Cold War Presidents

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Cold War at Home

Americans feared communism, nuclear war, and each other (McCarthyism, Dot Game, and Duck and Cover).

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President Eisenhower

Built highways, fought communism, started space race after Sputnik.

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JFK Assassination

Killed by Oswald in 1963. Lyndon B. Johnson became president. People started to distrust government.

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Great Society

Lyndon B. Johnson‘s plan to fix poverty and help people: Medicare, Civil Rights, Head Start.

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Watergate Scandal

Nixon spied, lied, and resigned. Americans stopped trusting the president

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Reaganomics

President Ronald Reagan's fiscal policy

Reagan gave tax cuts to big businesses and the rich, hoping the money would "trickle down" and help everyone

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Political Efficacy

Trust in government dropped after JFK, Vietnam, Pentagon Papers, Watergate