Dwight Eisenhower
- born Oct 14th 1890 in Denison Texas
- went to west point
- fought in ww1
- Met his wife Mamie Doud
- never voted
- kept america at peace
- ended Korean war
- balanced budget 3 times
- sponsored, federal aid highway act, civil rights bill, housing amendments
- created interstates in the US
- Brown vs the board of edu
- in Jan 1953 he announced he was republican
- General in ww2
- had 65% average approval rating
- balanced budget
- deported illegal immigrants
JFK
- Born may 29th, 1917 in Brookline, MA
- 3 brothers and 5 sisters
- attended many grade schools
- moved to Bronx
- Went to the choate school for hs years
- enrolled in Harvard
- traveled overseas a lot
- graduated with a bachelor of science
- joined US navy after bein medically unfit for US army
- recieved a navy and marine corps medal
- honorably discharged
- received the purple heart american defense service medal, 3 bronze service stars and the ww2 victory medal
- house of reps 1946-1952
- was in the senate
- ran for vice pres lost
- became pres 1960
- first catholic pres
- youngest pres
- first leader born in the 20th century
- "ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country"
- killed on Friday November 22 1963 at 12:30 pm in Dallas TX
- was there to settle political friction
- killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
who was killed before he got to trial - called for Americans to serve their country
- establishment of the peace corps
- diverted a nuclear war with the soviet union and secured the removal of missiles from Cuba
- committed to landing a man on the moon, his support of space exploration helped make it happen.
Lyndon B Johnson
- Born August 27th, 1908
- elected to the house of reps
- re elected to the house 5 times
- was vice president to JFK
- won 2nd election by a landslide
- established national endowment for the humanities and the nationa endowment for the arts
- golf of tonkin revolution
- voting rights act of 1965
- civil rights act of 1964
- medicare/medicaid
- elementary and secondary education act and higher edu act
Richard Nixon
- born Jan 9th 1913 in Yorba Linda California
- poor family
- 8 years as vice pres for Eisenhower
- ran for president in 60 but lost to JFK
- June 17 1972 break in at the democratic national committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex Nixon administration tried tocover up involvement
- bugged the offices of political opponents
- harassment of activist groups political figures, using the FBI CIA AND IRS
- only pres to resign
- died of stroke in 94
- launched initiatives to fight cancer and illegal drugs
- imposed wage and price controls
- enforced desegregation of southern schools
- introduced legislation to reform
- health care and welfare
- established environmental protection agency (epa) and occupational safety and health administration (osha)
- escalated america's involvement in the vietname war, but subsequently ended us involvement by 1973 through the paris peace accords
- opened diplomatic relations with china in 1972
Jimmy Carter-
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