Presidents of the United States

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1 Presidents of the United States 1 George Washington ( ) a 1 st President b Supported the 1 st Bank of the United States c Served 2 Terms 2 John Adams ( ) a Federalist b Sedition Acts c Alien Laws d XYZ Affair 3 Thomas Jefferson ( ) ic-republican (Jeffersonian) b Embargo Act Non-Intercourse Act c Wanted Small Military d John Marshall e Louisiana Purchase i. James Monroe, Robert Livingston f Meriwether Lewis, William Clark g Served 2 Terms 4 James Madison ( ) ic-republican b Macon s Bill No. 2 c War of 1812 Treaty of Ghent (1814) d Tariff of 1816 e Rejected Nationally-Funded Roads f Served 2 Terms 5 James Monroe ( ) ic-republican b Era of Good Feelings c Panic of 1819 d Missouri Compromise e Monroe Doctrine f Served 2 Terms 6 John Quincy Adams ( ) * b Strong Nationalist c Opposed Slavery d Supported the building of nationally-funded roads and canals

2 7 Andrew Jackson ( ) b Bank War i. Panic of 1837 c Trail of Tears d Common Man i. Spoils System e Served 2 Terms 8 Martin Van Buren ( ) ic b Divorce Bill i. Independent Treasury Bill c His delayed actions to end the Panic of 1837 caused big economic problems 9 William Henry Harrison (1841) a Whig b Died in Office on April 4, 1841 c Served 1 Term** 10 John Tyler ( ) a Whig b Democrat at Heart c Vetoes Bank of United States d Lowered Tariff 11 James K. Polk ( ) b Oregon Country w/britain c Mexican-American War 12 Zachary Taylor ( ) a Whig b Underground Railroad c Gold Rush d Congressional Debate of 1850 e Died in Office on July 9, 1850 f Served 1 Term** 13 Millard Fillmore ( ) a Whig b Compromise of 1850 c Fugitive-Slave Law of 1850 d 2 nd Era of Good Feelings

3 14 Franklin Pierce ( ) b Cuba/Nicaragua c Transcontinental Railroad d Kansas-Nebraska Act e Lecompton Constitution with Kansas f Served 1 Term 15 James Buchanan ( ) b Dred Scott Case c Panic of 1857 d John Brown 16 Abraham Lincoln ( ) b Civil War i. Emancipation Proclamation c Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 at Ford s Theater d Served 2 Terms** 17 Andrew Johnson ( ) b Reconstruction c Clashes with Congress i. Impeached (1 Vote Shy of Being Removed from Office) 18 Ulysses S. Grant ( ) b Political Corruption i. Credit Mobilier Scandal c Panic of 1873 d Served 2 Terms 19 Rutherford B. Hayes ( ) b Hayes-Tilden Standoff i. Electoral Count Act (Compromise of 1877) c Civil Rights Act of 1875 i. Jim Crow Laws

4 20 James A. Garfield (1881) b Assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau on September 19, 1881 c Served 1 Term** 21 Chester A. Arthur ( ) b Pendleton Act of 1883 i. Attempted to stop political corruption ii. Civil Service Commission c Served 1 Term 22 Grover Cleveland ( ) b Proposed a lower tariff to Congress to bring lower prices to consumers c Served 1 Term 23 Benjamin Harrison ( ) b Billion-Dollar Congress c McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 i. Discredited Republican Party d McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 brought more economic troubles to farmers e Sherman Silver Act Purchase of 1890 precursor to the Panic of 1893 i. Depreciated the value of silver due to the drastic rise of silver in circulation. f Served 1 Term 24 Grover Cleveland ( ) b Panic of 1893 i. Sherman Silver Act Purchase of 1890 c Anti-imperialist 25 William McKinley ( ) b Gold Standard Act of 1900 c Imperialist i. Annexation of Hawaii d Assassinated by a deranged anarchist on September 14, 1901 **

