Presidents Song

This simple presidents song is designed to help children learn the names of the presidents since 1901 and to be exposed to a key fact or two concerning their rule. The presidents of America -- especially those from the 20th century onwards -- are among the most famous and influential figures in the history of not just the United States, but the entire world. Watching the names and pictures scroll by gives the viewer an immediate sense of the magnitude of the events that have shaped American history and world history over the last 100 years and more. These include: - Woodrow Wilson taking America into World War 1 and then establishing the League of Nations - Herbert Hoover battling to bring America back from the bring after the Wall Street crash of 1929 - Franklin Roosevelt&"New Deal"; his "day of infamy" speech after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Pacific and European battles that followed - Harry Truman authorising the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - John F Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs invasion, before his assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald - Richard Nixon&resignation because of Watergate - Ronald Reagan imploring Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall - George H. W. Bush&invasion of Iraq in response to Saddam Hussein&invasion of Kuwait - The Lewinsky scandal and Bill Clinton - The terrorist attacks of September 11 and George W. Bush&subsequent invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan - Barack Obama being the first African American elected to...