1. Presidential Policy from Truman-George Bush Foreign Policy- Policy that involves our relations with other countries Domestic Policy- Policy relates to matters here at home

2. Harry Truman 1944-1952 Foreign- Ordered the use of atom bombs on Japan Marshall Plan- Rebuilt Europe after WWII Truman Doctrine-Containment NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organizaton Berlin Airlift Fall of China to communist Korean War

3. Truman Domestic Policy GI Bill Serviceman’s Readjustment Act McCarthyism- Anti-Communist hysteria Nuclear Arms Race Ends racial segregation in military. Jackie Robinson joins Brooklyn Dodgers

4. Eisenhower-Foreign Domino Theory-Cannot let any nation fall to the reds Eisenhower Doctrine- US would prevent spread of communism in Middle East Sends some advisors to Vietnam. U2 Crisis with the Soviet Union- American spy plane shot down over USSR Sputnik-Russian satellite- More education in US

5. Eisenhower Domestic Federal Highway Act- Interstate Highways NASA established- US Space agency National Defense Education Act ( response to Sputnik) Brown v. Board of Education- Ended segregation in schools Montgomery Bus Boycott-Ended segregation in transportation Crisis at Little Rock-Eisenhower sent troops to Arkansas to enforce integration of schools.

6. JFK- Foreign Berlin Wall Built-Hot Spot of Cold War Bay of Pigs-Embarrassing invasion of Cuba Vietnam expands-More troops to Vietnam Cuban Missile Crisis- Close to nuclear War

7. JFK- Domestic Predicts a man on the moon Peace Corp- young people helping in poor countries Birmingham-dogs and fire hoses used against marchers March of Washington- “ I have a dream” Assassinated- November 22, 1963- Dallas

8. Lyndon Johnson- Foreign Vietnam War- LBJ really got us in Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution- Congress gave LBJ permission to wage war in Vietnam- Presidential War. TET Offensive- Massive Vietcong attack across Vietnam. Convinced Americans we would not win in Vietnam My Lai Massacre – American soldiers killed over 200 Vietnamese men, women and children.

9. LBJ Domestic “ Great Society” ( War on Poverty, Medicaid, Medicaid, Head Start, Expanded Welfare Civil Rights Act of 1964-Outlawed discrimination in public facilities Voting Rights Act of 1965-outlawed literacy test. Blacks could vote. Black Panthers formed MLK Jr. Assassinated Decided not to run in 1968- Vietnam had destroyed him politically Robert Kennedy Assassinated

10. Nixon Foreign Invasion of Cambodia-Escalating Vietnam War-Led to Kent State Massacre Visits China- ( First since China became red.) SALT Talks- Discussion with Soviet Union ( Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) Limit nuclear weapons. Vietnamization- Gradually ended American involvement in Vietnam War. We will turn the war over to South Vietnam.

11. Nixon Domestic Kent State Shootings-4 students killed on college campus EPA formed- Environmental Protection Agency- To protect our air and water from pollution Endangered Species Act- Federal Agency to protect endangered animals from extinction. Good examples: Bald eagle and alligator Watergate – Huge government scandal- Led to distrust of government and Nixon’s resignation Resignation- 1974 Only president to resign.

12. Gerald Ford- 1974-1977 Domestic Pardons Nixon for crimes he might have committed. Loses to Carter in election of 1976

13. Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 Camp David Accords- Jimmy Carter negotiated a treaty between Israel and Egypt. These were two major enemies in the Middle East. Iran Hostage Crisis- During a revolution in Iran in 1978, nearly 200 Americans were taken hostage when the American Embassy was taken over. They held the Americans for over a year. It illustrated weakness of US Government and destroyed Carter’s Presidency. Soviets Invade Afghanistan- We support Afghan rebels who became AL Qaida and the Taliban. We boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

14. Carter Domestic Energy Crisis- Gas shortages result in long lines at gas stations and other measures High Inflation Carter loses 1980 election by a landslide.

15. Ronald Reagan- 1981-1989 Foreign Ends Cold War by increasing American Military Spending and Soviet Union begin to collapse

16. Reagan Former movie star Nearly Assassinated in 1981 “Trickle Down Economics” Help the rich and the benefits will trickle down to middle and lower classes.

17. George Bush 1989-1993 Foreign Berlin Wall Falls USSR breaks apart. Becomes Russia 1 st Persian Gulf War- US Forces drive Iraq military forces out of Kuwait. Operation Desert Storm. We do not get rid of Saddam Hussain.