5 26 Theodore Roosevelt ( ) b Panama Canal c Roosevelt Corollary d Progressivism e Panic of 1907 f Served 2 Terms 27 William Howard Taft ( ) b Trust Breaker c Progressivism 28 Woodrow Wilson ( ) b Federal Reserve Act c World War I i. Fourteen Points Address ii. League of Nations iii. Treaty of Versailles d 18 th Amendment Prohibition e 19 th Amendment Women Suffrage f Red Scare i. Nicola Sacco, Bartolomeo Vanzetti g Served 2 Terms 29 Warren G. Harding ( ) b Roaring Twenties i. Automobile Industry ii. Aviation Industry iii. Flappers c Corruption i. Teapot Dome Scandal d Soft President e Five Power Treaty/Four Power Treaty f Died in Office on August 2, 1923 g Served 1 Term** 30 Calvin Coolidge ( ) b Capper-Volstead Act c Dawes Plan of 1924

6 31 Herbert Hoover ( ) b McNary-Haugen Bill c Hawley-Smoot Tariff d The Great Depression i. Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929) 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt ( ) b New Deal i. Relief, Recovery, Reform ii. Did Not Work c World War II i. Yalta Conference d Died in Office on April 12, 1945 e Served 4 Terms*** 33 Harry S Truman ( ) b End of World War II i. Division of Germany ii. United Nations iii. Postwar Economy 1. Servicemen s Readjustment Act (GI Bill) c Served 2 Terms 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower ( ) b Armistice signed ending the Korean War c McCarthyism d Operation Wetback i. Rounded up a million illegal Mexican immigrants e Strategic Air Command (SAC) f Space Race i. Sputnik I and Sputnik II ii. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) g Served 2 terms

7 35 John F. Kennedy ( ) b Catholic c New Frontier i. Peace Corps d Strategy of Flexible Response e Bay of Pigs i. Cuban Missile Crisis ii. Arms Race f Tax Cuts g Assassinated on November 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald h Served 1 term** 36 Lyndon B. Johnson ( ) b Civil Rights i. Civil Rights Act of 1964 ii. Voting Rights Act of 1965 iii. Affirmative Action c Gulf of Tonkin i. Vietnam War d War on Poverty i. Great Society ii. Medicare iii. Medicaid e Counterculture f Served 2 terms 37 Richard Nixon ( ) b Vietnamization c Détente Policy with China and the Soviet Union d End of Vietnam War i. Last Americans were evacuated from Vietnam on April 29, 1975 ii. Dr. Henry A. Kissinger e Resigned from office in 1974 following the Watergate Scandal f Served 2 terms** 38 Gerald Ford ( ) b Pardoned Richard Nixon c Helsinki Accords d Served 1 term**

8 39 Jimmy Carter ( ) b Rising Inflation c Oil Crisis d Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan e Iranian Hostage Crisis f Served 1 term 40 Ronald Reagan ( ) b Neo-conservatism i. Reduced the size of the government 1. Cut taxes 2. Shrunk the federal budget ii. Reaganomics, Supply-side Economics, Trickle-down Economics iii. Increase in Military Spending 1. Large increase in national debt c Increasingly Friendly Relations with the Soviet Union d Served 2 terms 41 George Bush ( ) b Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) i. Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait c Americans with Disabilities Act d Served 1 term 42 Bill Clinton ( ) b Favored minorities and women c North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) d Impeached on charges of perjury i. 2 nd president to be impeached ii. Not removed from office e Served 2 terms 43 George W. Bush ( ) b World Trade Center Attacks (September 11, 2001) c War in Afghanistan d War in Iraq e i. Capture of Saddam Hussein f Served 2 terms

9 44 Barack H. Obama (2009-present) b First African American to be President c Ended War in Iraq d Affordable Health Care Act * From 1826 and on, Democratic-Republicans were just called Democrats, and from 1854 and on, Whigs were called Republicans. ** Started to serve 1 or 2 term(s). *** Only president to serve more than 2 terms.