Famous American Presidents
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Famous American Presidents
The Assassination of J.F.K
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was one of the more popular presidents
Even though he had fought for the human rights (supporting Martin L. King Jr.,...) , he had only managed to make a few laws considering these
His wife Jackie was also popular amongst the people of USA
He was assassinated on 22. November 1963 during his political trip
It happened in Dallas, while JFK, his wife and two other men were driving in a car with an open roof to greet the people
It is believed, that it was Harvey Oswald Lee, who had shot the President
After the shooting, JFK was taken to the nearest hospital und pronounced dead 30 min later
Oswald Lee was arrested and charged with the assassination
He denied it and was shot two days later by Jack Ruby
The Watergate Scandal
Was a major political scandal that happened in the USA in the 70’
The administration of president Richard Nixon – a republican had appointed a bugging of the Democratic Headquarters, located in the Watergate Complex
In June 1972 a few of burglars had broken into the Complex and installed bugging devices there
They had been discovered and arrested
Later it had been found out, that they have had a direct connection to Nixon’s administration
This had resulted in the resignation of president Nixon
The Invasion of Iraq
The Invasion was a response of George Bush jr. to the terrorist attack on September the 9th 2001
He announced the global War on Terrorism, of which the Invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan were parts
The troops of USA, UK, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and deposed the government of Saddam Hussein
George W. Bush was relatively popular for the most of his first term, but with the second one his popularity sharply descended
Some other American Presidents
Thomas Jefferson
One of the Founding Father of the USA
His Declaration of Independence set the modern political and sociological measures (all men are equal…)
Founded the University of Virginia, built a house – Monticello,…
Abraham Lincoln
Anti-slavery and anti-war president, was elected almost entirely by the north
During his term the Civil War took place and he managed to keep the USA united
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which gave freedom to all the slaves and banned slavery
He was assassinated short after the end of the Civil War
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Had got elected 4 times
Had suffered from polio and had been tied to a wheelchair, the press, however, had respected him, and had held this fact from the public
His presidency had begun in the middle of the Great Depression, with many people unemployed, starving, living on the streets
To fight that, he had introduced the “New Deal” – a strategy that indeed helped many people to regain their jobs
During the WW2 he had worked closely with Winston Churchill
He had died shortly after the end of the war, in year 1945