Top Ten Best Acts by U.S. Presidents
Involuntary servitude was finally deemed unconstitutional by the Lincoln administration. Congress passed the 13th Amendment, which made slavery illegal.
Now Black people have freedom to this day.
While I understand why the Roosevelt administration wanted to remain neutral in the war, he made the right decision by involving the U.S.
The Allies eventually defeated the Axis and prevented a Nazi takeover.
Took y'all long enough to get involved.
I'd say FDR really didn't have a choice on this one. The Lend-Lease program, however, was most helpful.
Without this, the world would be a tiny bit different.
Because of this act, Black people now had access to the very basic services that used to be exclusively available to the white race.
The Nixon administration finally ended possibly the most unpopular war in history.
The Obama administration ended possibly the second least popular war in history.
The Roosevelt administration created Social Security for seniors who were financially unstable or impoverished.
Social Security has lifted millions out of poverty.
The Johnson administration helped deliver health insurance to the two groups that were having the hardest time affording it: the poor and the elderly.
The Roosevelt administration made it mandatory for most businesses to pay all of their employees a respectable wage.
This is why Reagan is pretty good, though he ruined the economy.
The United States would have been completely destroyed if it weren't for JFK. He negotiated the U.S. out of war numerous times, including the Cuban Missile Crisis during his term.
If he had lived and served another term, the Vietnam War would have never happened.
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The Clinton administration required all businesses to provide a few months of leave to all employees in cases of the birth of a child or a sickness.
Granted, paid leave is still optional, but this law was a step in the right direction.
Emperor Hirohito had no problem sending suicide bombers to kill thousands in an unprovoked attack while US servicemen were sleeping, not to mention the loss of life they were responsible for during WWII.
The war could have dragged on forever had the US not dropped these bombs. Sure, the bomb affected a lot of people. However, it saved a lot more people from both sides of the "pond" by ending the war.
The "revisionist" history regarding these events is ridiculous. Terrible, yes, but absolutely necessary at the time.
You cannot judge historic events through the lens of the current time.
Indeed. Hopefully, this will bring about the end of the ongoing civil war there.
President Harding took a country reeling from the Great War, an impending economic crisis, and unprecedented government intervention, and set it on the path to the incredibly prosperous Roaring '20s in less than one term.
How could you not include this?
Bush was one of the worst presidents ever, but give credit where it is due.
Although it was JFK's idea, Nixon was the president who got Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to land on the Moon.