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43 Cards in this Set
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George Washington |
1st (1789-1797)
-Hamilton's economic program and Bank Act -Birth of political Parties -Pickney's Treaty: Mississippi River opened by Spain -Bill of Rights |
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John Adams
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2nd (1797-1801)
-Alien and Sedition Act -Kentucky Virginia Resolution |
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Thomas Jefferson
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3rd (1801-1809)
-Marbury vs. Madison -Louisiana Purchase |
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James Madison
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4th (1809-1817)
-War of 1812 -Battle of New Orleans |
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James Monroe
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5th (1817-1825)
-Monroe Doctorine -Missouri Compromise: Henry Clay's compromise -Transportation Revolution: canal era |
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John Quincy Adams
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6th (1825-1829)
-Erie Canal Completed -Tariff of Abominations |
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Andrew Jackson
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7th (1829-1837)
-Trail of Tears -2nd Nullification Crisis -War on the Bank/Panic of 1837 |
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Martin Van Buren
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8th (1837-1841) |
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William Harrison
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9th (1841)
-Whig Program died with him -Indian fighter before presidency -Keeled over a month into office |
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John Tyler
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10th (1841-1845)
-Manifest destiny sparks -War with Mexico: Texas Annexed |
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James Polk
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11th (1845-1849)
-Oregon Territory Dispute settled -California Gold Rush |
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Zachary Taylor
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12th (1849-1850)
-Wilmot Proviso: California, New Mexico, and Texas admitted -Independent of whigs |
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Millard Fillmore
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13th (1850-1853)
-Compromise of 1850 -Fugitive Slave Act |
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Franklin Pierce
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14th (1853-1857)
-Kansas-Nebraska Act -Bleeding Kansas |
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James Buchanan
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15th (1857-1861)
-Dredd Scott Case -John Brown's Raid |
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Abraham Lincoln
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16th (1861-1865)
-Civil War -Emancipation Proclamation |
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Andrew Johnson
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17th (1865-1869)
-Reconstruction -Fight with Radical Republicans -Impeachment Crisis |
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Ulysses Grant
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18th (1869-1877)
-Huge Corruption -Tweed Ring -Economic difficulty |
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Rutherford Hayes
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19th (1877-1881)
-Massive railroad strikes stopped by federal army -First Telephone installed in White House -End of Reconstruction |
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James Garfield
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20th (1881)
-Gets shot by crazed attorney -Attacked political corruption since Grant's presidency -Strengthened Federal authority over the New York Customs House |
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Chester Arthur
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21st (1881-1885)
-First general federal immigration act -Tariff Act of 1883: tries to lower tariffs |
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Grover Cleveland (First Term)
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22nd (1885-1889)
-Apache wars of New Mexico and Arizona end -Statue of Liberty dedicated -New Chinese Exclusion Act |
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Benjamin Harrison
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23rd (1889-1893)
-Tariff issues -Sherman Anti-Trust Act: protect trade and commerce against monopolies |
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Grover Cleveland (Second Term)
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24th (1893-1897)
-Panic of 1893 -Pullman Strike -New Chinese Exclusion Act |
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William McKinley
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25th (1897-1901)
-100-day war: for liberation of independence of Cuba from Spain -US annexes Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico -Shot and killed by deranged anarchist |
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Theodore Roosevelt
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26th (1901-1909)
-Won Noble Peace Prize for mediating Russo-Japanese War -Added to National Forests in West and Campaigned for National Parks |
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William Taft
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27th (1909-1913)
-Payne-Aldrich Act supporter: high tariffs -Interstate Commerce Commission directs railroad rates -Progressive party hated him |
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Woodrow Wilson
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28th (1913-1921)
-Federal Trade Commission: prohibit unfair business -World War I: America not neutral -Versailles Treaty |
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Warren Harding
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29th (1921-1923)
-Federal Budget System Established -Slashed taxes, high protective tariffs -Postwar depression |
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Calving Coolidge
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30th (1923-1929)
-Period of rapid economic growth "Roaring 20s" -Revenue Act of 1924: reduced income tax rates greatly -Continues to lower taxes |
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Herbert Hoover
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31th (1929-1933)
-Stock Market Crash: Great Depression -Scapegoat for Depressioin -Hoover Dam |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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32nd (1933-1945)
-Social Security, relief programs -World War II: US enters war 1941 -Planning United Nations |
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Harry S. Truman
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33rd (1945-1953)
-Dropped atomic bombs on Japan, end of WWII -Korean War: Cold War! |
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Dwight Eisenhower
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34th (1953-1961)
-More Cold War -Wanted to maintain world peace -Ends Korean War with armed peace -Negotiations with Russia |
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John Kennedy
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35th (1961-1963)
-Cuban Missile Crisis -Apollo Program begins: Space Race -Assassinated |
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Lyndon Johnson
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36th (1963-1969)
-Great Society Program: aid education, attack disease, positive reform on a wide scale -Civil problems: black segregation, against segregation -War in Vietnam begins |
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Richard Nixon
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37th (1969-1974)
-ended the draft, environmental program -First Moon Landing -End of American involvement in Indochina -Watergate Scandal -Nixon Resigns |
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Gerald Ford
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38th (1974-1977)
-Pardons Nixon -Curb Inflation -Country faces recession -Tries to prevent any more debts by vetoing a lot |
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Jimmy Carter
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39th (1977-1981)
-Works at curbing inflation and stopping recession -Expands national park systems -Soviet invasion of Afghanistan |
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Ronald Reagan
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40th (1981-1989)
-Shot but survives -Peacetime prosperity: no recession or depression -"Mr. Gorbachev! Tear down this wall!" -Peace through strength to fight communism |
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George Bush Sr.
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41th (1989-1993)
-Cold War ends, Berlin Wall falls -1st Gulf War: Iraqi Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait -Sends troops to Panama to overthrow General Noriega |
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Bill Clinton
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42nd (1993-2001)
-Impeached for sleeping around but found not guilty -Sends forces to Bosnia and Iraq |
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George Bush Jr.
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43rd (2001-2009)
-September 11 WTC attack -Department of Homeland Security established -Fight with "terror" |
