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45 Cards in this Set
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George Washington |
1789 "Whiskey Insurrection" Set up the Federal Court System |
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John Adams |
First President to occupy the White House Created the Navy Lived to see a son in the White House |
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Thomas Jefferson |
1801 Purchased the Louisiana Territory Marbury vs. Madison decision |
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James Madison |
"Architect of the Constitution" Introduced the "Bill of Rights" War of 1812 |
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James Monroe |
"Era of Good Feelings" |
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John Quincy Adams |
Took a strong stand against slavery "President who never retired" |
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Andrew Jackson |
1829 "Old Hickory" Responsible for the "Trail of Tears" Considered the founder of the modern Democratic Party |
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Martin Van Buren |
Panic of 1837 National Treasury established in Washington D.C. |
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William Henry Harrison |
Died in the White House one month later |
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John Tyler |
Appointed a Democratic pro-slavery cabinet |
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James Knox Polk |
California Gold Rush American - Mexican War America gained Oregon, California, & New Mexico territories |
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Zachary Taylor |
"Old Rough & Ready" Controversy over the extension of slavery into the new territories heats up. |
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Millard Fillmore |
Uncle Tom's Cabin published Signed the Fugitive Slave Law |
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Franklin Pierce |
Negotiated treaty with Japan for world trade for the 1st time Kansas - Nebraska Act |
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James Buchanan |
Dred Scott Decision handed down by the Supreme Court John Brown tried to organize a slave revolt Only president who never married |
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Abraham Lincoln |
1861 Civil War 1st President to be assassinated |
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Andrew Johnson |
A southern senator who stayed loyal to the union 1st President to be impeached |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
One of the most corrupt administrations with the Teapot Dome Scandal Battle of Little Bighorn |
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Rutherford B. Hayes |
Ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the south Began Civil Service Reform |
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James A. Garfield |
2nd President to be assassinated |
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Chester A. Arthur |
Pendleton Civil Service Act |
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Grover Cleveland |
Only President to serve two non-consecutive terms "Public Office Is a Public Trust" |
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Benjamin Harrison |
Battle of Wounded Knee Height of the Gilded Age |
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Grover Cleveland |
Panic and Depression |
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William McKinley |
Spanish - American War 3rd President to be assassinated |
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Theodore Roosevelt |
1901 Panama Canal constructed The Progressive Era The "Trustbuster" |
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William Howard Taft |
Became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
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Woodrow Wilson |
World War I League of Nations |
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Warren G. Harding |
His cabinet was the corrupt "Ohio Gang" The "Teapot Dome Scandal" |
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Calvin Coolidge |
The "Roaring Twenties" Charles Lindbergh's famous Flight Babe Ruth |
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Herbert Hoover |
Beginning of the Great Depression |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1933 Only President to be elected to four terms "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" World War II |
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Harry S. Truman |
The Nuclear Age begins The Cold War begins Korean War |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Billy Graham Rock n Roll bursts onto the American scene |
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John F. Kennedy |
1961 Cuban Missile Crisis Space Race begins 4th President to be assassinated |
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
Vietnam War "The Great Society" |
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Richard Nixon |
Watergate Scanal Only President to ever resign |
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Gerald Ford |
Acquired the job of restoring confidence in the Presidency |
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Jimmy Carter |
Mt. St. Helens erupts Iran Hostage situation |
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Ronald Reagan |
1981 Computer Revolution Considered by many to be the strongest President of the 20th century |
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George Bush (Sr.) |
Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) |
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William J. Clinton |
Disgraced the Presidency 2nd President to be impeached |
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George W. Bush |
War on Terror |
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President when I was born |
Clinton |
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President when Mrs. Urbanowski was born |
Truman |
