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22 Cards in this Set
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Benjamin Harrison
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won by 1 vote; only grandson of a former president to be elected
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Grover Cleveland
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elected two non-consecutive terms; married at white house
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William McKinley
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Spanish-American war ; assassinated during 2nd term
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Theodore Roosevelt
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youngest to serve; war hero; Panama canal ; bull - moose party
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William taft
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largest president; served as supreme Court justice after pres.
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Woodrow wilson
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WWI; 17,18,19th amends; remarried 2nd term
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Warren harding
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poker player; scandals problems; died office "heart attack"
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Calvin Coolidge
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"silent cal"; business pres,; stock market boomed
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Herbert hoover
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great depression begins ; 1st NOT to accept a salary occupation
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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elected 4 times ; Great depression; WWII
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Harry S. Truman
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VP for 82 days; WWII ended; Korean War
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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commander of allied forces; war hero; "I like ike!"
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John F. Kennedy
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1st catholic to be elected; youngest elected; assassinated
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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sworn in on air force one ; "great society "; Vietnam War began
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Richard Nixon
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opened relations with China ; ended Vietnam War; resigned (Watergate )
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Gerald ford
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1st VP to be appointed; survived 2 assassination attempts
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Jimmy carter
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from GA; Camp David accords ; Iran hostage crisis
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Ronald Reagan
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oldest president to serve (77);arms agreement with USSR;gov.CA
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George H.W. bush
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was VP ; Persian Gulf war ; recession sent forces to fight in Panama
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bill Clinton
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appealed to youth (MTV); 1st Democrat for 2 terms;impeached
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George W. bush
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won controversial election 2000; pres. on 9/11 ;war on terrism
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barrack Obama
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1st minority to be elected; "time for change "
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