Presidents+and+Politics

Presidents and Politics- //Rule to Remember- “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog”-Harry Truman // The items below should chart how the leadership of America changed over the course of the last 108 years? What qualities and characteristics have Americans preferred in their leaders? How have presidents and government succeeded and failed over the course of the century? How do presidents get chosen? 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 This hyperlinked table of the 20th and 21st century Presidents will be completed by the entire class. Each of you will contribute information with appropriate links for one of the Presidents below. All student-generated text must be IN YOUR OWN WORDS and grammatically correct. Please proofread before you make your final submissions.

Presidents Born/Died/ Served Brief Description of the Age of Service Vice-President Greatest Accomplishments (3) Greatest Failure or Disappointments (3) Theodore Roosevelt Progressive Era Howard Taft Progressive Era Woodrow Wilson World War I Warren Harding Jazz Age Calvin Coolidge Jazz Age Herbert Hoover Depression Franklin Roosevelt Depression. New Deal, WWII Harry Truman Cold War Dwight Eisenhower The 50’s John Kennedy Camelot Lyndon Johnson Turbulent 60’s Richard Nixon Watergate Gerald Ford Watergate Jimmy Carter The 70’s Ronald Reagan Reaganomics George H. Bush New World Order Bill Clinton 90’s George W. Bush War on Terror Barack Obama ? This hyperlinked table of the 20th and 21st century Presidents will be completed by the entire class. Each of you will contribute information with ** appropriate links ** for one of the Presidents below. All student-generated text must be IN YOUR OWN WORDS and grammatically correct. Please proofread before you make your final submissions. Served  ||  Brief Description of the Age of Service  ||   Vice-President   ||   Greatest Accomplishments (3)  ||   Greatest Failure or Disappointments (3)   ||
 * Presidents ||  Born/Died/
 * [|Theodore Roosevelt] || || [|Progressive Era] || || || ||
 * [|Howard Taft] || || [|Progressive Era] || || || ||
 * [|Woodrow Wilson] || || [|World War I] || || || ||
 * [|Warren Harding] || || [|Jazz Age] || || || ||
 * [|Calvin Coolidge] || || [|Jazz Age] || || || ||
 * [|Herbert Hoover] || || [|Depression] || || || ||
 * [|Franklin Roosevelt] || || [|Depression] . [|New Deal], [|WWII] || || || ||
 * [|Harry Truman] || || [|Cold War] || || || ||
 * [|Dwight Eisenhower] || || [|The 50’s] || || || ||
 * [|John Kennedy] || || [|Camelot] || || || ||
 * [|Lyndon Johnson] || || [|Turbulent 60’s] || || || ||
 * [|Richard Nixon] || || [|Watergate] || || || ||
 * [|Gerald Ford] || || [|Watergate] || || || ||
 * [|Jimmy Carter] || || [|The 70’s] || || || ||
 * [|Ronald Reagan] || || [|Reaganomics] || || || ||
 * [|George H. Bush] || || [|New World Order] || || || ||
 * [|Bill Clinton] || || [|90’s] || || || ||
 * [|George W. Bush] || || [|War on Terror] || || || ||
 * [|Barack Obama] || || ?  || || || ||