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40 Cards in this Set
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George Washington
1789-1797 |
Supported Hamilton's financial plan
Used Fe deal deal troops to with whiskey rebellion Farwell address warned of Alliances, political parties and sectionalism |
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John Adams
1797 - 1801 Federalist |
XYZ Affair with France = bad relations
US / France undeclared Naval war Alien / Sedition Acts Midnight Judges appointees |
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Thomas Jefferson
1801 - 1809 Democrat-Republican |
Elected in Revolution 1800
Peaceful transfer of power Louisiana Purchase 1803 Embargo Act 1807 = killed economy |
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James Madison
1809-1817 Democrat-Republican |
Father of the Constitution
Author of many Federalist Papers British Impressment let to War of 1812 Supported 2nd Bank of US |
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James Monroe
1817-1825 Democrat-Republican |
Time known as "Era of Good Feelings"
Aquired Florid from Spain Monroe Doctrine = US Claim to Western Hemisphere = Europeans stay out |
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John Quincy Adams
1825-1829 Democrat-Republican |
Elected by House of Rep.
Accused of "Corrupt Bargain" with Henry Clay Supported internal improvements |
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Andrew Jackson
1829-1837 Democrat |
Extended Spoils System
Opposed Federally funded internal improvements Threatened force agaist South Carolina for Nulification Crisis Bank War = Opposed 2nd Bank of US / Vetoed ReCharter Indian Removal = Trail of Tears |
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Martin Van Buren
1837-1841 Democrat |
Panic 1837 = Economic Crisis = Failure
Opposed Federal interference with slavery |
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William Henry Harrison
1841 Whig |
Hero of Battle of Tippencanoe (War of 1812)
"Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign Died 1 month after taking office |
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John Tyler
1841-1845 Whig |
1st VP to take over for president's death
Vetoed new national bank = cabinet resigned Webster-Ashburton Treaty = Maine / Canada border dispute Annexation of Texas |
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James Polk
1845-1849 Democrat |
Advocate of American Expansion
Dispute with GB over Oregon Territory (54/40 or FIght) Border dispute over Texas Mexico = MexicanAmerican War Mexican Cession = Californian and Southwest |
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Zachary Taylor
1849-1850 Whig |
Hero of MexAmer War
Believed in Popular Sovereignty Died while working of Compromise of 1850 |
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Millard Filmore
1850-1853 Whig |
2nd VP to take over after president's death
Signed Compromise 1850 Enforced stronger Fugitive Slave Act Also lost election of 1852 (Whig) and 1856 (Know Nothtings) |
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Franklin Pierce
1853-1857 Democrat |
Completed US Continental expasion with Gadsen Purchase
Ostend Manifest = approved purchase of Cuba Signed Kansas-Nebraska Act = repeal of Compromise 1820 |
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James Buchanan
18577-1861 Democrat |
Supported pro-slavery constitution in Kansas
Said States had no right to secede but did nothing to stop them after Election 1860 |
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Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865 Republican |
Opposed expansion / spread of slavery
Accepted slavery where it already existed Emancipation Prclamation Moderate toward South during Reconstruction 1st President assassinated |
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Andrew Johnson
1865-1869 Democrat |
Reconstruction policy too easy on South
Only required states to ratify 13th Amendment Vetoed extensions of Freedman's Burreau and Civil Rights Act 1866 Put on trial for impeachment = 1 vote short |
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Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877 Republican |
Presidency plagued by scandals
Supported Radical Reconstruction and 15th Amendment Civil Service Reform = CIvil Service Commission |
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Rutherford Hayes
1877-1881 Republican |
Won disputed election of 1876 = 3 states electoral votes too close to call
Ended Military Reconstruction Used Federal Troops to break up Great Railroad Strike 1877 |
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James Garfield
1881 Republican |
Gave govt jobs to friends and supporters
Assassinated by angry office seeker |
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Chester Arthur
1881-1885 Republican |
Wanted to limit wasteful govt spending
Opposed Chinese Exclusion Act Supported Civil Service Reform = Pendleton Act |
