Presidents, Part 2

The Link to the audio from today's class is here in MP3 format.

Theodore Roosevelt 25th president (1901-1909)

• Tried to run for a third term (Bull Moose)
• Established national parks
• Trust-busting
• Nobel Peace Prize & Medal of Honor

Woodrow Wilson 28th President (1913-1921)

• Decisive factor in WW1
• League of Nations/14 Points/Treaty of Versailles
• Wilsonian Idealism

Franklin Roosevelt 32nd President (1933-1945)

• Four elections
• Great Depression/New Deal
• “Arsenal of Democracy”
• World War II

John Kennedy 35th President (1961-1963)

• Space Race
• Cuba (missiles, Bay of Pigs, Castro)
• Changed the objective of the Cold War
• Televised Presidency

Ronald Reagan 40th President (1981-1989)

• Finished what Kennedy started (Cold War)
• Rebuilt Republican party after Watergate
• “Patron Saint” of present-day conservatives
• Economy-based campaigning

Barack Obama 44th President (2009-present)

• First black President
• Global campaign

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The five big stories: Exploration, Equality, Liberty, Technology, & Prosperity

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