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PCS US History
Presidential Policies/Influence
Term | Definition |
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James Monroe | acquired Florida from Spain; Monroe Doctrine to keep foreign powers out of America |
Andrew Jackson | supported minimal government |
Abraham Lincoln | Emancipation Proclamation (freed slaves) |
Teddy Roosevelt | Big Stick foreign policy (speak softly and carry a big stick) |
William Howard Taft | Dollar Diplomacy foreign policy (guarantee loans to foreign countries) |
Woodrow Wilson | tried to keep U.S. out of WWI; proposed League of Nations |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | New Deal social programs; leader during WWII |
Harry Truman | signed Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe |
John F. Kennedy | Cuban Missile Crisis |
Richard Nixon | Watergate |
Ronald Reagan | supply-side economics; huge budget deficits |
Bill Clinton | advocated economic and healthcare reform |
George W. Bush | continued Reagan's policies; Persian Gulf War |
Alexander Hamilton | loose construction (broad interpretation of the Constitution) |
Thomas Jefferson | strict construction (narrow interpretation of the Constitution) |