Grade Warren G. Harding’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 Chester A. Arthur’s Non-Presidential Life:Many times, a president makes as much, if not more, of an impact outside of the White House than inside. In other cases, presidents have unremarkable public lives outside of the Oval Office. In this category, your job is to evaluate how much of an impact on America (positive, negative, or neutral) a president had both prior to and after assuming the presidency. Be sure to describe the president’s background, career, and accomplishments when evaluating their non-presidential contributions.

Grade James Garfield’s Economic Policy:Economics relate to the president’s handling and management of the country’s economy, labor relations, taxes and tariffs, domestic and foreign trade, business regulations, protections for workers, the American standard of living, and the federal budget (government expenditures and deficits). When examining a president’s handling of the economy, consider the economic situation inherited by the president (for example, consider if the economy and economic issues improve or decline during the person’s presidential tenure). Try to evaluate how the president responds to the economic situation of the era – does this person effectively address economic problems like inflation or unemployment during economic crises? – Does this person manage the economy well during an economic boom? Keep the context in mind as you assign this grade.

Grade Grover Cleveland’s Integrity:Integrity refers to the president’s honesty, lack of corruption, and strong moral principles (or the opposite of these things). You will be asked to examine if the president had scandals, underhanded dealings, or if they misled the American people. Consider whether the president made decisions guided by a strong moral compass or if they committed extra-legal abuses of power. Evaluate how the president’s integrity affected the person’s ability to effectively run the country (for example, was a personal scandal a distraction? Did political corruption prevent effective governance? Did a commitment to integrity actually limit the president’s power?).

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.