Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Presidential Review

Its only natural for presidents to ask themselves when they step into the oval office "How will I stack up?"  Where will history rank me?" Do I deserve to be here with the likes of Washington & Jefferson?" In fact, LBJ constantly worried about what Eisenhower thought of him.  You will be answering those questions for the presidents themselves through your march madness project.  Remember this project will not only help you with the content of this course but the skill of evaluation. Use this blog to help your classmates review for the AP.  Attach all the information you found on your presidents.  This will be graded like a seminar :)
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  1. StyxswordMay 3, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    William Howard Taft
    27th President
    1909-1913
    Republican
    -did not believe in stretching presidential powers
    Domestic Policy:
    Conservative
    -passed the Payne-Aldrich Act: continuation of high tariffs
    Foreign Policy:
    -followed peaceful means of solving disputes
    -dollar diplomacy
    Legacy:
    -became professor of law at Yale
    -later appointed Chief Justice of the U.S.
    -"I don't remember that I was ever President."
    "Other":
    -initiated 80 anti-trust suits (all of which were ignored by angry Progressives)
    -went to Yale

    William McKinley
    25th President
    1897-1901
    Republican
    -condemned trusts however
    -supported imperialism
    Domestic Policy:
    Conservative
    -McKinley Tariff passed under his name in 1890: tariffs up to 50%
    -Sherman Silver Purchase Act: allowed for more silver production but not unlimited
    Foreign Policy:
    -neutral interventon in Cuba
    -won 100-day war vs Spain
    -annexed Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
    Legacy:
    -later shot by deranged anarchist

    Herbert Hoover
    31st President
    1929-1933
    Republican
    -cut taxes
    -expand public works spending
    Domestic Policy:
    Conservative
    -Smoot-Hawley Tariff
    -20th Amendment enacted (less wait time between election and inauguration)
    Foreign Policy
    -followed "good neighbor" policy towards Latin and South America
    Legacy:
    "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history/herstory of any land."
    -Truman and Eisenhower later on appointed Hoover to reorganize executive departments
    "Other":
    -sighned a law making "Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem
    -went to Stanford

    -Michael Chen

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