Presidents

Laissez faire economics

Stock Market crash

Unwilling for gov. to help individual Americans

New Deal

Led US out of isolationism (Lend Lease Act/ Atlantic Charter

Led US during WWII (Yalta Conference

Replaced FDR after his death

Ordered atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII

Led US during start of Cold War

Negotiated end of Korean War

Signed Federal Highways Act

Moderate policies didn’t real back New Deal or expand gov. programs

Unable to get New Frontier programs passed

Mishandled Bay of Pigs but strongly handled Cuban Missile Crisis

Assassinated in Dallas in 1963

Replaced JFK when assassinated

Great Society programs

Expanded US involvement in Vietnam War

Ended US involvement in Vietnam War

Detente policies ease Cold War tensions

Presidency ended in Watergate cover-up scandal

Replaced Nixon when he resigned

Struggled with poor economy

Pardoned Nixon

Struggled with poor economy

Camp David Accords began peace process in Middle East with Israel

Iranian Hostage Crisis as embarrassing end to his presidency

Reaganomics

Pressured USSR hastening their demise

Iran Contra Scandal

Continued Reagan’s economic policies

Led US during successful Persian Gulf War

Had to go back on “read my lips, no new taxes” pledge when recession hit

Economic growth led to first budget surpluses in decades

Failed to pass major health care bill

Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment for perjury ended presidency on low note

9/11 attack resulted in invasion of Afghanistan

Fought Iraq War to remove Saddam Hussein from power

Great Recession began in 2007 due to crash of overvalued housing/mortgage market

Passed controversial Affordable Care Act which reformed health care

Recession overshadowed presidency

Republicans took control of Congress leading to divided gov. and polarization