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Black_prince [1.1K]
3 years ago
12

Match each event, piece of legislation, or quote with the president associated with it.

History
1 answer:
Grace [21]3 years ago
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Answer:

  • Kennedy - Cuban missile crisis

President John F. Kennedy was the President when the world went through the Cuban Missile Crises. He had ordered the blockade of Cuba to stop Soviet weapons getting to it.

  • Bush, Sr. - Persian Gulf War

President Bush, Sr led the United States to war against Iraq in 1990 to expel the Iraqis from Kuwait under a sanctioned action by the United Nations.  

  • Nixon - Moon landing

America's greatest Space achievement till that date, the Moon Landing on July 20, 1969 was done when Nixon was President.

  • Carter - Department of Education

President Carter was instrumental in the founding of the Department of Education which was later formed by an Act of Congress signed by him on October 17th, 1979.

  • Johnson - Great Society

President Lyndon B. Johnson refers to Political and Legislative initiatives aimed at improving the lives of everyday Americans by President Johnson.

  • Clinton - bombing of the Murrah Federal Building

President Clinton was President when a terrorist attack resulted in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, on April 19, 1995. America lost 168 lives that day.

  • Reagan - Iran-Contra scandal

In a scandal that rocked the US, it was revealed that the US had been shipping weapons to Iran through Israel and then using the money paid for the weapons to fund the Contra rebels of Nicaragua. This occurred between Aug 1985 and March 1987.

  • Bush, Jr. - Election lawsuits

President George Bush Jr's election in 2000, there was a lawsuit based on a recount dispute in Florida. The Supreme Court's decision allowed President Bush to become President by 1 electoral vote.

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