Test 1 Presidents

Question 1

What was the early president like?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

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

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Woodrow Wilson

Question 5

When did the modern presidency begin?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

New Deal

Answer 6

FDR

Question 7

Social Security

Answer 7

FDR

Question 8

Regular Stock Market

Answer 8

FDR

Question 9

Regular Banking

Answer 9

FDR

Question 10

*GI Bill

Answer 10

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

Question 11

*Emergency Programs

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Manhattan Project. Years?

Answer 12

FDR. ‘41 - ‘45.

Question 13

WW2. Years?

Answer 13

FDR. Dec 41 to Apr 45

Question 14

Elected four times

Answer 14

FDR

Question 15

Describe FDR’s involvement in war policy

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Fair Deal

Answer 16

Truman

Question 17

*Marshall Plan

Answer 17

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

Question 18

*NATO

Answer 18

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)

Question 19

*Containment

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Failed domestic policy

Answer 20

Truman, Kennedy

Kennedy couldn’t get congress to agree with his programs

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Truman

Question 22

Established US as a major permanent military power.

Answer 22

Truman

Question 23

Interstate highway program

Answer 23

Eisenhower

Question 24

*Hidden Hand Presidency

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

*Overthrew democratically elected government in Iran

Answer 25

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

Question 26

*"Red Scare"

Answer 26

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

Question 27

New Frontier policy

Answer 27

Kennedy

Question 28

When was Kennedy in office?

Answer 28

1961-1963

Question 29

*Moon Project. Years?

Answer 29

Kennedy. Finished in 1969

Question 30

2 Nuclear Crises. Which ones, when?

Answer 30

Kennedy. Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 Berlin Crisis 1961

Question 31

*Medicare

Answer 31

LBJ. Provides health insurance to 65yr and older

Question 32

*Medicaid

Answer 32

LBJ. Insurance for the poor, nursing homes bills

Question 33

How do medicare/medicaid help people my age?

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Head start

Answer 34

LBJ

Question 35

College work study

Answer 35

LBJ

Question 36

Food stamps

Answer 36

LBJ

Question 37

PBS

Answer 37

LBJ

Question 38

First environmental law

Answer 38

LBJ

Question 39

First federal law for women's equality

Answer 39

LBJ

Question 40

Higher education funding (Great Society)

Answer 40

LBJ

Question 41

*Civil Rights Act 1964

Answer 41

LBJ. Banned discrimination in PUBLIC accomodations

Question 42

*Voting Rights Act 1965

Answer 42

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

Question 43

*Very good at intimidating people, passed many laws

Answer 43

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.

Question 44

EPA

Answer 44

Nixon

Question 45

Proposed Guaranteed Annual Income

Answer 45

Nixon

Question 46

*Foreign Policy Success

Answer 46

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

Question 47

*Watergate

Answer 47

Nixon *study guide

Question 48

Only president to never be elected

Answer 48

Ford

Question 49

pardoned Nixon

Answer 49

Ford

Question 50

Poor economic times

Answer 50

Ford, Carter

Question 51

*Camp David

Answer 51

Carter. Israel and Egypt sign peace treaty

Question 52

Iranian Hostage Crisis. Year?

Answer 52

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

Question 53

*Panama Canal Treaty

Answer 53

Carter. Returned control of Panama Canal to panama

Question 54

Soviet Invasion Afghanistan

Answer 54

Carter

Question 55

Reagan was elected after, popular two term president

Answer 55

Carter