Presidents

Authorized the unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by anti-Communist forces at the Bay of Pigs

President during WWI

Began the Manhattan Project that ultimately developed the atomic bomb

Ended political patronage by passing Pendleton Act – establishing a professional civil service

Known as the “Trust Buster” but actually more of a trust regulator

The US became an imperial power during his administration

Established the Federal Reserve – first US bank since Andrew Jackson

Served less that a year due to assassination by office seeker

Successfully negotiated peaceful outcome to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

Removed US troops from Vietnam using program called “Vietnamization”

Kept a loose grip on the booming economy during the Roaring 20s

Ended the Korean War, began building the Interstate Highway System

Supported anti-Communist groups in places such as Nicaragua; invaded pro-Communists Grenada

Orchestrated the Panamanian Revolution and began the building of the Panama Canal

Sent US troops to Afghanistan and Iraq after the terrorist attacks on 9-11-2001

Program of domestic policies, including the War on Poverty, called the Great Society

Authorized the dropping of the two atomic bombs over Japan

Known for his economic policies to fight the Great Depression called the New Deal

Signed the controversial Affordable Care Act

Only president to serve more than two terms

First president not to have been elected president or vice-president

Ran on Progressive program called New Freedom

Only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office

Negotiated the Camp David Accords, a peace treaty between Egypt and Isreal

President in 1929, the beginning of the Great Depression

President when Iranian revolutionaries took US embassy personnel hostage for 444 days

His administration tainted by the Teapot Dome scandal

Signed the Patriot Act into law and established the Department of Homeland Security

Used US troops to intervene in Haiti and impose peace upon Bosnia and Kosovo

Dramatically increased US troop strength in Vietnam

Led international coalition of troops to eject Iraqi forces out of Kuwait in Persian Gulf War

Desegregated the military and civil service

Participated in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles ending WWI

Impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice

Enacted pensions for Civil War veterans; first US budget that broke the one billion dollar mark

Known for his policy of "massive retaliation"

His Latin American policy, called Dollar Diplomacy involved trade and business partnerships

Used US troops to protect nine black students attending high school in Little Rock

Campaigned on platform of policies called the New Frontier

Believed in a strong military and “Peace through Strength”

Resigned after the Watergate Scandal

President when South Vietnam fell to the Communists

Removed federal troops from the South effectively ending Reconstruction

President during the fall of the USSR and end of the Cold War