Today we continued the Presidential Blogs, after going a little bit of JFK's assasination again:Harry Truman:Came into Presidency when F.D.R. died, and won the election of 1948.He passed the Fair Deal, which was like Roosevelt's New Deal. He strongly support civil rights (black rights), he desegregated the U.S. military. Created the Truman Doctorine where the U.S. formed with Great Britian to try to stop communism.One of the most unpopular presidents when he lost office, but has been redeemed in the past sixy years.During the Korean War he fired General Douglas McArthur, who was very famous with the people, a hero. It made him hugely unpopular.Made Puerto Rico a territory of the U.S.Created the Marshall Plan to help Europe rebuild their economy, so that Soviets didn't help and spread communism.Passed the 22nd ammendment to, you can't serve more than two terms, no more than ten years.Helped end world two, defeating Nazi Germany and ending war in Japan by dropping the atomic bombs.The Fair Deal- Promoted improving the economy and helping poorer people. Most of the Fair Deal proposals didn't get passed, Southern Democrats and Republicans didn't approve of it. Basically expanded the New Deal.At potsdam conference. He told Japan they have a new weapon, that will destroy you so surrender, and they didn't so we used it. It also discussed German consequences.Helped organize and later joined the United Nations.He created the CIA and the National Security Council wich secures our country and gives the president information on the security.Recognized Isreal as the home place for the Jews.Helped France fighting Vietnam in the Vietnam war. Vietnam was trying to get independence, so we helped France out with money.NATO, Chinese civil war ends, and Berlin Airlift.Dwight Eisenhower-He was a famous World War two general. Joined the Republican Party ofter world war two. This all but guarentted him the win in the 1953 election. He was the first president over all fifty states.Eisenhower created NASA. He ran two terms. He delt a lot with the Cold War. Richard-Nixon was his vice.People trusted him because he was a huge hero and led the Allied powers in WW2.He opened relations with Spain. Used the CIA to distrupt communist governaments abroad.He ended the Korean Conflict as promised.SEATO was formed. Our allience with South East Asia to stop communism from spreading.Increased US involvement in Southeast Asia (Vietnam) Us advisors sentDeveloped idea that nuclear weapons would be defensive weapons.Allowed McArthy to do stuff although didn't approve.Eisenhower Doctorine- Said we would help Middle Eastern countries out against mainly communists. They could request money and military aid from the U.S..Deported many illegal immagrants.Set up the Interstate Highways.John F. Kennedy-First Roman Catholic President.Assassinated in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald.Tried to get Fidel Castro out of Cuba. (bay of pigs)Youngest elected President. Second youngest president.Gave the African American civil rights movement.Brought a lot of hope and promised change, because he was young.Encouraged getting the first man on the moon.Focused on getting equal rights.Won against Nixon, was extrememly close. First to be televised on T.V.Stopped the Cuban missle crisis. The closest we've come to a nuclear war.Increased US forces in Vietnam.The New Frontier- premised federal funding for: education, medical care for elderly, economic aid to rural regions, and governemt intervention to halt the recession, to end racial discrimination. Kinda like the New Deal and Fair Deal.JFK went hard to get rid of the Mafia. Many people think this is how he won the election, and how he may have been killed.Established the Peace Corps- freshly graduated college students would go to other countries and try to help them out.Equal Pay Act- Federal law aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex.On the day that Kennedy got shot, he was in Dallas preparing for the next election. Many people didn't like Kennedy there. Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from a building near the Parade route, he was a communist.The Warren Commission- set up by President Johnson (took over after JFK). They started to investigate if it was conspiracy, and tried to figure it out. They determined that Oswald acted alone.Lyndon Johnson-Was JFK's vice president, and took over when he was killed. He then won the next Presidential election (blow out). He had some campaign commercials, in these commercials he kinda used scare tactics to win people over.Put together the Warren Comission to investigate the JFK assassination.Passed Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed most forms of racial segregation.Passed Voting Rights Act of 1965- which outlawed discrimination in voting, thus allowing millions of southern blacks to vote for the first time. (werent able to vote, were forced to take tests or somthing).Startred affirmitive action laws- forced companies and colleges to hire a certain amount of african americans.Immigration Act of 1965 allowed mor non-european people to immigrate to US. immigration more than doubled between 65-70The Great Society (aka new deal four):Johnson's plan to: aid education, attack disease, Medicare and Medicaid (for older people) , urban renewal, beautification(conservation, development, of depressed regions), war on poverty, control and prevention of crime, and removal of obstacles to the right to vote.
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