American Presidents Part 2

The only President to serve as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

"Big Stick Diplomacy" is diplomacy supported by the unspoken threat of a powerful military.

A former Political Science professor who led the US into World War I.

Improving relations with Central and South America through cooperation and trade rather than military force.

He was the only President to win 4 presidential elections and led the US to the verge of victory in World War II.

Following a major financial crisis, he signed into law the economic stimulus package and the Affordable Care Act.

Seeking to end the Pacific War, he authorized use of atomic weapons against Japan.

He called his domestic program the "New Frontier" and committed the US to landing a man on the Moon.

A man of few words who believed in the limited role of the federal government.

He withdrew troops from Vietnam, improved relations with the Soviet Union and China.

The first President to resign from office in the wake of the Watergate scandal.

Overwhelmed by the energy crisis, inflation, high unemployment, Iran Hostage Crisis, he failed to win reelection.

President must do whatever was required for the good of the public unless prevented by direct constitutional prohibition

He declared war on poverty, established Medicare and Medicaid programs and signed into law Civil Rights Act of 1964.

He split from the Republican Party and went on to form Bull Moose Party.

His tax cuts and free-market reforms were credited with revitalising the US economy.

"Four Freedoms" of Franklin D. Roosevelt included the following, EXCEPT

"Wilsonianism", named after foreign policy initiatives of Woodrow Wilson, included the following, EXCEPT

He presided over the collapse of the Soviet Union and sent American troops to liberate Kuwait during the First Gulf War.

America's mission is "to nourish and defend" freedom and democracy around the world.

He continued to escalate the war in Vietnam and announced that he would not run for reelection.

The New Deal - a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms to combat the Great Depression.

Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, he was the first President to be limited to 2 terms by the 22nd Amendment.

He is the first President to be impeached twice.

The first person to be elected President without government or military experience.

"Domino Theory" - loss of democracy in one country could spread to neighboring countries in a domino effect.

"Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far."

His presidency was overshadowed by the Great Depression.

U.S. could use its military to end conflicts and flagrant wrongdoings in Latin America.

The first Catholic to be elected President who confronted the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

He enacted the largest corporate tax cut, emphasized "America first" policy in relations with other nations.

The youngest man to assume the presidency at age 42.

He championed human rights abroad, brokered peace between Egypt and Israel.

US would provide political, military and economic help to all democratic nations under threat from authoritarianism.

After the end of the Cold War, his presidency was marked by peace and prosperity.

He was the second President to be impeached following a scandal despite high approval ratings.

He oversaw a period of great prosperity which included the construction of the US Interstate Highway System.

He pursued the policy of "peace through strength" and held 5 Summits with the Soviet leader which ended the Cold War.

He said that the President must always be "at the front of our affairs" and "as influential as the man who occupies it."

His presidency was shaped by the 9/11 terrorist attacks and America's subsequent invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.