Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Presidential Legacies - How you would remember them....

Legacies of Presidents are generally agreed upon by historians, and in recent times by ordinary people who have witnessed first hand history in the making. The following is a list of legacies of 6 different Presidents.

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Harry S. Truman

From the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of World War II to the beginning of the cold war.
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John F. Kennedy

The Cuban missle crisis, civil rights and Vietnam dominated his short presidency.
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Richard Nixon

Astronauts walk on the moon, shootings at Kent State, meetings with Brezhnev and the Watergate scandal.
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Ronald Reagan

Cold war, war on drugs, the Challenger disaster, Beirut and Berlin bombings and Iran-Contra scandal.
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Bill Clinton

Welfare reform, the Brady bill, Somalia, Kosovo, budget surplus and the scandals that plagued him.
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George W. Bush

A contested election, Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, war in Iraq, hurricane Katrina, and economic crisis.
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