A changing presidency

• Truman gave very little information to the media during the Korean War.
• Ford pardoned Nixon in 1974.
• An example of White House corruption is using the President’s name.
• Carter was in office between 1977 and 1981.
• The 1960s and 1970s occurred most commonly in two cases, which were students and civil rights activists.
• Nixon was in office between 1969 and 1974.
• Eisenhower was in office between 1953 and 1961.
• Johnson was in office between 1963 and 1969.
• Ford was in office between 1974 and 1977.
• Truman was in office between 1945 and 1953.
• 4 people died at the shooting in Kent University in 1970.
• Kennedy was in office between 1961 and 1963.
• A shootout occurred between police and black rioters in Ohio in 1968.
• Speculations made during the Korean War were more troops, implement the draft, considering use of atomic bomb.
• FDR tried to add 6 Supreme justices to the existing 9.
• Consumer Credit increased under Coolidge from $32 billion to $60 billion.
• The Fordney- McCumber Tariff Act was introduced in 1922.
• In 1960 and 1974, 70% and 40% of people respectively trusted government.
• The NRA and AAA were ruled to be unconstitutional in 1937.
• The French phrase describing Harding’s/ republican policies at the time was laissez-faire.
• Coolidge halved the Estate tax.
• The wage increase during Coolidge Presidency was from $1308 to $1716.
• Andrew Mellon reduced taxes by 50% to 20% during Coolidge’s presidency.
• Corruption during the 1960s and 1970s was a result of more people in the White House, use of the President’s name without approval.
• Coolidge’s quote on business was ‘the business of America is business’.
• Kennedy tried to show the media a ‘family’ image.
• Coolidge’s reduction on surtax was from 40% to 20%.
• Harding’s quote on government and business was ‘less government in business, more business in government’.
• What tarnished Harding’s reputation at the end of his presidency was corrupted officials.
• Coolidge abolished the Gift tax.
• Johnson worked well in Congress by funding the children instead of funding the schools.
• FDR used a revolutionary form of communication with the public called Fireside chats.
• The Presidential Difference: leadership from FDR to Barack Obama by Fred Greenstein quote on the presidency was ‘The President became the most visible landmark in the political landscape’.
• Howard and Columbia Universities had anti-war protests.
• Violence during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was a result of corruption.
• Nixon was effective in Congress.
• Truman’s catchphrase was ‘to err is Truman’.
• The National Security Act of 1947 created the NSA and CIA.
• Harding assumed office in 1921 and left office due to death in 1923.
• By the mid 1920s, 200 Companies owned 20% of the nation’s wealth.