He was re-elected with the promise of keeping the USA out of the First World War.
The Zimmerman Telegram and U-boats sinking US trade ships led Wilson to enter the First World War.
He created the League of Nations and was keen for the USA to join but Americans were not as keen to join as he was leading to them voteing Republican.
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Warren G. Harding
Harding was a republican and president from 1921-1923.
Harding promised a return to 'normalcy' (pre-war life) during his election campaign.
The worlds suffered a slight economic recession following the cost of WW1.
Introduced tariffs on US trade.
Reduced taxation and balanced the deficit.
Adopted Laissez Faire approach to government.
By refusing to join the league of nations he also introduced a period of Isolationism.
Emergency Quota Act of 1921 reduced the number of immigrants allowed into USA, it is a good example of America's Isolationism.
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Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge was a republican and president from 1923-1929.
The democrats did not really put up a good opposition to the republicans.
Coolidge won by promising the same Republicanism as Harding and his campaign slogan was famously "Keep it cool with coolidge".
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Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was a republican and president from 1929-1933.
Hoover easily won the election in 1929 promising to keep to the same Republicanism as his predicessors.
He introuduced a policy of Rugged Individualism which was basically just more Laissez Faire.
This worked well until the Wall Street Crash.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
FDR was a democrat and was president from 1933-1945.
He is the longest serving president in history.
Republican ideas opposed welfare but it was nessesary to cope with the Great Depression.
The republicans put Hoover as there candidat but FDR won due to the promise of a 'New Deal' for the American people.
The New Deal was federal intervention to save the country from the Great Depression.
FDR introduced a series of Fireside chats in which he'd broadcast to the people directly over the radio. This is an example of how he was a gifted speaker.
FDR introduced Alphabet Agencies such as Agricultural Adjuestment Agency (AAA) and National Recovery Agency (NRA).
Both of which were later declared unconstitutional because FDR used emergency powers to get them through congress faster.
The USA entered recession again in late 1930 but was saved by the Second Worlds War.
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman was a democrat and the president from 1945-1953.
Gave the order to nuke Japan.
The role of the president became a lot more important due to their position as Commander In Chief meaning they had control over the armed forces and foreign policy.
The US army expanded massivly during and following WW2.
Truman Doctrine said that the US would destory communism where ever it was in the world.
Truman had a bad relationship with the media as he did not communicate well with the public.
This meant news about the korean war was mis-reported and made Truman look bad.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower was a republican and president from 1953-1961.
Friendly and optimistic.
Saw working with the media as important.
Good public relations.
Exceptional organisation.
Worked well with congress.
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John F. Kennedy
JFK was a democrat and president from 1961-1963.
Extremely charming.
Saw working with the media as very important.
Good public relations.
Poor organisation.
Worked very well with congress.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ was a democrat and president from 1963-1969.
Suffered from backlash to the Vietnam war.
Not good with media.
Not great with the public.
Organisation good.
Worked very well with congress.
Passed Civil Rights Act.
Landed first man on the moon.
Introduced Great Society welfare programme.
LBJ significantly escalated USA's involvment in the Vietnam war.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon was a republican and president from 1969-1974.
Watergate, forced to resign.
Suspicious personality.
Distrusted the media.
Not good with people.
Suspicous at congress
Not good organisation.
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Gerald R. Ford
Ford was a republican and president from 1974-1977.
He was not liked for pardoning Nixon allowing him to resign without a trial.
People did not want to re-elect him because of this.
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Jimmy Carter
Carter was a democrat and president from 1977-1981.
He was a down to earth person and famously a peanut farmer.
He was not a very effective or good president though.
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