues, People called him Ike, Ran against the person in both elections, Many cold war problems during is terms, Start of CIA doing covert-ops, Ended the Korean conflict, Came up with Nuclear weapons that could be used for defense, Eisenhower Doctrine stated that he will give money to eastern countries, Believed in Laissez-Faire the government should not be huge and powerful, Deported 1 Million illegal Mexican immigrants, Helped desegregate schools, Helped pass the Federal-Aid Highway Act
John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
Very sick through out his whole life, Served in the Navy during WW2, The only Roman Catholic president, Said "Get America Moving again" Abolished federal death penalty, Initiated Project Apollo which was to get the first man to the moon, Create the Peace Corps, Oswald shot Kennedy on Elm street, Talk about the Kennedy assassination and show how it could and couldn't be a conspiracy, Talk about the Kennedy curse, Warren report said that Oswald acted alone and that there was no conspiracy,
Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969
Born August 27, 1908, Congressional inspector of the war in the pacific, Signed Civil Rights Act outlawing racial segregation, increased troops in Vietnam, Ended the New Deal
Richard Nixon 1969-1974
Born January 9,1913, mother was a Quaker, Signed title 9 which banned sexual discrimination in educational benefits, Watergate Scandal 5 men broke into an office of DNC caught while attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents, one of the more greener pesidents, first one to declare a war on drugs
Gerald Ford 1974-1977
Appointed by Nixon,
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