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| rowspan="4" |Roosevelt, Franklin (FDR) | | rowspan="4" |Roosevelt, Franklin (FDR) | ||
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* Great Depression/ New Deal | |||
* economic regulation | |||
* Fireside chats | |||
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* "Nothing to fear but fear itself" | |||
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|1936 | |1936 | ||
|1937-1941 | |1937-1941 | ||
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* social security and other | |||
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|1945-1949 | |1945-1949 | ||
| rowspan="2" |Truman, Harry S. | | rowspan="2" |Truman, Harry S. | ||
|Truman doctrine | | | ||
|Cold War starts | * Truman doctrine | ||
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* Cold War starts | |||
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|1948 | |1948 | ||
|1949-1953 | |1949-1953 | ||
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* Korean War | |||
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|1953-1957 | |1953-1957 | ||
| rowspan="2" |Eisenhower, Dwight | | rowspan="2" |Eisenhower, Dwight | ||
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* ends Korean War | |||
Eisenhower doctrine | * Eisenhower doctrine | ||
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|1957-1961 | |1957-1961 | ||
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* "missile gap" | |||
* 1957 recession / crisis of confidence | |||
* Suez Canal crisis (US non-intervention) | |||
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* 1950s "normalcy" | |||
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|1960 | |1960 | ||
|1961-1963 | |1961-1963 | ||
|Kennedy, John F (JFK) | |Kennedy, John F (JFK) | ||
|Cuban Missile Crisis | | | ||
* Bay of Pigs | |||
* Berlin Wall Crisis | |||
* Cuban Missile Crisis | |||
* special forces/ Vietnam | |||
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|1963-1965 | |1963-1965 | ||
| rowspan="2" |Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ) | | rowspan="2" |Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ) | ||
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* 1964 Civil Rights law | |||
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|1964 | |1964 | ||
|1965-1969 | |1965-1969 | ||
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* Tonkin Gulf Incindent | |||
* Vietnam escalation/ ground troops | |||
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|1969-1973 | |1969-1973 | ||
|Nixon, Richard M. | |Nixon, Richard M. | ||
|escalates bombing of N. Vietnam | | | ||
* escalates bombing of N. Vietnam | |||
Vietnamization/ US troops withdrawal 1971 | * Vietnamization/ US troops withdrawal 1971 | ||
Detente | * Detente / opening up of China | ||
* economic regulation/ inflation | |||
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* Detente | |||
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|1972 | |1972 | ||
| | |1974 resigned | ||
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* bombing of Cambodia, Laos | |||
Watergate | * 1973 Oil Crisis | ||
* Watergate | |||
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* Watergate | |||
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| | |1974 | ||
|1977 | |1974-1977 | ||
|Ford, Gerald R. | |Ford, Gerald R. | ||
|Nixon pardon | | | ||
* Nixon pardon | |||
* inflation | |||
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|1977-1981 | |1977-1981 | ||
|Carter, Jimmy | |Carter, Jimmy | ||
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* inflation / stagflation / gas crisis | |||
* loss of US international leadership | |||
* Iran Hostage Crisis | |||
* deregulation | |||
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* "Malaise" (Crisis of Confidence) speech | |||
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|1980 | |1980 | ||
|1981-1985 | |1981-1985 | ||
| rowspan="2" |Reagan, Ronald | | rowspan="2" |Reagan, Ronald | ||
|Reaganomics | | | ||
* Reaganomics | |||
Cold War escalation ("star wars, military spending, etc.") | * Cold War escalation ("star wars, military spending, etc.") | ||
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* optimism | |||
* American cultural hegemony | |||
* deregulation / Wall Street | |||
* Vietnam Memorial / Vets/ POW MIA | |||
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|1984 | |1984 | ||
|1985-1989 | |1985-1989 | ||
|Talks w/ Russians | | | ||
* Talks w/ Russians | |||
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|1989-1993 | |1989-1993 | ||
|Bush, Herbert Walker (HW Bush) | |Bush, Herbert Walker (HW Bush) | ||
|Collapse of Soviet Union / "peace dividend" | | | ||
* Collapse of Soviet Union / "peace dividend" | |||
Gulf War | * Gulf War | ||
denuclearization of former Soviet republics | * denuclearization of former Soviet republics | ||
|"New World Order" | | | ||
* "New World Order" | |||
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|1992 | |1992 | ||