Presidents During the Cold War

Harry S. Truman

Apr 12, 1945

Cold War, Korean War (1950), Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Taft Hartley Act (1947), Containment, Berlin Airlift

Dwight D. Eiserhower

Jan 20, 1953

Interstate Highway System (1956), U-2 Incident, National Defense Education Act (1958), Start of the Space Race, Brinkmanship

John F. Kennedy

Jan 20, 1961

Clean Air Act (1963), Peace Corps, 23rd Amendment (Electoral Votes for D.C.), Supported Civil Rights and Femenism

Lyndon B. Johnson

Nov 22, 1963

War on Poverty, 24th Amendment (1964) making poll taxes unconstitutional, 25th Amendment (1967) changing presidential succession, Vietnam War, Civil Rights Act (1964), Voting Rights Act (1965)

Richard M. Nixon

Jan 20, 1969

Tries to end the Cold War, 26th Amendment which allows 18 year olds to vote (1971), War Powers Act (1973), Watergate and Resignation (1973-1974), Visited communist China and the Soviet Union, OPEC oil embargo, United States VS Nixon

Gerald R. Ford

Aug 9, 1974

Pardon of Nixon, WIN (Whip Inflation Now), Fall of Saigon (1975), Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I), Helsinki Accords

Jimmy E. Carter

Jan 20, 1977

1979 Energy Crisis, Three Mile Island (1979), Malaise Speech, Camp David Accords (1979) which brought peace between Israel and Egypt, Iran Hostage Situation, SALT II (1979), Boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Tried to bring human peace

Ronald W. Reagan

Jan 20, 1981

Tax Reform Act of 1986, Black Monday (508 pt drop in the Stock Market on 10/18/87), Social Classes Widen, PATCO Strike, "Reaganomics", Spending Cuts, Immigration Reform and Conduct Act (1986), Iran-Iraq War (US sold weapons mostly to Saddam Hussein and Iraq, Brandenburg Gate "Tear Down This Wall!", which begins the downfall of communism in the Soviet Union.