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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