History Final Review (Spring) - Part 5 of 5 Chapters 14-28 (US Presidents)

He first came to national prominence as a congressman involved in the investigation of Alger Hiss, and later served as vice president during the Eisenhower administration.

• Gerald Ford

• Lyndon Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Harry Truman

He led the Rough Riders in Cuba during the War of 1898 and used the notoriety of this military campaign for political gain.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Harry Truman

He was elected president in 1960. His foreign political involvement included the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• Lyndon Johnson

• George Bush

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight Eisenhower

Former member of the House of Representatives and the former Majority Leader of the Senate, he would assume the presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

• Lyndon Johnson

• Herbert Hoover

• Gerald Ford

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

During the Second World War he was the supreme Allied commander as well as planner for Operation Overlord or D-Day.

• William Howard Taft

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• Dwight Eisenhower

He was appointed vice president under Nixon and assumed president upon Nixon’s removal. He resisted pressure to both reduce taxes and increase federal spending, which sent the American economy into the deepest recession since the Great Depression.

• Gerald Ford

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Grover Cleveland

At the beginning of the First World War, this president kept America neutral, but provided the Allies with credit for purchases of supplies.

• Benjamin Harrison

• Chester Arthur

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Woodrow Wilson

Prior to becoming president, he served as the secretary of commerce in both the Harding and Coolidge administrations. President when the Great Depression hit, he believed that the nation’s business structure was sound and sought to revive the economy through boosting the nation’s confidence.

• Rutherford Hayes

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Harry Truman

Elected during the Great Depression, he sought to help struggling Americans through his New Deal programs that created employment and social programs, such as Social Security.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

As President Roosevelt’s vice president, he succeeded him after his death. He established during the Cold War doctrines to contain communism, developed the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, and sent the U.S. military to defend South Korea after North Korea invaded.

• William Taft

• Calvin Coolidge

• Grover Cleveland

• Harry Truman