America after wars

Presidential leadership

ULYSSES Grant

• In office March 9, 1864 – March 4, 1869
• Grant was a military commander in the Civil War
• After the civil war grant served 2 terms as president 
• He wanted to recover from the wars by beginning reconstruction
• He was known as a "War Hero"

Teddy Rosevelt

• He led and commanded the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment.
•  Roosevelt was a republican leader who served as a governor in New York
• When William McKinley died he became President
• His second term was won by a landslide --
• Fun Fact: The teddy bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt, 

Dwight d. Eisenhower

• He was president from 1953 until 1961 
• He was a 5 star general in the united states army during WW1
• He was the first supreme commander of NATO
• He balanced the budget 3 times
• He Signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956

Bill clinton

• President from January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
• He had the longest economic expansion in American history
• He had the most diverse cabinet in American History
• He believed in no gun laws
• He deactivated over 1,000 nuclear weapons from the soviets

civil Rights

ULYSSES Grant

• Signed the Civil Rights Acts of 1870 and 1875 Guaranteed equal rights
• He fought the KKK - can be considered as a civil rights activist 
• He tried and supported the 15th amendment to be passed
• served as commander and chief of the union army during the civil war

Teddy Roosevelt

• He invited Booker T. Washington to the white house /  discussed racism 
• publicly Roosevelt gave speeches about discrimination 
• He was reluctant when it came to enforcing the 15th amendment 
• successfully got Japanese students to attend school with whites

Dwight D Eisenhower

• President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957
• He did not start military desegragation but he planned to finish it
• He was responsible for Little Rock nine / Arkansas had poor school system
• MLK wrote Eisenhower a letter to show appreciation after Little Rock 9

Bill clinton

• sighned Defense Of Marriage Act / left it up to the state to decide
• pledged to allow all gays to serve openly in the army
• He was as strong believer in affirmative action
• Also thought affirmative action should be retired once its done is job

Bill clinton

• sighned Defense Of Marriage Act / left it up to the state to decide
• pledged to allow all gays to serve openly in the army
• He was as strong believer in affirmative action
• Also thought affirmative action should be retired once its done is job

technology

ulysees grant

• Became president after Civil War
• Ironclad warships where made out of iron that where impenetrable 
• Civil War submarines where the first submarines ever used in war
• Now Armies still use these kinds of tecknology but they have upgraded them
• Double Barrel cannons are also new tecknology at the time of the Civil War

Teddy Roosevelt

• He became president after Spanish American War
• Model 1896 Krag-Jorgenson Rifle / smokeless rifle/ had 5 shot not 1
• Only some units in the USA army had this technology because it was new
•  1895 model of the Gatling Gun / closest USA came to having machine gun
• These new weapons where crucial in the winning of the Spanish American War

Dwight D eisenhower

• Jet fighters where new technology that where used to drop bombs on korea
• Bazooka's where also new technology / used to destroy heavy armor         
• communist had lots of machine guns and had people willing to win or die
• jeeps where created  lower and could not be detected
• They used jeeps as a way of advertsing / teens and older wanted to drive 1

Bill clinton

• Bill Clinton was president during the Cold War
• Soviets vs. America who could get to the moon / could fly bomb anywhere
• They where capable of flying to the moon
• Cold War finally ended because of economic superiority / Decrease in gas $
• Star wars - tried making intercepting bombs / was almost impossible

economics

ULYSSES Grant

•  issued public credit act of 1869 / all bondholders baked by gold
• gained support by bankers and creditors who want there gold for bonds
• Democrats where considered disloyal for urging payments in greenbacks

Teddy roosevelt

• He attacked  big business / many people called him a socialist----- 
• He was called a trust buster / He strongly enforced the Sherman Act

Dwight D Eisenhower

• Eisenhower wanted to reduce expenditures dramatically
• reduction in military spending / wanted to focus on making a nuclear bomb 
• He cut  President Trumans budget from 10 Billion to 5 Billion dollars.     
• Strongly against tax cuts / average american lifestyle increased

Bill clinton

• Family Incomes increased by more then $6000 during his presidency
• He created over 20 million jobs
• Lowest unemployment in 30 years
• lowest poverty rate in 20 years
• He paid of $360 Billion dollars of debt

connections

Presidential leadership

• All my presidents became president after times of war
• Each of the presidents I chose served for 2 terms 

Civil rights

• Each president took civil rights a step further
• Each president had permanent affects on what they stood up for 
• presidents mostly focused on /  antisemitism or black discrimination
• 3/4 presidents passsed civil rights acts / Teddy enforced 15th Ammendment  

technology

•  technology after the wars are all used as other things to improve society 
•  beginning of presidents was no lightbulb / after war these are things made
• These are times when we also can prepare and create things to defend

economics

• After wars there is more many to spend on other things
• All the presidents can start spending money on industrialization