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Test 1 Presidents Flashcards

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1
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What was the early president like?

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Early on, president was basically a clerk (signing routine documents, no secretary or administrative help)

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What time period were presidents very weak? Who is the exception?

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Lincoln is the only powerful president from the 19th century to the early 20th century due to the Civil War

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Who was the first noteworthy president of the 20th century?

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Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

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Which president tried to get the US to join the league of nations and failed?

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Woodrow Wilson

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When did the modern presidency begin?

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1920s, by the time the FDR administration came to an end, the White House staff had developed into a substantial agency

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New Deal

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FDR

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7
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Social Security

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FDR

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Regular Stock Market

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FDR

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9
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Regular Banking

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FDR

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*GI Bill

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FDR. ‘45 -> US university/trade school paid for returning service personnel

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*Emergency Programs

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FDR. Helped to put the 25% unemployed back in work

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12
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Manhattan Project. Years?

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FDR. ‘41 - ‘45.

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WW2. Years?

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FDR. Dec 41 to Apr 45

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14
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Elected four times

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FDR

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Describe FDR’s involvement in war policy

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Deeply involved, personally involved in management. Completely redesigned the American economy to win the war

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Fair Deal

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Truman

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*Marshall Plan

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Truman. US sent billions of dollars to rebuild Europe. US gets trade, influence, jobs for US people

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*NATO

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Truman. first peacetime military alliance, designed to protect Western Europe from a soviet invasion, there was a clause in the treaty that stated that an “attack on one is an attack on all”. This clause was only used once, after 9/11. (European countries sent over their surveillance equipment)

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*Containment

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Truman. Foreign policy until the collapse of Soviet Union in ‘91. Purpose was to keep the Soviet Union from expanding

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Failed domestic policy

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Truman, Kennedy

Kennedy couldn’t get congress to agree with his programs

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Split the Democratic Party because he came out in favor of civil rights, nobody expected him to be reelected, but he was

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Truman

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Established US as a major permanent military power.

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Truman

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23
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Interstate highway program

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Eisenhower

24
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*Hidden Hand Presidency

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Eisenhower. On the surface it appeared like everything was nice and calm, but behind the scenes the US was very active with covert action. Carried out many assassination plots.

25
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*Overthrew democratically elected government in Iran

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Eisenhower. New government wanted more of their oil money, so we overthrow them. We placed the tyrant Shah (emperor)

26
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*“Red Scare”

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Eisenhower
required public school teachers to list every organization they belonged to
people working for the government were required to sign loyalty oath
Eisenhower leaked information that led to the end of McCarthyism

27
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New Frontier policy

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Kennedy

28
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When was Kennedy in office?

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1961-1963

29
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*Moon Project. Years?

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Kennedy. Finished in 1969

30
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2 Nuclear Crises. Which ones, when?

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Kennedy.
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Berlin Crisis 1961

31
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*Medicare

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LBJ. Provides health insurance to 65yr and older

32
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*Medicaid

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LBJ. Insurance for the poor, nursing homes bills

33
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How do medicare/medicaid help people my age?

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They give the hospitals revenue to allow for equipment, rural hospitals to stay open

34
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Head start

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LBJ

35
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College work study

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LBJ

36
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Food stamps

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LBJ

37
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PBS

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LBJ

38
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First environmental law

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LBJ

39
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First federal law for women’s equality

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LBJ

40
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Higher education funding (Great Society)

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LBJ

41
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*Civil Rights Act 1964

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LBJ. Banned discrimination in PUBLIC accomodations

42
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*Voting Rights Act 1965

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LBJ. in that time in the south, southern officials had the responsibility for voting. Only 6% of black citizens were registered to vote. 5 years after the voting rights act, 70% of black citizens were registered to vote

43
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*Very good at intimidating people, passed many laws

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LBJ (Johnson Treatment), this is why there are so many programs, more bills than any US president (including FDR). They were significant laws as well.

44
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EPA

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Nixon

45
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Proposed Guaranteed Annual Income

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Nixon

46
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*Foreign Policy Success

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Nixon
Arms- arm control agreement with Soviet Union
China- first president to visit, started getting china into global economy

47
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*Watergate

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Nixon *study guide

48
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Only president to never be elected

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Ford

49
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pardoned Nixon

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Ford

50
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Poor economic times

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Ford, Carter

51
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*Camp David

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Carter. Israel and Egypt sign peace treaty

52
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Iranian Hostage Crisis. Year?

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Carter. 1979- one reason why he wasn’t reelected

53
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*Panama Canal Treaty

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Carter. Returned control of Panama Canal to panama

54
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Soviet Invasion Afghanistan

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Carter

55
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Reagan was elected after, popular two term president

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Carter

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