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    George Washington was the first US President and established many precedents for the office, including a system of cabinets. Abraham Lincoln led the country during the Civil War and worked to abolish slavery. John F. Kennedy faced challenges with the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War during his presidency and his assassination remains mysterious. George W. Bush saw the country through the 9/11 terrorist attacks and resulting War on Terror, but faced criticism for his policies late in his second term.

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    George Washington was the first US President and established many precedents for the office, including a system of cabinets. Abraham Lincoln led the country during the Civil War and worked to abolish slavery. John F. Kennedy faced challenges with the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War during his presidency and his assassination remains mysterious. George W. Bush saw the country through the 9/11 terrorist attacks and resulting War on Terror, but faced criticism for his policies late in his second term.

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    George Washington was the first US President and established many precedents for the office, including a system of cabinets. Abraham Lincoln led the country during the Civil War and worked to abolish slavery. John F. Kennedy faced challenges with the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War during his presidency and his assassination remains mysterious. George W. Bush saw the country through the 9/11 terrorist attacks and resulting War on Terror, but faced criticism for his policies late in his second term.

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    Famous US Presidents

    I. George Washington (1732-1799)

    • introduced a central government and a system of cabinets


    → formed the base of the modern American form of government
    • tried to keep himself out of conflicts within the parties
    • stood for the conciliation between England and America and even succeeded in it
    • quit with politics and disclaimed his reelection in 1797
    • could handle his important job successfully and created a lot of leading cases which helped his
    followers to decide

    II. Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    • had to manage the abolition of slavery and the War of Secession coming along with it
    • had to deal with the American Civil War between the Union forces (of the northern states) and the
    Confederate forces (of the southern states)
    • was murdered by a supporter of the southern states while watching a theater play
    • commitment concerning the unity of the American states → symbol of peace and unity

    III. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

    • personality: attractive, friendly


    • foreign policy: - involved in solving the Cuban Missile Crisis
    - further support of Germany (speech: “Ich bin ein Berliner!“)
    - eased the conflicts between the Eastern Bloc and the West during the Cold
    War (→ policy of détente)
    - important figure in the Vietnam War
    • domestic policy: - abolished laws causing segregation
    - raised the minimum wage and the unemployment pay

    • assassination: - made him known and attracted attention for a long time
    - the situation is still not clear → many different theories concerning the
    number of assassins, shots and many problematic facts

    IV. George W. Bush (*1946)

    • personality: polarizing
    • policy before 9/11: - acted without attracting much attention: mainly internal affairs
    • policy after 9/11: - starting the “War on Terror“ → Iraq War => massive critique
    - inside the country: many security-arrangements (positive public reaction)
    - at the end of his second presidentship: big mistrust from many sides

    references:
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2009/jan/15/steve-bell-george-bush
    http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/jfks.htm
    German and English website of “Wikipedia“: articles of the four presidents
    Grundkurs Englisch 2e2, 19. April 2010 by Simon Essing and Tobias Hundhammer

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