1. Which historical event define the Presidential roles?
Task:
After viewing each slide you will complete the corresponding number on the worksheet.
For each slide you are to decide what the historical action was, and which of the presidential roles it fulfilled.
You should refer to your Presidential Roles powerpoint for reference.

2. Presidential Roles: Chief of State Chief Executive Chief Diplomat
Commander-in-Chief
Legislative Leader
Chief of Party
Guardian of the Economy

3. Harry S. Truman April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953 33rd President
Democrat

4. #1 The Atomic Bomb 1945

5. President John F. Kennedy
January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
35th President
Democrat
Youngest elected to
Office,
(second youngest
to serve)

6. #2 The Space Race 1961

7. #3 The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

8. Lyndon B. Johnson November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969 36th Pres.
Democrat

9. #4 Nomination of Thurgood Marshall 1967

10. Richard M. Nixon January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 37th President
Republican

11. #5 Diplomatic visit to China 1972

12. President Gerald Ford August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 38th President
Republican
Only Pres not elected

13. #6 Pardon of Nixon 1974

14. President Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
39th President
Democrat
2002 Nobel Peace Prize

15. #7 Camp David Accords 1978

16. Pres. Ronald Regan January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 40th Pres.
Republican

17. #8 Reganomics 1981

18. #9 Air Traffic Controller Strike 1981#6
Ron Taylor (USA Today-6/10/2004),
“We thought we, as labor, had a friend in the White House."

19. President George H.W. Bush
January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
41ST Pres.
Republican

20. #10 Operation Desert Storm 1991#7

21. Pres. William Jefferson Clinton
January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
42nd Pres.
1st “Baby Boomer” Pres.
Highest approval rating of any
post WWII Pres.
Third youngest to take office

22. #11 North American Free Trade Act 1994

23. #12 Clinton Pardons 2001

24. Pres. George W. Bush Jr. January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
44th Pres.
Republican
Second Presidential
son to be nominated to
office (Adams)

25. #13 Patriot Act 2001

26. Pres. Barack Obama January 20, 2009- 44th Pres 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
(3rd in office Pres.
To receive it)

27. #14 Advises NY Gov. Paterson to leave office
#11

28. #15 Nomination of Sonia Maria Sotomayor 2009