Politics Summer Homework (US Presidents)

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    Woodrow Wilson

    • Democrat
    • Proposed the League of Nations
    • Established the Federal Reserve System to provide financial stability.
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    Warren G. Harding

    • Republican
    • Lowered taxes
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    Calvin Coolidge

    • Republican
    • He worked to reduce government spending and the national debt
    • Signed the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 which granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans.
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    Herbert Hoover

    • Republican
    • Introduced the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930)
    • Resisted large-scale government programs for direct relief to individuals
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    • Democrat
    • Established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate the stock market
    • Signed the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to protect workers' rights to unionise.
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    Harry S. Truman

    • Democrat
    • Truman Doctrine to contain Soviet communism through financial and military aid to countries threatened by Soviet expansion
    • Established NATO
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    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    • Republican
    • Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957
    • Created NASA in response to Sputinik
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    John F. Kennedy

    • Democrat
    • Advocated for major civil rights legislation
    • Initiated the goal of landing a man on the Moon
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    Lyndon B. Johnson

    • Democrat
    • Introduced the Civil Rights Act of 1964
    • Introduced the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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    Richard Nixon

    • Republican
    • Established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    • Pursuing détente with the Soviet Union
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    Gerald Ford

    • Republican
    • Introduced the "Whip Inflation Now" (WIN) program to combat economic recession and inflation
    • Continued détente with the Soviet Union
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    Jimmy Carter

    • Democrat
    • Promoted human rights in foreign policy
    • Major foreign agreements such as the Camp David Accords
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    Ronald Reagan

    • Republican
    • Increased military spending
    • Took a very strong stance against the Soviet Union
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    George H. W. Bush

    • Republican
    • Assembled an international coalition during the Persian Gulf War (1990–1991)
    • Managed the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
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    Bill Clinton

    • Democrat
    • Ordered U.S. military interventions in the Bosnian and Kosovo wars
    • Signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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    George W. Bush

    • Republican
    • Bush tax cuts
    • Responsible for American military intervention in Iraq
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    Barack Obama

    • Democrat
    • Signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
    • Signed the New START treaty to reduce nuclear weapons with Russia
    • Increased troops in Afghanistan
    • Withdrew America from Iraq
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    Donald Trump

    • Republican
    • Significant tax cuts
    • Restricted immigration
    • Withdrew the USA from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
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    Joe Biden

    • Democrat
    • Rejoined the Paris Agreement
    • Rebuilt alliances within NATO
    • Provided support to Ukraine
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    Donald Trump

    • Republican
    • Responsible for mass deportations
    • Deployed trade tariffs on several countries such as Canada and China