1. AP US History - as a result of class today you A) should be able to list the presidents in order from Truman through Obama B) should be able to identify the achievements and challenges faced by each President

2. The Presidents Overview

3. Truman- Obama Achievements and Challenges

4. Truman VP for Fdr The bomb Truman doctrine Integration of military Korean war - MacArthur

5. Eisenhower Great economic prosperity Nixon Cold War Vietnam Sputnik Suburbanization

6. Just so you know: Exam 1490-1789 20% 1790-1914 45% 1915-to present 35%

7. Kennedy "ask not what your country can do for you... Ask what you can do for your country" Bay of Pigs Peace Corps Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam Assassinated- Oswald

8. LBJohnson The Great Society The War on Poverty Vietnam Civil Rights Crushed republican Goldwater in '64 but decided not To run for re-election in 1968

9. Nixon Vietnam China Inflation Nixon doctrine Watergate

10. Ford "Our long national nightmare has ended" Only President

11. Carter Tough economic "malaise" Iran hostage

12. R.Reagan Conservative Russia - Gorbachev Assassination attempt "Star Wars" Iran -contra Huge increase in military Spending

13. GHWBush (41) Bush 41 First Persian Gulf War "no new taxes"

14. Clinton Great economic prosperity Tried health care Impeached

15. GW Bush September 11, 2001 Afghanistan Iraq Economic Crisis

16. Obama First Economic recovery Health Care

17. You need to know the material