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Grover Cleveland
1885-1889 Democrat |
1st Democratic president since 1856 (before Civil War)
Vetoed pension for Civil War Veterans Singed Interstate Commerce Act = created Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) Suppoted Dawes Act = Indian Assimilation |
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Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893 Republican |
McKinley Tariff 1890
Sherman-Anti Trust Act 1890 SIlver Purchase Act 1890 Supported Annexation of Hawaii |
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Grover Cleveland
1893-1897 Democrat |
Panic of 1893 = worst depression of the 1800's
Stopped Annexation of Hawaii Only president to serve 2 nonconsecutive terms |
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William McKinley
1897-1901 Republican |
Tariffs = Highest in US history
Annexed Hawaii 1898 Started US Imperialism - Spanish American War Open Door Policy towards China Died in office |
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Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909 Republican |
1st Progressive President
Known as a Trust Buster = Northern Securities Company Acquired right to build Panama Canal Roosevelt Corollary = extension of Monroe Doctrine |
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William Howard Taft
1909-1913 Republican |
Strongly supported anti-trust laws
Extended authorityof ICC to include telephone/telegraph companies Dollar Diplomacy = encouraged US investment in foreign countries |
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Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921 Democrat |
Federal Reserve Act = New national banking system
Clayton-Antitrust Act - supported labor union US entered WWI 14 Pointns = US war goals / Plan for peace Failed to get Congress to ratify Treaty of Versailles and join League of Nations |
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Warren Harding
1921-1923 Republican |
Presidency = corruption = Teapot Dome Scandal
Supported - Tax Cuts for wealthy / Favored Business / Immigration Restriction Washington Armament Conference = reduction in naval powers |
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Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929 Republican |
Replaced Harding after death
Vetoed McNary-Haugen Bill to help depressed farmers Kellog-Briand Pact - anti-war agreement |
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Herbert Hoover
1929-1933 Republican |
President when Great Depression hits
Increased spending on public works projects Reconstruction Finance Corporation = loans to banks, businesses, state and local govts Rejected Bonus Army = WWI Veterans $pensions |
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Franklin Roosevelt
1933-1945 Democrat |
Only president to serve more than 2 terms (4)
New Deal = fight Depression Social Security = one of longest lasting New Deal programs Led US during WWII |
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Harry Truman
1945-1953 Democrat |
Authorized use of atomic bombs against Japan
Containment = stop spread of communism Truman Doctrine = $ to fight spread of Communism US led amry to fight Korean War |
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Dwight Eisenhower
1953-1961 Republican |
Supported Interstate Highway System
President during Brown v. Board Federal troops used to support Little Rock 9 Massive Retaliation = buildup of nuclear weapons |
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John F. Kennedy
1961-1963 Democrat |
New Frontier = changes / new posibilities
Cold War = Cuban Missile Crisis / Increase Vietnam Proposed Civil Rights legislation before killed |
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Lyndon Johnson
1963-1969 Democrat |
Civil Rights Act 1964 / Voting Rights Act 1965 passed
Great Society - $ to end poverty, education, Medicare Vietam = escalation = 500K troops by 1968 |
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Richard Nixon
1969-1974 Republican |
Improved relations with Communist China and Soviet Union
Vietnamization = gradual removal of US troops from Vietnam Watergate Scandal ended in Nixon's resignation |
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Gerald Ford
1974-1977 Republican |
Became Nixon's VP after Spirow Agnew resigned over Watergate
President after Nixon resigned / Pardoned Nixon Bad economy during presidency |
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Jimmy Carter
1977-1982 Democrat |
Supported alternative energy = solar
High unemployment / inflation Camp David Accord = peace between Israel / Egypt Iran Hostage Crisis = Failure |
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Ronald Regan
1981-1989 Republican |
Reganomics = tax cuts for wealthy = increased spending
Appointed 1st woman to Supreme Court = Sandra Day O'Connor Sent marines to Lebanan but withdrew after 241killed in terrorist attack |
