U.S. Presidents have varying backgrounds and political persuasions. Only one was unanimously elected. They can have little or lasting influence. These stories are about individuals with the power to make a difference at home and abroad.
Can black children be barred from attending publicly supported schools?
After a 12-day manhunt, Booth is tracked down and killed.
Guiteau blames President Garfield for his unsuccessful career.
The Communist Chinese Forces (CCF) from Manchuria aid North Korea; they quickly overrun the US and their allies in the South.
Two superpowers - the US and the USSR - send back-and-forth letters, each demanding that the other remove missiles from nearby countries.
Operation Rolling Thunder demonstrates increased conflict with bombs and napalm dropped on Viet Cong structures.
A military commission holds the trial of Mary Surratt and other conspirators.
Many of the principal commanders and troops are likely to die in the dangerous invasion of Normandy's beaches.
Although President Kennedy expresses sadness at the death of the South Vietnamese President, the assassination was in line with U.S. interests.
People feel that Garfield dies too soon, but not "in vain".
Jackie Kennedy endures the unendurable when she sees her husband murdered. Soon after JFK's death, and before leaving Dallas, Lyndon Baines Johnson ta...
President Truman makes a decision to use America's atomic weapons to bomb Japan.
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