Today we finished up presidential blog discussions.. Then we talked about the killing of Osama Bin Laden was killed. We also assigned our last assigned blog dicussions.
Truman:
He came into office after FDR died. He came into office just before the WWII ended. Truman was re-elected in 1948. He ran up against Dewey. Everyone thought Dewey was going to win, but Truman actually won the election. He knew nothing about the Manhatton Project. He passed the Fair Deal, you can compare it to FDR's New Deal. He strongly supported civil rights (for blacks). Segregation was in play. He supported them. He de-segregated the US military. He created the Truman doctrine which was to stop communism, gave money to Grease and Turkey. Truman fired General MacArthur. People hated him for that. Very unpopular when he left office. There was an assasination.. He passed the Marshall Plan and it helped the economy greatly. Truman was president when the United Nation was in play. Passed the 22rd ammendment, which was only a president could serve no more than 2 terms. No more than 10 years. President that ended WWII. Dropped the A bomb on Japan. He did not want communism to spread so we contained it. He created the CIA and the National Security Council. He got the people involved in the Vietnam War, wanted to help France.
Eisenhower:
He was the 34th president. He chose to go republican. He was the 1st president to lead all 50 states. Stevenson was his opponent. He ended the Korean War. Created NASA. Was a 2 term president. He dealt a lot with the cold war. He was the commander of the allied troops in WWII. He kept America at peace, no nuclear wars. People thought he'd end the cold war but he didnt. Won pretty easily in the election. Had an affair. People trusted him, a huge war hero. The democrats tried to get him to be a democrat but he went to republican. During his presidentcy he had crohns disease and had a minor stroke. Told his VP to be ready. His accomplishments: dominated by the Cold war Containment Policy, also used CIA to do covert-ops to disrupt communist governments. Opened relations with spain. Ended the korean conflict. Started South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO). Increased US involvment in South East Asia. Developed idea that nuclear weapons would be defensive. Started NASA. Allowed McCarthy to do his thing but privately did not approve. (He went after people that were communists) Eisenhower Doctrine: he said that we would help middle eastern countries if they wanted it, against communist. Believed in Laizzes Faire, believed in balanced budget. Deported around 1million illegal immagrants.
JFK:
Was the youngest elected president, 1st roman catholic president, defeated Nixon in one of the closest elections of the 20th century. Started peace corps. 1st president to serve in the 20th century after being born in the the 20 century. Wanted to get us to the moon. Focused on the getting the economy back on track. Assasinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. First presidential televised debates took place this help JFK win the election. Kennedy increased the number of helicopters, military adivisors, and undeclared US special US forces to Vietnam. Wanted to bring peace to the world. Promised education, medical care for the elderly, economic aid to rural regions and government intervention to halt the recession, and wanted to end racial discrimination. July 1969 we landed on the moon.
The assassination: JFK was shot in Dallas Texas.. Lee Harvery Oswald was the guy who shot him. There have been lots of conspiratory theories. They ended up taking him back to DC after he went to the hospital. Lee Harvey Oswald was sniper very good with a gun. He was communist. No one knew he had shot JFK until he shot one of the cops that suspected him. He was arrested for killing JD Tibbit. Jack Ruby was the guy who shot Oswald. He was friends witha lot of the cops.
In the late 1970s they did a bunch research done on the assisanation of JFK. But they found no evidence of a conspiracy.
President Lyndon B. Johnson:
He was JFKs vice president. JFK really didnt care for Johnson. He took over after JFK died. The election was a blow out. He wanted people to know that there would be a nuclear war if they voted for Goldwater.. He used scare tactics to win the election. He put together the Warren Commision to investigate the JFK assassination. Passed civil rights act, outlawed segregation. Passed voting rights act, outlawed dicrimination. Started affirmative action laws. Passed immagration act, which allowed non europeon people to immagrate to the US.
JFK, RFK, MLK were all assassinated in the 1960s.
- Johnson and Veitnam: The Veitnam conflict dominated much of Johnsons presidency. Believed in the domino theory. Wanted to stop communism. The gulf of Tonkin Resolution Congress gave Johnson power to wage war in Vietnam as he saw fit.
Nixon:
Vice President of Eisenhower, lost 1960 election to JFK. The only person to be elected twice to both the Presidency and the VP. Only president to resign from office.
-Accomplishments: Vietnam conflict dominated his presidency. Promised to end the war. Expanded the war to cambodia and Laos bombing HO Chi Minh trail. Started pulling troops out of Vietnam like he promised. The Nixon Doctrine: Vietnamization of the war. Paris Peace Accords signed in 1973 stoped the fighting and got the US out of the war. Nixon was a environmental president. Passed a lot of acts to support african americans. Abortion was legalized during Nixons presidency. US astronaunts landed on the moon (1969). Nixon approved the development of NASAs space shuttle program. 1972 Nixon travels to China where he had direct contanct of Mao Zedong and Chou En-lai. This eased relations with the US and China and China (not Taiwan) was recognized at the official China. Went to Moscow in 1972. Stragetic arms limatation talks (SALT) Anti Ballistic Missile treaty was signed which banned the developement of systems designed to intercept incoming missiles. Nixon lowered the maxium speed limit to 55 mph.
Watergate: 5 burglars broke into the Democratic headquarters. They wanted to find things they could use to embaress them. Find dirt on them. Nixon dowmplayed the scandal and denounced the story as biased and misleading. Nixon was involved by trying to cover up the break in and eventually resigned from his presidency.
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