1. XV. The Role of the US in a Changing World The Presidents 1960-2011

2. A. John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 Democrat Youngest elected President (43). Began the US quest to reach the moon. Created the Peace Corps - sent young Americans to poor countries to educate and help them develop.Created the Peace Corps Led the US through the Cuban Missile Crisis

3. After the construction of the Berlin Wall Kennedy was the first President to visit it. Speech

4. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, TX (1963). Picture Video Link

5. B. Lyndon Johnson 1963-1969 Vice-president under JFK Promoted The Great Society Program– “a war on poverty” Created Medicare and Medicaid.

6. The Growth of Great Society Programs

7. Sent more troops into Vietnam Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – banning segregation in all public places

8. Martin Luther King Jr. Was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, TN assassinated

9. C. Richard Nixon 1969-1974 First president to visit the USSR during the Cold War. Favored Détente-or to ease tension with the USSR and Red China. Signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) limiting nuclear weapons with the USSR. Resigned in 1974 due to the Watergate Scandal.Watergate Scandal

10. Nixon was president in 1969 when Kennedy’s goal of putting men on the moon was reached Neil Armstrong 1 st man on the moon

11. D. Gerald Ford 1974-1977 Nixon’s Vice- president. The only US president never to have been elected. Pardoned President Nixon.

12. E. Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 Negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel at Camp David. (Israel was established as a Jewish state after WWII)

14. Camp David Accords

15. In 1979 52 Americans were taken hostage in Iran by revolutionaries Carter’s attempts to rescue or free the hostages failedCarter’s attempts to rescue or free the hostages failed

16. Inflation rose – prices went up, people could afford less

18. F. Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 Cut taxes creating the greatest US economy since WWII. Got the US hostages out of Iran.

19. In a famous speech at the Berlin Wall President Reagan demanded, “Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall!” (Gorbachev was the Soviet leader.)“Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall!”

20. Used the threat of the SDI Strategic Defense Initiative (called Star Wars) to defeat the USSR and end the Cold War.

21. G. George H. W. Bush 1989-1993 Vice-president under Reagan. Ordered Operation Desert Storm to liberate ally Kuwait from an invasion by Iraq

22. Iraq was led by Saddam Hussein

23. The 1 st Iraqi Gulf War

24. H. William Clinton 1993-2001 Signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), to increase trade with Mexico and Canada.

25. Free trade means no tariffs – or taxes on goods

26. NAFTA effects

27. Was impeached by Congress for lying under oath – found not guiltyfound not guilty

28. I. George W. Bush 2001-2009 Became president in one of the closest elections in US history

30. Al Gore demanded a recount of Florida votes - the Supreme Court ended the recount and declared Bush the winner by 537 votes

31. Was President on 9/11/20019/11/2001 Ordered the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq in response

32. Faced one of the deadliest storms in US history – Hurricane Katrina

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34. J. Barak Obama 2009-Present 1 st African American President Defeated Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination Defeated John McCain in the election

36. Ordered the killing of Osama bin Laden leader if Al Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks

37. The US faces a deficit, high debt, and unemployment

38. The cost of government programs like the Health Care Reform is currently being debated….

39. I. Modern US Policy How would we describe US foreign policy between 1945 and 2011? Examples: The end of isolation…….