Grade Chester A. Arthur’s Legislative Success, Appointments, and the Executive Office of the President:In this area you will evaluate a president’s management of the executive office of the president (White House staff, advisors, aides, cabinet members, and federal agencies), the president’s level of success in terms of convincing congress to pass the president’s legislative agenda, and the quality of the president’s federal appointments (judicial and otherwise). While every president has an agenda, not every president is able to successfully guide their agenda items through congress; your job is to determine how well a president does that. This category considers the ability of presidents to surround themselves with quality people and their ability to assign judgeships and federal positions effectively.

Grade James Garfield’s Domestic Policy:Domestic policies include all legislation and political agendas relating to internal American politics. This area includes issues relating to America’s social welfare, identity politics and minority rights, personal freedoms and responsibilities, healthcare, public safety, public order, environmental issues and the management of natural resources, infrastructure, and energy. This is a large, sweeping category and one that should be given considerable attention while grading your presidential report card

Key Terms:1968 Democratic National Convention​​The Bay of Pigs​The Carter Doctrine​The Culture Wars​The Greensboro Sit-In​The Heritage Foundation​Hunter S. Thompson​The Iran Hostage Crisis​The Iran-Contra Affair​The March on Selma​The Opening of China​Operation Desert Storm​The Patriot Act​Robert McNamara​The Rwandan Genocide​Second Wave Feminism​The Special Relationship​Stop the Steal​UFWA​Vietnamization

Betty Friedan and Simone de Beauvoir were important figures of , which focused more on social and economic rights rather than legal rights.

During the 1960s, Chicano activists Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta founded organizations that eventually merged to become the . This group fought for increased labor rights for farm workers and fused the causes of Chicano and Filipino activist groups who had been protesting the subpar working conditions of California farmers. A hunger strike, grape boycott, and march to the state capital lent national attention to the issue.

was the most serious foreign policy disaster of Jimmy Carter’s presidency. This lasted for 444 days after the deposition of Shah Reza Pahlavi by the forces of Ayatollah Khomeini. Carter’s inability to resolve the issue tanked his popularity and contributed to Ronald Reagan’s landslide victory in 1980. It would later be revealed that the Reagan campaign had worked with a hostile foreign government to prevent a resolution to the predicament until after the election, so he could deny Carter of the successful resolution and claim it for himself.

Recognizing the unpopularity of the Cold War proxy conflict, Richard Nixon instituted a policy called when he took office. The idea was to train and arm the local armed forces and gradually withdraw American troops. Nixon called this “Peace with Honor.” It would be, however, an additional six years before the last American troops were withdrawn from the country.

In 1960, a non-violent protest to desegregate a Woolworth’s store became known as . Led by young college students, this protest was quite typical of the type of social action taken by America’s youth during the decade.

Part 3 Essay Question : Your essay should have an introduction with a clear and specific thesis, a body with evidence, and a conclusion that reinforces your central argument. Select the option you feel the most comfortable with and answer it to the best of your ability.Choose ONE (1) of the following options:Trace the United States’ presidential responses to the Cold War from 1946-1989. List the presidential administrations during this time and describe each president’s foreign policy in regards to the Cold War and the ideological battle against communism. Which presidents were hardline Cold Warriors? Which presidents sought to ease tensions with the U.S.S.R.? Be sure to include specific examples or policies that support your answers.Trace the fracturing of the Democratic Party during the 1960s. What was the New Left? What were its goals and who did that group see as their opposition? What was the Counterculture and how did it represent a radical break from the values and traditions of the elder generation? What were the goals of the Counterculture movement? What various forms did it take? How did the fracturing of the Democratic Party lead to the rise of a new conservatism?Trace the efforts of investigative journalists such as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in terms of exposing the political corruption of the Nixon White House. Compare the real history of the Washington Post’s exposure of the Watergate scandal with the dramatic depiction of the event in All the President’s Men. How did these journalists investigate the corruption and what did they risk by doing so? What was the fallout of their journalistic investigation? What role does the media have in terms of keeping the three branches of government in check?

Involved in the Teapot Dome Bribery Scandal and other forms of malfeasance, was an example of the incredible political corruption of Warren G. Harding’s presidential administration.