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Lincoln, Abraham
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He served as President from March 4, 1861, until April 15, 1865
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it was in the 1800s
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Abraham Lincoln rep. or dem.?
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Republican politician
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what states seceded from the Union because the northern states were against slavery ?
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During Lincoln's presidency, the Southern states seceded from the Union because Lincoln and the Northern states were against slavery.
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Andrew Johnson ?
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He was Abraham Lincoln's vice-president, and became president after Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. Johnson authorized the purchase of Alaska from Russia. He was impeached in 1868, but not convicted
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Grant?
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He was a popular commander of the Union Army in the Civil War. The transcontinental railroad (the east-west railroad across the USA) was completed during Grant's term. Grant's two terms (1869-1877) were littered with scandals that involved some of the underqualified people that Grant had put in high offices; Grant declined to run for a third term.
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Hayes,?
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Hayes ended the reconstruction of the south after the Civil War. During his term as president (1877-1881) the country became more prosperous, but Hayes did not run for a second term.
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hayes vs Tilden
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In 1876, Hayes was elected president in one of the most contentious and confused elections in national history. He lost the popular vote to Democrat Samuel J. Tilden but he won an intensely disputed electoral college vote after a Congressional commission awarded him twenty contested electoral votes. The result was the Compromise of 1877.
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Garfield, James
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In 1881, four months after becoming president, Garfield was shot and fatally wounded by a person who had wanted, but was not given, a government job by Garfield.
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Arthur, Chester
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Before he was President, Arthur had been the Vice-President of the USA, serving under President James A. Garfield. After Garfield was assassinated, Arthur became President. During his term as President, he tried to reform the civil service system
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Cleveland groover
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Cleveland was the leader of the pro-business Bourbon Democrats who opposed high tariffs and was president for 3 terms he won by popular vote
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what did france us during grovers term
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statue of liberty
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Harrison Benjamin
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When he ran for the presidency against current president Grover Cleveland, Cleveland got more popular votes, but Harrison won the election since he received more electoral votes. Harrison's increased tariffs (taxes) on foreign goods and increased government spending caused him to lose
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William McKinley
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McKinley was elected for two terms as president, but only served from 1897 to 1901. During his presidency, the U.S. started and quickly won the Spanish-American War in 1898; the US fought Spain in Cuba, resulting in the independence of Cuba from Spain. Also as a result of this war, the US took possession of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Later, the Hawaiian Islands were annexed. For the first time in history the United States became a world power. In 1900 McKinley easily won his second presidential election, but on September 6, 1901, he was shot by an anarchist (a person who hates all governments)
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Roosevelt, Theodore |
Roosevelt increased the size of the U.S. Navy and started construction of the Panama Canal (a canal across Panama to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean). Roosevelt served from 1901 until 1909.
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Taft, William
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Taft served as US president from 1909 to 1913. Taft ran for a second term, but was defeated by Woodrow Wilson. The flowering cherry trees were given by Japan when he was president . Eight years after leaving office, Taft was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court;
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Woodrow Wilson
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he tried to keep America out of World War I (Wilson was re-elected using the slogan "He kept us out of war"), but he eventually declared war on Germany. Wilson founded the League of Nations (it was an organization that was devoted to maintaining world peace, but was proven to be a failure when World War II began in the 1930s).
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Harding, Warren
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Harding appointed some dishonest and unqualified people , which tarnished Harding's reputation and overshadowed almost everything else he did in his term. Prohibition began during Harding's presidential term.
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Coolidge, Calvin |
A popular president, Coolidge first served as Vice President under Warren Harding but took over the presidency in 1923 after Harding died in office. In 1924, Coolidge was elected to a second term. Known as 'Silent cal' reduced government spending and cut taxes during his administration
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Herbert hoover
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Hoover served as president from , during the first years of the Great Depression . . Although Hoover tried to help the economy, much of America thought that he wasn't doing enough
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Franklin Roosevelt
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he served 4 terms the most out of any president He tried to lift America out of the Great Depression Roosevelt also improved the U.S.'s relations with Latin America with the "Good Neighbor Policy." In World War II the United States tried to remain neutral, but after Pearl Harbor America protected there allies
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Truman, Harry S.
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In 1945 Truman authorized dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, ending World War II. Truman won the next election for office, although it had been widely predicted that he would lose. In 1950 he sent troops to South Korea entering the Korean War
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Eisenhower "ike" Dwight
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Eisenhower had been the Supreme Allied Commander in World War II. During his presidency, Eisenhower increased social welfare programs. Eisenhower worked to bring peace to the world; in 1953, he helped end the Korean War. He helped create the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) in order to stop the spread of communism. In 1954, after the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools was illegal, Eisenhower sent US troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to help integrate the public schools. He also initiated the construction of the US Interstate Highways (designed for the transport of military troops) in 1956.
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jfk
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When he was 43 years old, Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon for the Presidency. Kennedy was a hero during World War II, serving on a PT boat in the Pacific Ocean.
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Lyndon Johnson
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was elected After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, In 1964, Johnson was easily elected President. Johnson created a "war on poverty" and escalated the unpopular Vietnam War.
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Richard Nixon
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Nixon was the first president to visit China this began a process of developing crucial diplomatic ties with the Chinese communist regime. He also strengthened ties with the Soviet communist First escalating the unpopular Vietnam War, Nixon later ended the US involvement in it . Nixon first president to resign from office.
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Gerald ford
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Ford wanted to help the country recover from the trauma of Nixon's Watergate scandal.
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Jimmy carter
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Georgia. Carter's achievements included creating a new Department of Energy, and negotiating the 1979 Camp David Agreement. his popularity was bad because of him boycotting Olympics the 27 Americans taken hostage in Iran and gas crisis
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Ronald Reagan
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During Reagan's two terms as US President, the American hostages in Iran were freed, communism in the Soviet Union fell (this was symbolized by the eventual fall of the Berlin Wall separating communist East Berlin and democratic West Berlin), and US taxes were lowered.
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Clinton
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Clinton served during a time of peace and prosperity. Clinton was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve as president for two full terms (Clinton served from 1993 to 2001). In 1998 a scandal resulted in Clinton being the second president to be impeached by the House of Representatives; the Senate found him not guilty, and Clinton finished .
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