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1. George Washington

1. George Washington . - set precedents for Presidents -selection of a Cabinet to advise him -Whiskey Rebellion -Hamilton’s economic policies -bank and money system. 2. John Adams. -Jay’s Treaty -XYZ Affair -Alien and Sedition Acts -Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.

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1. George Washington

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  1. 1. George Washington -set precedents for Presidents -selection of a Cabinet to advise him -Whiskey Rebellion -Hamilton’s economic policies -bank and money system

  2. 2. John Adams -Jay’s Treaty -XYZ Affair -Alien and Sedition Acts -Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

  3. 3. Thomas Jefferson -Marbury v Madison -judicial review -agriculture should be basis of the economy -wanted to take out Hamilton’s economic plans -Louisiana Purchase -Lewis and Clark expedition -strict interpretation of the Constitution

  4. 4. James Madison - “Father of the Constitution” -War of 1812- British impressment of Amer. Sailors -Battle of New Orleans -Dolley Madison

  5. 5. James Monroe • - “Era of Good Feeling” • Missouri Compromise-1820 • Monroe Doctrine

  6. 6. John Quincy Adams -defeated Andrew Jackson in 1824 in a nasty campaign -Adams-Onis Treaty to get Florida from Spain

  7. 7. Andrew Jackson -Democrat- “common man” -Spoils system -Kitchen Cabinet -Indian Removal Act-1830-Trail of Tears -Federal vs state power -more people voting -Jacksonian democracy

  8. 8. Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 - Trail of Tears

  9. 9. William Henry Harrison -was president for 30 days

  10. 10. John Tyler 1841-1845

  11. 11. James K. Polk -Mexican War- 1846-1848 -settles Oregon border with Britain -California Gold Rush 1848

  12. 12. Zachary Taylor

  13. 13. Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 -The Compromise of 1850 -Uncle Tom’s Cabin published

  14. 14. Franklin Pierce -Gadsden Purchase -Bleeding Kansas

  15. 15. James Buchanan 1857-1861 -December 1860- southern states begin seceding from the Union- he took no action -John Brown’s Raid

  16. 16. Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 -Civil War -13th amendment passed -1862- Homestead Act -1862- Morrill Act

  17. 17. Andrew Johnson -became Pres. with the assassination of Lincoln -impeached by the Radical Republicans but not removed from office -presided over Reconstruction of the South

  18. 18. Ulysses S. Grant -1869- Transcontinental Railroad -telephone -considered one of the worst Presidents

  19. 19. Rutherford B. Hayes - Given the election in the Compromise of 1877- in return he promised to end Reconstruction

  20. 20. James A. Garfield -assassinated in 1881

  21. 21. Chester A. Arthur -1882- Chinese Exclusion Act -Standard Oil trust created

  22. 22. Grover Cleveland -Samuel Gompers and the Amer. Federation of Labor formed

  23. 23. Benjamin Harrison -1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act -Populism -Hull House- community org. to help immigrants- “settlement houses”

  24. 24. Grover Cleveland -Plessy v. Ferguson- “separate but equal” -Pullman strike -Tammany Hall-political machine- Boss Tweed

  25. 25. William McKinley -1898 Spanish-American War -Open Door Policy (China) -assassinated in 1901

  26. 26. Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 -Progressivism -National Park System -”Square Deal”- domestic policy “Speak softly and carry a big stick”- foreign policy -Panama Canal Wright Brothers air flight- 1903

  27. 27. William Howard Taft 1909-1913 -first auto kept at the White House -16th amendment- 1913- income taxes -”Dollar Diplomacy”

  28. 28. Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 -U.S. joins World War I- 1918 -Treaty of Versailles- 14 Points -Women get right to vote- 1920 -Prohibition begins -1921 -”moral diplomacy”

  29. 29. Warren G. Harding 1921-1923 - “Return to Normalcy” -Teapot Dome Scandal -dies in office

  30. 30. Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 -Jazz Age – “Roaring 20s” -Harlem Renaissance -1924- Native Americans get right to vote

  31. 31. Herbert Hoover • -Pres. when the stock market crashes in 1929 • The Great Depression • Dust Bowl

  32. 32. Franklin D. Roosevelt - The New Deal -World War II -Holocaust -Japanese Internment

  33. 33. Harry S Truman -drops atomic bombs to end WWII -Marshall Plan -Cold War -Korean War 1950-1953 -United Nations created

  34. 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower -hero of WW II -McCarthyism -Brown v. Board of Education- 1954 -interstate highway system

  35. 35. John F. Kennedy • -elected in 1960- assassinated in 1963 • “New Frontier” • Berlin Wall built- 1961 • Castro • Bay of Pigs • Cuban Missile Crisis • NASA- the space race • Peace Corp • March on Washington

  36. 36. Lyndon B. Johnson • -Pres. after Kennedy is assassinated • -Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • -escalates the war in Vietnam • -the “Great Society” • “War on Poverty” • Civil Rights Act-1964 • Voting Rights Act

  37. 37. Richard M. Nixon -1968-re-elected in 1972 -visits China -détente with the Soviet Union -Vietnamization of the War -Vietnam war ends in 1973

  38. 38. Gerald R. Ford -Pardons Nixon

  39. 39. James E. Carter -elected in 1976 -energy crisis -hostages in Iran -Camp David Accords

  40. 40. Ronald Reagan -1980-1988 -Conservatism “trickle down” theory of economics- Reganomics -supply side economics -Arms reduction talks with Soviets

  41. 41. George H.W. Bush -1988-1992 -Gulf War- Operation Desert Storm- against Iraq -fall of Berlin Wall and USSR

  42. 42. William Jefferson Clinton (Bill) -1992-2000 -NAFTA -impeached -Balanced budget -good economy

  43. 43. George W. Bush -controversial election of 2000 - Attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 -War on Terror -Invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan -PATRIOT Act -stimulus package and bank bail- out

  44. 44. Barack Obama -elected in 2008 -second stimulus package -lack of confidence, political arguments continue to slow economy -conserv. –liberals unable to find compromise

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