Today we started presentations on the Presidents.
Dwight Eisenhower
- Background
- Born October 14, 1890 in Denison Texas to David and Ida Eisenhower
- Joined his father and uncle at Bell Springs Creamery after High School
- 1911-Went to US Military Academy in West Point (free of charge)
- Graduated at the top of his class
- After graduation, he was stationed in Texas
- Met Mamie Geneva Doud
- Fought in WW1
- Famous General in WW2
- 1929 – appointed chief military leader
- Elections Involved In
- WE WILL COME BACK TO
- Top Ten Accomplishments that Impacted the US
- Kept America at peace
- Ended Korean war
- Paid off debt
- Sponsored and signed the Highway Act of 1956, Civil Rights Bill of 1957, Housing Amendments of 1955
- Brown vs School Board of Topeka Kansas – Started to end segregation in schools
- Popularity
- WE WILL COME BACK TO
- Summary of Legacy
- Proposed a peaceful solution for a war-ravaged world to give everyday citizens of different countries the opportunity to meet and to gain friendship and knowledge.
JFK- Background: born May 1917 in Brooklyn Mass.; 3 bros 5 sisters; attended many grade schools; moved to Bronx; Sept. 1936 enrolled at Harvard, varsity swim, traveled overseas many times; medically unfit for Army due to back problems, received Navy and Marine Corps medal, returned to US in 1944, honorably discharged, received purple heart; 1946 James Michael Curley vacated his seat and Kennedy took it; Beat Henry Cabot Lodge III, given Catholic Last Rites, reelected in 1958 in large margin;
- Elections: 1956, ran for vice, lost; Democratic 1960= closest election in history against Richard Nixon, JFK won popular and electoral, but Nixon won more states; first roman catholic pres, youngest, first pres to be born in 20th century; "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country; shot in Dallas and killed, buried in Arlington National Cemetery
- Top Ten: first catholic pres; called Americans to serve their country; establishment of the Peace Corps; diverted nuke war w/USSR and Cuba; committed to landing man on the moon, which happened under LBJ; nuke test ban treaty; area redevelopment act; laws against segregation; promoted the arts; prohibited discrimination in the sale or lease of housing that was financed by federal loans or owned by federal government
- Popularity Rating: considered #1; 90% approve of the job he did
- Legacy: left an unfinished life
- many conspiracies about what actually happened, and who killed hi
LBJ- Background
- Born August 27, 1902
- Parents - Sam and Rebekah
- Attended Southwest State Teacher's College in 1930
- Firsthand look at poverty
- Had 2 kids
- 1931 Congressional Secretary
- Wife was Claudia (Went by Ladybird)
- Elected to House of Reps.
- Re-Elected 5 times
- Failed to secure a Senate Seat
- 1948: Elected to Senate
- Youngest ever to serve as minority leader at age 44
- Became Senate majority leader
- Elections
- 1964
- Presidential vs Barry Goldwater
- Landslide win
- South became Republican and North became Democrat
- 1964
- Top Ten Accomplishments
- Established National Endowment for Humanities and Arts
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Voting Rights Act
- Civil Rights Act
- Medicare/Medicaid
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Higher Education Act
- immigration act of 1965
- presided over first manned flight to the moon with Apollo 8
- Thurgood Marshall
- Vietnam War Stalement
Popularity
- Won presidential election popular vote by 15 million
- Lost rating was during Vietnam war
Richard Nixon
- Background
- wasn't raised in a rich family
- was a football player
- had 4 brothers
- went to Whittier college and then went to duke
- Served in navy
- was vp to Eisenhower
- Ran for president and lost to Kennedy
- One of the most green presidents
- First president to declare war on drugs
- Presided over lunar landings beginning with apollo 11
- eased tensions between us and soviets
- deescalated vietnam war
Watergate scandal
- Break in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters
- Nixon tried to cover up involvement
- He bugged the offices of political opponents
- Harassed activists groups
- Used CIA to block FBI investigation
Legacy
- Forever known because of watergate and only President to resign
Harry Truman
- Last president to not have a college education
- had poor eye sight
- never got a college degree
- poor as a child
- Was a district judge
- was in the senate
- was supposed to lose election but won
- Two people tried to assassination Truman
- Approval rating dropped over time
- lowest approval rating out of a president ever
- Will be known as the president that ended ww2
Gerald Ford
- born leslie lynch Kane mother divorced and changed his name to Gerald ford
- Born in Omaha
- Star football player
- Played at Michigan5
- Cut unemployment
- reduced crime
- created more jobs
- Survived two assignation attempts
- helped farmers
Jimmy Carter
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