Game Know Your Presidents U.S. President Can you name that President?? U.S. President From Reconstruction to Present

President when 9/11 happened Began the War on Terrorism The hunt for Bin Laden George W. Bush Criticized for how he handled 9/11, the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina Signed into law broad tax cuts, the PATRIOT Act and the No Child Left Behind Act

Signed the North American Free Trade Agreement Lowest unemployment rate, the lowest inflation, the highest home ownership, dropping crime rates, and reduced welfare rolls lead to a time of prosperity First Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term William (Bill) Clinton Signed the North American Free Trade Agreement 1998, was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice during a lawsuit against him, both related to a scandal involving a White House intern He was impeached by the House of Representatives but acquitted by the U.S. Senate and served his complete term of office.

“the business of the American people is business" Restore the dignity and prestige of the Presidency when it had reached the lowest ebb in our history Although his nick name was Silent Cal he was the first president to make a public radio address to the American people. Calvin Coolidge “the business of the American people is business" His laissez-faire ideology led to the Great Depression

President at the start of the Great Depression Blamed for this crisis Criticized me for believing charities and local groups should help people in need instead of the government. Herbert Hoover Bonus Army Hoovervilles or Shantytowns sprang up around the nation

First Catholic president "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." New Frontier hope for the future The Bay of Pigs in Cuba made me appear weak John F. Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the edge of a nuclear war Khrushchev turned is ships around. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas Established the Peace Corps

Bill Clinton defeated me in my bid for re-election in 1992. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Read My Lips! No New Taxes! George H Bush Sent American troops to the Persian Gulf to stop Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. Bill Clinton defeated me in my bid for re-election in 1992.

The Great Depression Americans “have nothing to fear but fear itself” New Deal Franklin D. Roosevelt Alphabet agencies tried to help the country out of the depression Elected president 4 times President during World War II Died during WW II.

Promised a “return to normalcy” after World War I The Teapot Dome Scandal scarred his administration Warren Harding Mystery surrounds his death

Progressive Era President Trust Buster Sherman Anti-Trust Act Food and Drug Act of 1906 because of the book The Jungle by Sinclair Theodore Roosevelt He was both a conservationist and a preservationist. He set aside land for National Parks. Started work on the Panama Canal

Supreme Allied commander during WW II President after the war Faced the Era of McCarthyism "massive retaliation“ would use the A bomb if necessary Dwight D. Eisenhower Ended the Korean War Passed the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 . Sent troops to Little Rock to enforce desegregation Responded to Sputnik by creating NASA in 1958

First president from Texas Great Society War on Poverty Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Lyndon B. Johnson The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution let him escalate the U.S. involvement in Vietnam Did not run for 2nd term

President at the height of the Vietnam War Reduced the number of American soldiers in Vietnam, and introduced Vietnamization Richard Nixon First American president to visit China. “I am not a crook,” Forced to resign because of the Watergate Scandal.

First African American President in US History Won a Nobel Peace Prize the first year in office Barrack Obama American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 known as the Stimulus or The Recovery Act, was an economic stimulus package of $787 Billion Obama care

Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan Became president during World War II Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan Maintained the bomb brought a quick end to the war and save both American and Japanese lives. Harry Truman Used containment policies such as the Marshall Plan to stop the spread of communism. Fired General MacArthur during the Korean War

Helped pass of the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments. Told Congress we must “Make the world safe for democracy” when he asked for war. Woodrow Wilson President during WW I He proposed the Fourteen Points Failed to get the U.S. to sign the League of Nations.

President during the Spanish American War Spain ceded Puerto, Guam and the Philippines to the United States William McKinley Supported the Open Door Policy T. Roosevelt became President when he was assassinated.

Gave control of the Panama Canal to Panama Boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow Supported Human Rights around the world Jimmy Carter Camp David Accords peace between Egypt and Israeli Iranian Hostage Crisis ruined his re-election bid.

President after Nixon resigned Only president of the US who was not elected as Vice President or President Gerald Ford Was president during the Bicentennial or 200th birthday of America Pardoned Nixon

Movie star turned president increased military spending causing the end of the Cold War Ronald Reagan supported tax cuts for the wealthy called “trickle down” economics Reaganomics.

Theodore Roosevelt’s handpicked presidential successor Dollar Diplomacy William Taft Progressive Party "Bull Moose", split the Republican vote causing his defeat in the presidential election of 1912