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Flashcards by samstevenson2014, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What has war increased at the expense of Congress? What do historians call this? | Presidential power Imperial Presidency |
| Who was president from 1933 to 1945? What was he? | Franklin D Roosevelt Democrat |
| What did he lead America during? | The Depression of the 1930's Most of WW2 |
| What did he expand greatly? How many times was he elected? | Presidential power Four times |
| Who was president from 1945-1953? What was he? | Harry S Truman Democrat |
| Who was president from 1953 - 1961? What was he? | Dwight D Eisenhower Republican |
| What did he do? | Led Allies to victory in WW2 becoming a hero |
| What did he arrange? | A truce that ended the Korean War in 1953 |
| What meetings did he hold after Stalin's death? Who with? | "Summit meetings" New Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev |
| Who was president from 1961 to 1963? What was he? | John F Kennedy Democrat |
| What did he do in 1960? | Narrowly defeated Vice-President Richard Nixon |
| What did he accuse republicans of? What did he promise? | Letting US fall behind Russian technology To put a man on the moon |
| What two things did he face crises over during the Cold War? | Building of Berlin Wall Soviet missiles in Cuba |
| What did he do with Vietnam? | Increased American involvement |
| What did he support? When was he assassinated? | Civil rights movement Dallas in November 1963 |
| Who was president from 1963-1969? What was he? | Lyndon B Johnson Democrat |
| What did he hugely increase? What did this do? | American involvement in Vietnam Diverted resources away from his social programmes, damaging the American economy |
| What did he do in 1968? | Decided not to contest the election for President |
| Who was president from 1969-1974? What was he? | Richard M Nixon Republican |
| What did slowly end? What did he encourage? | US involvement in Vietnam A détente with Soviets by visiting Moscow |
| How did he try to improve economy? | Froze wages and devaluing the dollar |
| What forced him to resign? | The Watergate break-in |
| Who was president from 1974-1977? What was he? | Gerard Ford Republican |
| What did he officially end? What did he continue? | The Vietnam war The détente with Soviet Union |
| What did he fail to do? How was his reputation damaged? | Fix economic problems like unemployment Communists took over in South Vietnam |
| Who was president from 1977 to 1981? What was he? | Jimmy Carter Democrat |
| What damaged his reputation? | A second oil crisis in 1979 to 1980 |
| What did he negotiate? | Peace between Israel and Egypt at Camp David |
| What did he negotiate with Soviet Union? | A disarmament treaty |
| Who was president from 1981 to 1989? What was he? | Ronald Reagan Republican |
| What age did Reagan become president? | 69 |
| What did his economic policies include? | Large tax cuts for the rich and increased military spending |
| What fell from mid-1980's? | Inflation |
| What did he end? What did he call it? | The détente with the Soviet Union An "evil empire" |
| What did he propose building? | A "star wars" missile system to protect from attack |
| Who came to power in Soviet Union? What did Reagan do? | A reformer, Mikhail Gorbachev Negotiated with him |
| What did this contribute to? | Ending of communist rule in Europe in 1989 |
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