new blog assignment: WWII Veterans
Truman; took over after FDR, very unpopular president, WWII-ended war, used atomic bomb, created CIA, desegregated U.S. military, helped organize the UN, Fair Deal, fired MacArthur
Harry Truman
Truman was vice-president for 3 months for FDR. Took over in 1945 when FDR died. He was one of the most unpopular presidents of all time. (22% ending.) Was president when WW2 ended with Germany and Japan.
Potsdam Conference/ Declaration. (German consequences/Japan's surrender or else face destruction)
Decided to use atomic bomb against Japan. Known for atomic bombs.
President that helped set up united nations.
Introduced the Fair Deal. (Similar to the New Deal.) This deal was for health care...aimed to help common person and to get the economy back on track. Truman had to deal with the transition from wartime to peacetime economy. He faced alot of opposition from Southern Democrats and Republicans and that's why alot of his proposals did not get passed. The Fair Deal aimed to help: Civil Rights,Housing, Social Security, Minimum Wage, Health, Labor, Education, Agriculture.
Took a hard line stance against communism and Soviet Union-Policy of Containment.
He recognized Israel as a country(a homeplace for Jewish people).. countries surrounding Israel do not like Israel. They feel like they came in and took their land. Land was known as Palestine before they came in. He got US involved in Vietnam by giving aid to France.
Passed Truman Doctrine.(Greece and Turkey about had people take over their land so we sent in stuff to help them.)
Marshall Plan was passed.
NATO estabolished.
Created CIA and national Security Council.
His inaugeration was the first to be viewed on tv.
He desegregated the military.
Election-Dewey lost because he was a little more friendlier to people. People who supported Truman mostly did not have phones to answer who they would vote for.
He got US involved in Vietnam by giving aid to France. (how we started in the war.)
Eisenhower; WWII general, had Crohn's disease and had a minor stroke during presidency, came up with plan of Bay of Pigs, promised he would end the Korean War, Eisenhower doctrine; aid help to communist countries
Dwight Eisenhower(1953-1961)34th president
WW2 General. Joined Republican party after WW2. This gauranteed him to win in the 1953 election.
had nixon as his vice-president. His platform was to not let communism
Diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and had a minor stroke while president.
CIA became nicer in late 1970's.
Ended Korean Conflict.
Created Eisenhower Doctrine-we will help you if you combat the communists.
Federal Aid Highway Act-help evacuate cities in case of an attack.
U2 Spy plane was shot down in Russia.
Made Nuclear weapons.
He was anti-immigration.
Kennedy "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
youngest president ever ELECTED
not fan of Communism
assasinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
CIA helped Ba'ath Party come to power.. overthrow communists in Iraq.. Saddam Hussein led.. helped Afghanistan from communists
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963-Banning the testing of nuclear weapons above ground
"I am a Berliner Speech"
The New Frontier.. promised federal funding for 1:education 2:medical care for the elderly 3:economic aid to rural regions 4:government intervention to halt the recession 5:end racial discrimination
Peace Corps was establish in 1951.. volunteer to help in underdeveloped nations with education, farming, health care, and construction
Equal Pay Act 1963.. federal law based on sex
KENNEDY ASSASINATION
sits in back seat w/ wife..
Mannlicher-Carcan Rifle
Alias- H Lydel
conoli (sp) and his wife in front seat
area called Dealie Plaza
Texas School Book Depository!! now a museum
VP Lydon Johnson was in parade too.. covered him for safetly
Parkland Hospital.. pronounced dead
Took his body back to Maryland even though they weren't supposed to
Johnson and Kennedy didn't get along very well
Lee Harvey Oswald-in the marines.. not well liked and got out.. had fascination with Cuba and Communism
Defection to the USSR
Married Marina and had baby.. beat wife
After shooting.. leaves rifle, grabs coat, buys coke, gets to appartment downtown, changed clothes, grabs handgun, starts walking around town.. Oswald kills JD Tippit first, goes to Texas Theatre..... fake pictures
Magic BUllet Theory: went in through back.. took 180 turn.. came out of throat area.. hit other dude (very unlikely)
conspiracies came out of this
nixon was paranoid person.. 1960 election where kennedy beat nixon (close)
Lyndon Johnson 1963-1969
democrat
blowout in his favor (64 election)
put together Warren Commission to injestigate JFK assassination
Civil RIghts Act of 1964-racial segregation (changed the black ppl to vote for republicans)
Voting Rights Acts (65)-blacks to vote
affirmation action laws
Immigration Act of 1965-non European ppl to immigrate
The Great Society:
Johnson's plan to:
aid education
attack disease
Medicare and Medicaid
urban renewal
beautification, conservation, development and depressed regions
war on poverty
control and prevention of crime
removal of obstacles to the right to vote
(similar to FDR's new deal)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965-money to public schools and focus on poor schools
Higher Education Act of 1965-funding lower income students (grants, work-study money, gov. loans)
National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endownment fot the Arts
Economic Opportunity Act-Head start, food stamps, Work Study, Medicare, Medicaid
Gun Control Act of 1968-regulates firearms industry and owners
believed Domino Theory so we step in
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964).. wage war as he saw fit
Vietnam issues is why he didn't run again
Richard Nixon (R) 37th 1969-1974
vice prez of eisenhower
lost in 60 election to JFK
resigned from office
only prez to be both vice and prez (elected)
held office in executive branch than anyone else
easied our relations with communist china
treaty w/ Soviet leader to reduce nuclear stockpiles (SALT)
got soviet union out of the middle east
"The Law and Order President"
SIlent Majority needs to speak up
Vietnam War dominated
Promised to get them out of the war-not til after second election
we bombed North Vietnam but couldn't invade b/c china and ussr above
Expanded war to Cambodia and Laos-bombing Ho Chi Minh Trail
pulled troops out and have "peace with honor"
First "green" president
Natinal Environment Policy Act
Clean Air Act of 1970
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Government Agencies:
Environmental Protection Agency
Occuupational Safety and Health
War on Drugs 1971
Supplemental Security Income--money to low income people (65+) disable and blind
large scale integration in south
affirmative action
Signed Title XI (72) prohibiting gender discrimination in school
Equal Employment Opportunity Act-enforces laws agasint workplace discrimination baseed on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, perceived intelligence, disablility
legalized abortion
US landed on moon
approved development of NASA's Space Shuttle program
talked to Mao Zedong and Chou En-lai (china)
official China recognized
SALT I was passed when visit Soviet Union
Anit-Ballistic Missile Treaty
"peaceful co-existance" with USSR
supported Israel in Yom Kippur War (attacked by Egypt and Syria)
lower speed limit to 55
took US off gold standard
1973 oil crisis b/c we supported Israel
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