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Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921
(D)
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- World War I (Central
Powers vs. Allied Powers)
- 1917: U.S. enters WWI
on the side of the allies; war soon ends
- League of
Nations
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Franklin D.
Roosevelt
1933-1945
(D)
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- 1945: World War
II (Axis vs. Allies) ends
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Harry S. Truman
1945-1953
(D)
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- Dropped Atomic Bomb
on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
- United Nations
Formed
- Korean War
- Truman Doctrine
- Beginning of the Cold
War
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Dwight D.
Eisenhower
1953-1961
(R)
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- Vietnam War
- Uneasy times with
Cuba
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John F. Kennedy
1961-1963
(D)
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- Bay of Pigs invasion
leads to the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Berlin Wall
constructed; symbolizes Cold War (NATO vs. East Bloc)
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Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-1969
(D)
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- Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution leads to Vietnam War escalation
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Richard Nixon
1969-1974
(R)
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- Beginning of withdrawl
from Vietnam
- SALT Treaty
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Gerald Ford
1974-1977
(R)
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- Cambodia captures
Mayaguez
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James Earl Carter
1977-1981
(D)
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- SALT II
- Camp David
Accords
- Iran hostage
crisis
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Ronald Reagan
1981-1989
(R)
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- SDI started
- START signed
- Iran-Contra
Affair
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George Bush
1989-1992
(R)
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- Gulf War
- Aid sent to
Somalia
- Baltic states got independance
from former USSR
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William Clinton
1992-Present
(D)
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- Additional troops
sent to Somalia
- Break up of
Yugoslavia
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