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Harry Truman

33^rd president
May 8^th 1884 in Lamar, MO-died December 26^th 1972
Baptist
Married June 28,1919
Piano, avid reader, couldn't afford to go to college
Give Em Hell Harry
Poor eye sight
Ran against Thomas E. Dewey
At the beginning he had 90% popularity and then went down in 1952, right after came back up to 31%
Kind of thrown into presidency
Known for dropping bombs on Nagasaki
“The Buck Stops Here”
Recognized Israel for home place for Jews
“Ended WW2 with the atomic bombs and led us into the cold war”
Fair Deal

Eisenhower

Accomplishments

John F Kennedy

I had him for my presentation. I have all my notes on him.

Kennedy Curse!

The Warren Commission came to the conclusion that Lee H. Oswald killed JFK by himself, no conspiracy

Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)

Sworn in the night of JFK's death
6'4"
1908 in Stonewall Jackson
College at Texas State University
Public speaking
Teacher for public speaking in Texas
one of the 4 people to hold an office of Representative senator vice president and president
Southern Democrat
Didn't always get along with Kennedy
36th president after JFK was assassinated
first and only president to be sworn in on an aircraft and by a girl
gave a speech called "The Great Society" his version of the new deal...describing what he thought should go on.
Civil Rights of 1964- largest civil rights act passed- trying to help all people- no poverty- tried to make people equal - segregation laws
Vietnam- as soon as he was president the number of troops sent over spiked. Gulf of Tonken Res.
Approval rate when down throughout ... Vietnam made it drop.. when he announced he wasn't going to run again it spiked up
Died of a heart attack- said to have smoked 60 cigarettes per day
1964- 24th amendment abolished pole tax
Civil rights acts
- Affirm of action laws- required businesses to higher a certain percent of minorities and colleges to accept them
Immigration Act- opened doors
Brown VS. Board- segregation

Richard Nixon

poor as a child
Jan 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, CA
Full scholarship to Duke Law schools
married in 1940
Office of Price Administration
Joined the Navy until 1946
Joined House of Rep. 1946
Went after Communist
US senator in 1950
Nick named "Tricky Dick"
VP under Eisenhower
Gave "Checkers Speech"- disproved using the governments money to buy personal things
Kitchen Debate in Soviet Union
First ran against Kennedy in 1960-lost
1968 ran against Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace
- Slogan "Calm a midst the storm"
37th president
1972 ran against George McGovern
- won with 20 million more votes
- landslide win
- CREEP- helped him win
Founded EPA- protects environment (air water and marine)
Desegregation of schools
Apollo 11 astronauts
Passed 26th amendment- allowed over 18 to vote
Signed Title 9- civil rights for women- college and high school
Took down organized Crime
Vietnamization 1969-72
Visited China- reduce tension, helped us get allied a bit more.. started recognizing communist china
1973- Yom Kippur War
Watergate scandal- June 1972 Burglars caught in Watergate complex- they broke in and bugged phones and it was the headquarters of the DMC headquarters. Nixon claimed involvement..CIA tried to stop FBI from investigating the Watergate.
- Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward investigated the story otherwise it would have blown over

Gerald Ford

Background
- Born July 14, 1913
- Star college football player @ michigan
- served in navy
- died in 2006
Presidential Election
- Took over w/out being voted in
- Ford ran again and lost to Carter in 1979
Achievements
- Economic Policy Board
- Whip Inflation Now - WIN
- Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1974
- Freedom of Info Act
- Privacy Act of 1974
Approval
- Highest and Lowest in 1974
First unelected president

Jimmy Carter

"Not just peanuts but a president for change"
October 1, 1924 Plains, GA
39th president 1976-81
got defeated in re-election
Department of Energy
Department of Education
Brokered the Israel Egypt Treaty
Install Solar panels on the White House
Boycotted the 1980 Olympics- Moscow Russia...
Granted Amnesty to Vietnam draft dodgers
Established diplomatic relations with China
Pushed for comprehensive health care reform
Returned the Panama Canal to Panama
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize after leaving office
Ran against Ford in the 1976 and won
highest popularity in March 1977 (75%) and lowest in June of 1979 (28%)
People didn't like him because economic problems- high gas prices and Iran hostage prices

Ronald Reagan

Iowa, actor, radio broadcast for Iowa football, moved to California
1980 election against Carter and Independent John Anderson
- Won with flying colors
1984 election against Walter Mondale
- Won again
- Walter had a female VP
Shot March 1981 by John Hinckley JR
Reaganomics: referred to as trickle-down economic
inflation and unemployment rates went down from 19.9% to 9.7% during his presidency
Peace through strength
Bipartisan Economic Recovery Tax ACt of 1981
tax reform
PATCO - Professional air traffic controllers organization

George H. W. Bush

Milton, Mass. June 1924
Joined Navy and was the youngest naval aviator of that time
accepted into Yale
Lived in texas
Worked at fathers oil company and then founded his own of shore drilling company
didn't make senate but found his way into house of Rep.
directer of CIA
Reagans VP
1989 elected 41st president of the US
89% approval rate at one time
Addressed the No New Taxes Bill
Read My Lips "No, no , read my lips"
Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban
New Anti-Drug Law
Arms Reduction Agreement
Americans with Disabilities Act
Reauthorized Clean Air Act
Ends Cold and Persian Gulf War
Economy goes south and so does his approval rating

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