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JFK - Peace Corps Established
John F. Kennedy used his role as Chief Executive to establish the Peace Corps. -
JFK - Bay of Pigs
John F. Kennedy as the Commander in Chief approved a group CIA-trained Cuban exiles attempts to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. The Cuban army quickly defeated their efforts, and the Kennedy-approved fiasco became a major embarrassment for the new president. -
JFK - Khrushchev Pulls Missiles Out of Cuba
John F. Kennedy used his role as Chief Diplomat to create a deal with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to remove the missiles from Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the highlight of Kennedy's Presidency. -
LBJ - Civil RIghts Act Signed
Lyndon B. Johnson expressed his role as Chief Legilslator and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This act brought an end to centuries of legal discrimination against both African Americans and women of all races. -
LBJ - Military Action in Southeast Asia
Lyndon B. Johnson expresses his role as Commander in Chief and asks Congress to approve military action in Southeast Asia after two American ships were supposedly attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin. This escalated the Vietnam War. -
LBJ - Wins Reelection
Lyndon B. Johnson shows his role as Chief of Party when he easily defeated Republican Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election. -
Nixon - National Environmental Policy Act
Richard Nixon expresses his role as Chief Legislator when he signed the National Environmental Policy Act. -
Nixon - Peace with Soviet Union and China
Richard Nixon expressed his role as Chief Diplomat when he negociated peace treaties with China and the Soviet Union after tensions had been high. -
Nixon - POW White House Dinner
Richard Nixon demostrated his role as Chief of State when he hosted all of the POWs of the Vietnam War for a dinner at the White House. -
Ford - Nelson Rockefeller becomes Vice President
Gerald Ford expresses his role of Chief Exective and nominates Nelson Rockefeller, former Governor of New York, to be Vice President. -
Ford - Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974
Gerald Ford demostrates his role as Chief Legislator and signs the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, which seeked to regulate campaign fundraising and spending. -
Ford - Overseas Trip
Gerald Ford expresses his role as Chief Diplomat and departs on trip to Europe for a NATO summit meeting, to visit Spain and Italy, and to meet in Austria with President Sadat of Egypt. -
Carter - Emergency Natural Gas Act
Jimmy Carter demostrated his role of Chief Legislator by Carter signing the Emergency Natural Gas Act and announcing his plans to present an energy program to Congress. He later proposed the establishment of a cabinet-level Department of Energy. -
Carter - Graduation Speech Annapolis
Jimmy Carter demonstrated his role as Chief of State by giving a graduation speech at Annapolis in which he emphasized the importance of human rights in foreign policy. -
Carter - MX Missile
Jimmy Carter expresses his role as the Commander in Chief by approving the development of the MX missile. -
Reagan - Tax Bill
Ronald Reagan expressed his role as Chief Legislator when he signed a tax bill, which slashe income tax rates by 25% across the board. -
Reagan - First Female Justice
Ronald Reagan demostrates his role as Chief Executive by appointing Sandra Day O'Connor, first female justice, to the Supreme Court of the United States. -
Reagan - Troops sent to Lebanon
Ronald Reagan demostrated his role as Commander in Chief by deploying American Marines to war-torn Lebanon to participate in an ill-defined peacekeeping mission there. -
George H.W. Bush - Assisting Poland
George H.W. Bush demostrated his role as Chief Diplomat by offering a program of special assistance for Poland, whose Communist government has agreed to negotiations with the opposition Solidarity party which produce a plan for free elections. -
George H.W. Bush - Disabilities Act
President Bush demostrates his role as Chief Legislator by signing the Americans with Disabilities Act, which affects over 43 million Americans and forbids discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and transportation. -
George H.W. Bush - Persian Gulf War
George H.W. Bush demostrated his role as Commander in Chief by approving the start to The Persian Gulf War, code-named Operation Desert Storm, which began with a massive, American-led air attack on Iraq. -
Bill Clinton - Family Medical Leave Act
President Clinton demostrated his role as Chief Legislator when he signed the Family Medical Leave Act that required companies to provide workers with up to three months of unpaid leave for family and medical emergencies. -
Bill Clinton - NATO Summit Meeting
President Clinton demonstrated his role as Chief Diplomat when he attended the NATO summit meeting in Brussels, Belgium, at which he announces that the United States will maintain at least 100,000 troops in Europe. He also introduces the “Partnership for Peace” program aimed at building closer ties between NATO and former Warsaw Pact states. -
Bill Clinton - Iraq Bombing
President Clinton demostrated his role as Commander in Chief by ordering a three-day bombing attack against Iraq after Saddam Hussein refused to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors. -
George W. Bush - Military in Afghanistan
President Bush demostrated his role of Commander in Chief by announcing the commencement of military action in Afghanistan, an operation code-named “Enduring Freedom.” -
George W. Bush - Medicare
President Bush demostrates his role as Chief Legislator by signing a landmark bill overhauling Medicare that includes the program’s first prescription drug benefits to begin in 2006 and creates incentives for private insurance companies to cover Medicare subscribers. -
George W. Bush - Meeting with Vietnam
President Bush demonstrates his role as Chief Diplomat when he met with Vietnamese Premier Phan Van Khai to discuss human rights and treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in Vietnam. This marks the first visit by a Vietnamese Premier to the United States since the country reunited under Communist rule in 1975. -
Barack Obama - Bin Laden Killed
President Obama demonstrates his role as Commander in Chief by killing Osama bin Laden in a US raid in Pakistan. -
Barack Obama - Violence Against Women Act
President Obama demonstrates his role as Chief Legislator bu signing The Violence Against Women Act into law. -
Barack Obama - Meeting with the Dalai Lama
President Obama demonstrates his role as Chief of State by meeting with the Dalai Lama at the White House.