We started class off by watching a video of a news reporter talking about how JFK might have died.
We got assigned our next blog topic.
Me and Jordan are talking about Obama.
Jordan is doing the accomplishments and I will talk about how he became president and elections.
And for next blog assignment I will do thw NAACP.
Have 20 forum post from the 16th to the 11th.
make sure to do assigned blogs.
Now we are back to blog discussion.
Talking about presidents of the US.
Talked about Truman first. Jordan and I did that information.
Dwight Eisenhower:
talked about it. Liz and James
*He won because he convinced people alot of things
*He was famous for being a General
*He ran against Stevensen
*1956 election was still agsint Stevensen and Dwight won
*He promoted sharing out knowledge with the League of Nations
*He set and placed our interstate program
*He was diagansoed with Chromes diasese
*He had a stroke
John F. Kennedy (Democrate) - 35th (1961 - 1963) :
*Only Catholic president
*went against Richard Nixon (R)
*closest election
*
*Lee Harvey Oswald
- Shot and killed JFK
- Marines
- lived in USSR and got married and had a kid
- moves back to USA
- gets job at a building that sent books to school
- on 6th floor had his layer
- rifle bought under a fake name - goes to an apartment, grabs hand gun, kills police officer
goes into shoe store then goes into Texas Theatre and gets arrested.
*Lyndon B. Johnson - 36th (1963-1969) :
- Election of 1964 won
- Acomplishments:
- Civil rights movement
- The Great Society:
- Aid eductaion
- Medicare(old people) & medicaid (poor people)
- control and pervention of crime
- voting rights
pretty much let colors vote - Gun control
*Richord M. Nixon - 37th (1969 - 1974)
- Elected twice for Vice President and President
- Only presidentto resign from Presidency
Ford - 38th (19
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