APUSH UNIT 8 PRESIDENTS

Eisenhower

1953-1961

Repub

Foreign: supported SV

Domestic: downsized military; fed. highway act

Plan: BRINKSMANSHIP

Kennedy

1961-1963

Democratic

Foreign: Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missle Crisis

Domestic: Open Door policy; Affirmative Action

Plan: NEW FRONTIER

Johnson

1963-1969

Democratic

Foreign: Tet Offensive

Domestic: Johnson Treatment; Health Care; poverty rate 1/2

Plan: THE GREAT SOCIETY

Nixon

1969-1974

Repub

Foreign: Detente; Vietnamization

Domestic: Watergate; Environmentalist; "Silent Majority"

Plan: New Federalism

Ford

1974-1977

Repub

Foreign: Siagon Falls

Domestic: Pardons Nixon; STAGFLATION

Plan: Tax hike and less fed. spending

Carter

1977-1981

Democratic

Foreign: Human Rights Central; Camp David Accords(peace treaty)

Domestic: Stagnant Economy