Presidents
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Laissez faire economics
Hoover
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Stock Market crash
Hoover
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Unwilling for gov. to help individual Americans
Hoover
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New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt
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Led US out of isolationism (Lend Lease Act/ Atlantic Charter
Franklin Roosevelt
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Led US during WWII (Yalta Conference
Franklin Roosevelt
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Replaced FDR after his death
Truman
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Ordered atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII
Truman
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Led US during start of Cold War
Truman
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Negotiated end of Korean War
Eisenhower
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Signed Federal Highways Act
Eisenhower
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Moderate policies didn’t real back New Deal or expand gov. programs
Eisenhower
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Unable to get New Frontier programs passed
Kennedy
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Mishandled Bay of Pigs but strongly handled Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy
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Assassinated in Dallas in 1963
Kennedy
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Replaced JFK when assassinated
Johnson
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Great Society programs
Johnson
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Expanded US involvement in Vietnam War
Johnson
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Ended US involvement in Vietnam War
Nixon
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Detente policies ease Cold War tensions
Nixon
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Presidency ended in Watergate cover-up scandal
Nixon
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Replaced Nixon when he resigned
Ford
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Struggled with poor economy
Ford
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Pardoned Nixon
Ford
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Struggled with poor economy
Carter
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Camp David Accords began peace process in Middle East with Israel
Carter
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Iranian Hostage Crisis as embarrassing end to his presidency
Carter
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Reaganomics
Reagan
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Pressured USSR hastening their demise
Reagan
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Iran Contra Scandal
Reagan
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Continued Reagan’s economic policies
George H. W. Bush
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Led US during successful Persian Gulf War
George H. W. Bush
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Had to go back on “read my lips, no new taxes” pledge when recession hit
George H. W. Bush
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Economic growth led to first budget surpluses in decades
Clinton
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Failed to pass major health care bill
Clinton
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Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment for perjury ended presidency on low note
Clinton
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9/11 attack resulted in invasion of Afghanistan
George W. Bush
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Fought Iraq War to remove Saddam Hussein from power
George W. Bush
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Great Recession began in 2007 due to crash of overvalued housing/mortgage market
George W. Bush
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Passed controversial Affordable Care Act which reformed health care
Obama
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Recession overshadowed presidency
Obama
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Republicans took control of Congress leading to divided gov. and polarization
Obama
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