Presidents presentations
Harry Truman
- 33rd President
- Born May 8th, 1884 in Lamar MO
- Died on December 26th, 1972
- 1948 election against Thomas E. Dewey
- 90% popularity at beginning and dropped to 22% and back up to 31%
- Captain in WWI
- Desegregated the military
- Started CIA
- FAIR DEAL was like the New Deal—Helping young, old, education, minimum wage, etc.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Born in 1890 in Texas, but grew up in Abilene, Kansas
- General in WWII
- Assumed command over NATO
- Election in 1952 and 1956 against Adlai Stevenson both times
- Desegregated army and schools
- Space Race
- Helped balance budget
- Ended Korean War
- People to People International
- Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
- Started Interstate Highway System
- Civil Right Bill of 1957 – helped desegregate
- 65% popularity average
John F. Kennedy
- Born May 29, 1917 in Brookline, MA
- Went to Yale, Princeton, and Harvard
- 3 House of Representative terms
- Democrat 1960 election against Nixon
- High popularity at beginning during invasion at Bay of Pigs
- Less popular during Civil Rights Movement
- Established Peace Corps
- Bay of Pigs
- Civil Rights Acts
- Assassinated
- Warren Commission- said Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK by himself and there was no evidence of conspiracy.
Lyndon B. Johnson
- Born in 1908 in Texas
- One of four people to hold representative, senator, vice president, and president.
- 36th President after Kennedy was assassinated
- Gave "The Great Society" speech describing his version of the New Deal
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 tried to help people in poverty and trying to make people equal
- Approval started high and went down
- Died 2 days after Nixon started his 2nd term and 1 day before Vietnam officially ended
- 24th amendment which abolished poll tax
- Firm of Action laws
Richard Nixon
- Born January 9, 1913
- Joined Navy
- House of Representatives in 1946
- US Senator in 1950
- 1960 election against Kennedy and lost
- 1968 election against Hubert Humphrey and won
- 37th president
- Desegregation of Southern Schools
- 26th amendment- 18 and over vote
- Title 9
- Watergate Scandal- June 17, 1972. Burglars caught. Democratic national headquarters. Find info against democrats to get Nixon reelected.
- Nixon Resigns on August 8
Gerald Ford
In PowerPoint
Jimmy Carter
- Born October 1, 1924 in Plains, GA
- 39th president from 1977-1981
- Department of Energy
- Department of Education
- Won Nobel Peace Prize
- 1976 election against Ford
Ronald Reagan
- 1980 election vs. Jimmy Carter
- 1984 election against Walter F. Mondale
- Shot on March 30, 1981 by John W. Hickley Jr.
- Inflation and unemployment went down
George H. W. Bush
- Born June 12, 1924 in Milton, Massachusetts
- Joined Navy and discharged after war ended
- In House of Representatives
- Elected in 1989 as 41st president
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
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