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43 Cards in this Set
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-First President in the world
-Elected unanimously |
Washington
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-First President to live in the White House
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Adams
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-Louisianna Purchase
-Author of: Declaration Constitution |
Jefferson
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-Smallest President 5'5" and 100 lbs.
-First Lady Dolly |
Madison
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-Purchased Florida from Spain
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Monroe
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-Only President to serve in House after presidency.
-Very smart -Potomac Swims |
J.Q. Adams
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-Ordered removal of Indians
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Jackson
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-First President born as a U.S. citizen
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Van Buren
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-Longest inauguration speech
-Shortest Presidency |
Harrison
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-First President to inherit presidency
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Tyler
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-Open trade with Japan
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Fillmore
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-Gadsden Purchase
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Pierce
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-Only President to never be married
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Buchann
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-First President assassinated
-Civil War -Emancipation Proclamation |
Lincoln
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-First President impeached
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Johnson
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-General of North Civil War
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Grant
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-His fraudulency-alleged stolen election
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Hayes
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-Second president to be assassinated
-wrote Latin and Greek with different hands at the same time |
Garfield
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-Honesty and Efficiency
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Arthur
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-Only President ever elected to seperate terms
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Cleveland
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-Only grandson of President
-Added 6 states |
Harrison
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-22nd President also
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Cleveland
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-Spanish American War
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McKinley
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-First President awarded Nobel Peace Prize
-Youngest to serve as President |
T. Roosevelt
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-Largest President 350 lbs.
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Taft
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-Second president awarded Nobel Peace Prize
-President during WWII |
Wilson
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-Teapot Dome Special
-Corrupt Cabinet -First Pres. to ride in an automobile |
Harding
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-Very quite and not sociable
-Monotone Speaker |
Coolidge
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-President when stock market crashed
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Hoover
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-Only President elected 4 times
-Pres. during Depression |
F.D. Roosevelt
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-Dropped atomic bomb on Japan
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Truman
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-Allied commander during WWII
-Ended Korean War |
Eisenhower
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-Assinated in Dallas
-Youngest President Elected |
Kennedy
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-Vietnam War-sent troops
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L.Johnson
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-Watergate Scandal
-Only President to resign from office. |
Nixon
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-Only President not to have been elected president or Vice Pres.
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Ford
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-Peanut farmer in Georgia
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Carter
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-Oldest President elected
-The Great Communicator |
Reagen
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-Operation Desert Storm
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G.Bush
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-Second Pres. impeached
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Clinton
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-Second father/son president
-Former Texas Governor |
W.Bush
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-First President not ever elected to pulic office
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Taylor
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-President during Gold Rush
-Declared War on Mexico |
Polk
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