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20 Cards in this Set
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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His disputed election in 1876 led to removal of troops from the South
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James Garfield
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His assassination by an embittered office-seeker led to civil service reform
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Chester Arthur
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Member of the Stalwart faction of the Republican party
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Chester Arthur
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President when the Mongrel Tariff and Pendleton Act was passed
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Grover Cleveland
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First Democrat elected president after the Civil War
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Grover Cleveland
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Only president elected to two nonconsecutive terms
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Grover Cleveland
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President during the Panic of 1893 and the 4 years of depression that followed
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Benjamin Harrison
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Grandson of a former president and served when the Sherman Antitrust Act, Sherman Silver Purchase Act, and McKinley Tariff were passed
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William McKinley
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President during the Spanish-American War
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William McKinley
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He was assassinated by a mentally unstable anarchist during the Pan-American Exposition
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Teddy Roosevelt
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He was the youngest president
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Teddy Roosevelt
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He was the first trustbusting president
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Teddy Roosevelt
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He was an advocate of carrying a "big stick" in U.S. foreign policy
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Teddy Roosevelt
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He believed in a "square deal" for all Americans
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Teddy Roosevelt
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He was an advocate of conservation of natural resources and the Panama Canal
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William Taft
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He was the only president who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court
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William Taft
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He was an advocate of "dollar diplomacy"
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Woodrow Wilson
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President during World War 1
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Woodrow Wilson
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Proponent of a "New Freedom" for the U.S.
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Woodrow Wilson
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President when the 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments passed
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