for my next blog i have the Persian Gulf War
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 MacArthurEisenhower; 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, very well-liked by societyJohn F. Kennedy; youngest, only catholic president. Bay of pigs invasion, Cuban missile crisis, president during making of Berlin wall (I am a Berliner), 'The New Frontier', Peace Corps, Equal Pay Act, highly supported the landing of a man on the moon, assassinated by Lee Harvey OswaldLyndon B. Johnson; took over after JFK was assassinated, won in a blowout over Barry Goldwater, Warren Commission to investigate JFK assassination, Civil Rights Act of 64, Voting Rights Act 65, Immigration Act of 65, The Great Society; aid education attack disease Medicare and Medicaid amongst many other things, Gun Control Act of 1968, Vietnam Conflict dominated much of his presidency, did not want to serve second termRichard Nixon; Eisenhower's VP, lost 60 election to JFK, only person to be elected twice to both presidency and vice presidency, only president to resign from office, Watergate, Promised to end Vietnam war, First Green President; National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, War on Drugs, Title IX, Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Aborion legalized during his pregnancy, astronauts landed on the moon, Nixon approved development of NASA's space shuttle program, had talks with Mao Zedong and Chou En-Lai which eased tension between us and China, also visited Soviet Union, SALT I limited nuclear weapons
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