U.S History Presidents/Eras

William McKinley

Spanish American War

Teddy Roosevelt

Progressive Era/Square Deal

William Taft

Dollar Diplomacy

Woodrow Wilson

WWI/New Freedom

Warren Harding

tariffs

Coolidge

laissez-faire economics

Herbert Hoover

failure during Great Depression (Hoovervilles)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Great Depression/New Deal/WWII

Truman

Cold War/End of WWII/Civil Rights

Eisenhower

Civil Rights Movement/Domino Theory

Kennedy

Bay of Pigs/Civil Rights

Lyndon B. Johnson

Civil Rights/The Great Society/Gulf of Tonkin/Vietnam War

Nixon

Title IX, Affirmative Action, ended Vietnam, China, Watergate Scandal

Gerald Ford

finished presidency for Nixon/Nixon pardoned

Jimmy Carter

Iran Hostage Crisis, Camp David Accords

Ronald Reagan

War on Drugs, Reaganomics

George H. Bush

Fall of Berlin Wall/ Persian Gulf War

Bill Clinton

NAFTA/Balkan Crisis

George W. Bush (Jr.)

War on terrorism/recount votes/Afgan. war/ Iraq War

Barack Obama

Healthcare acts

Title IX

equal support for Women’s sports

Affirmative Action

increase employment of minorities

Dente

improved relations with USSR

Watergate Scandal

Nixon spying on Democratic party

Spanish American War

U.S becomes world power, annex Hawaii, and got Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines, U.S becomes imperialistic

Dollar Diplomacy

U.S lent money to foreign countries in return for the ability to make decisions for the governments of those countries

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

gave LBJ authority to increase U.S involvement in Vietnam War

North Atlantic Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

trade agreement between U.S Canada, U.S Mexico removing tariffs