APUSH Unit 8/9 Presidents

Presidents' Domestic and Foreign Policies!

Harry Truman, Foreign

Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, Korean War, Berlin Airlift, Containment

Harry Truman, Domestic

Fair Deal, Desegregation of Military

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Foreign

Eisenhower Doctrine, U-2 Incident, Suez Crisis, Space Race

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Domestic

Federal Highway Act (1956), Civil Rights Movement (Brown v. Board of Education), SEATO, Warning against “Military Industrial Complex”

John F. Kennedy, Foreign

Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

John F. Kennedy, Domestic

New Frontier, Civil Rights Act, Apollo Program

Lyndon B. Johnson, Foreign

Escalation of Vietnam War, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Tet Offensive

Lyndon B. Johnson, Domestic

Great Society, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Medicare/Medicaid, War on Poverty

Richard Nixon, Foreign

Détente, Vietnamization, Nixon Doctrine, opening relations with China, SALT I

Richard Nixon, Domestic

Watergate scandal, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), affirmative action policies, New Federalism

Gerald Ford, Foreign

OPEC Crisis

Gerald Ford, Domestic

Pardon of Richard Nixon, W.I.N (Whip Inflation NOW)

Jimmy Carter, Foreign

Panama Canal Treaty, Iran Hostage Crisis, Camp David Accords

Jimmy Carter, Domestic

Three Mile Incident, Stagflation, Energy Crisis,

Ronald Reagan, Foreign

Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), Grenada Invasion, Nicaragua and the Contras

Ronald Reagan, Domestic

Supply Side Economics (Reaganomics)

George Bush, Foreign

Collapse of Soviet Union, Berlin wall Falls, End of Civil War

George Bush, Domestic

Savings and Loan Scandal

Bill Clinton, Foreign

NAFTA, Troops sent to Bosnia

Bill Clinton, Domestic

Lawinsky Affair (Impeachment), Unemployment and Inflation down

George W. Bush, Foreign

Bush Doctrine, PATRIOT Act

George W. Bush, Domestic

Homeland Security, Bush Tax Cuts, No Child Left Behind, Great Recession

Barack Obama, Foreign

Iraq (ended occupation), Afghanistan (Taliban Resurgence), Arab Spring, ISIS

Barack Obama, Domestic

Great Recession, American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)