Unit 5 People

Harry S. Truman

33rd President of the United States who served from 1945 to 1953; known for leading the country through the final stages of World War II and the early Cold War.

Agler Hiss

Prominent U.S. government official accused of being a Soviet spy in the 1930s.

Joseph R. McCarthy

U.S. Senator known for his campaign against alleged communists in the government; served from 1947 until his death in 1957.

Dwight Eisenhower

President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, known for managing Cold War tensions and initiating the Interstate Highway System.

John F. Kennedy

President from 1961 until his assassination in 1963, noted for his leadership during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Neil Armstrong

First person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.

Lyndon B. Johnson

President from 1963 to 1969, known for his 'Great Society' initiatives and leadership during the Vietnam War.

Robert Kennedy

U.S. senator and Attorney General, notable for his role in the civil rights movement and assassinated in 1968.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil rights leader known for his nonviolent resistance and the 'I Have a Dream' speech.

Richard Nixon

President from 1969 to 1974, known for the Apollo 11 Moon landing and the Watergate scandal.

Cesar Chavez

Mexican American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union.

Henry Kissinger

Diplomat who shaped U.S. foreign policy from 1969 to 1977, known for détente and the Paris Peace Accords.

Jimmy Carter

President from 1977 to 1981, focused on human rights and diplomacy, notably the Camp David Accords.

Gerald Ford

President from 1974 to 1977, known for economic recovery and ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Ronald Reagan

President from 1981 to 1989, known for 'Reaganomics' and a strong anti-Soviet stance.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, known for his reform policies.

George H.W. Bush

President from 1989 to 1993, known for the end of the Cold War and the Gulf War.

William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton

President from 1993 to 2001, marked by economic growth and NAFTA.

George W. Bush

President from 2001 to 2009, known for the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War.

Barack Obama

President from 2009 to 2017, known for the Affordable Care Act and recovering from the 2008 financial crisis.