Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy

This foreign policy statement after WWII said US would help any nation trying to stop communism from spreading to their nation.

• Roosevelt Corollary
• Monroe Doctrine
• Truman Doctrine
• Bush Doctrine

This US president said that Civil Rights needs would not really change unless the hearts of people changed but he did send the national guard to Little Rock, AK to protect students integrating Little Rock High School

• FDR
• Eisenhower
• Truman
• Kennedy

This US President negotiated the removal of missiles from Cuba in the Cuban Missile Crisis

• FDR
• Eisenhower
• Kennedy
• Johnson

created this organization that allowed Americans to volunteer in developing countries around the world on missions of goodwill

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy

the United Nations was created and became the international organization designed to keep peace, prevent conflict, and guarantee human rights

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy

decreased America's defense budget and overall size of the military

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy

Brinkmanship / Massive retaliation

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy

authorized American troops to be sent to South Korea (Korean War starts)

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy

authorized a failed invasion of Cuba (planned by the CIA during the previous presidency)

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy

increased spending for NASA and publicly declared a goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy