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PRESIDENTS

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George Washington (1789-1797)
No official party
*Judiciary Act of 1789
*Whiskey Rebellion
*First Bank of the U.S.- 1791-1811
*Neutrality Proclamation- 1793
John Adams (1797-1801)
Federalist
*X, Y, Z Affair- 1797
*Alien Act; Naturalization Act, Sedition Act- 1798
*Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions- 1798
*Midnight Judges/Judiciary Act of 1801
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
Republican (Democratic-Republican)
*Marbury v. Madison, 1803
*Louis Purchase, 1803
*Embargo Act 1807
James Madison (1809-1817)
Republican
*War of 1812- "Mr. Madison's War"
*Hartford Convention- 1814
*Tariff of 1816 (protectionist)
James Monroe (1817-1825)
Republican
*Marshall Court- McCulloh v. Maryland- 1819
Dartmouth College case- 1819
Gibbons v. Ogden- 1824
*Acquisition of Florida- Adams-Onis Treaty- 1819
*Missouri Compromise- 1820
*Monroe Doctrine- 1823
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
National Republican
*Erie Canal- 1825
*Tariff of Abominations- 1828
*South Carolina Exposition and Protest- 1828
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
Democrat
*Jacksonian Democracy
*Spoils system
*Indian Removal Act- 1830
*Killing the Second Bank of the U.S. (Charter set to expire in 1836)
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
Democrat
*Panic of 1837 due to: over-speculation in land; no Second Bank of the U.S., only Specie Circular
*Independent Treasury- 1840
William Henry Harrison (1841)
Whig
*died one month after taking office- first president to die in office
John Tyler (1841-1845)
Whig- really Anti-Jackson Democrat who briefly switched parties
*Vetoes Clay's bill for a Third Bank of the U.S.
*Texas annexed just as he is leaving office
James K. Polk (1845-1849)
Democrat
*Oregon Boundary settled, 1846 (54 40 or fight!)
*Mexican War- 1846-48 -- "Mr. Polk's War"
Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
Whig
*Wanted admission of California and New Mexico as states
*Anti-Compromise of 1850
Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
Whig
*Supported Fugitive Slave law
*Uncle Tom's Cabin published in 1852
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
Democrat
*Japan opened to world trade by Perry- 1853
*Gadsden Purchase- 1853
*Kansas-Nebraska Bill (popular sovereignty)- 1854
James Buchanan (1857-1862)
Democrat
*Taney's Dred Scott decision- 1857
*Lincoln-Douglas debates- 1858
*John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry- 1859
*South Carolina secedes- 12/1860
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
Republican
*Civil War- 1861-2865
*Homestead Act- 1862
*Morrill Act- 1862
*Emancipation Proclamation- 1863
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
Democrat (Unionist Democrat)
*13th Amendment- 1865
*Reconstruction Act- 1867
*14th Amendment- 1868
*Impeachment trial- 1868 (not guilty)
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
Republican
*First Transcontinental Railroad- 1869
*15th Amendment- 1870
*Grantisms: Fisk and Gould (Stock Market and Silver)
Credit Mobilier, 1873
Whiskey Ring, 1875
Belknap Scandal, 1876
*Panic of 1873
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
Republican
*Compromise of 1877- troops withdrawn from South
*Brand-Allison Act of 1878
James A. Garfield (1881)
Republican
*Tried to reunite Stalwarts and Half-Breeds
*Assassinated by C. Julius Guiteau
Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)
Republican
*Chinese Exclusion Act- 1882 (he vetoed it, overridden by Congress)
*Pendleton Act- 1883
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
Democrat
*American Federation of Labor reorganized/founded- 1886
*Haymarket riot- 1886
*Interstate Commerce Act (1887)
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
Republican
*McKinley Tariff- 1890
*Sherman Anti-Trust Act- 1890
*Populist Party platform issued- 1892
Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
Democrat
*second term (only president to serve nonconsecutive terms)
*Panic of 1893
*Coxey's Army- 1894
William McKinley (1897-1901)
Republican
*New Manifest Destiny (imperialism)
*Spanish-American War (April 1898- Aug. 1898)
*Hawaii annexed- 1898
*Open Door Policy- 1899
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
Republican
*Panama Canal- 1903 (finished in 1914)
*Square Deal
*Big Stick Diplomacy
*Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
*Hepburn Act
*Pure Food and Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act
*Trustbusting
*Conservation of nature
William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
Republican
*Paine-Aldrich Tariff- 1909
*Dollar Diplomacy
*16th amendment passed- 1913
*trustbusting
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
Democrat
*Underwood-Simmons Tariff- 1913
*17th, 18th, 19th amendments passed (1913, 1919, 1920)
*Federal Reserve System- 1913
*Federal Trade Commission- 1914
*Sends troops to Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Virgin Islands, Mexico
*US enters World War 1- 1917
*Treaty of Versailles- 1919-1920
*Red Scare- 1919-1920
Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
Republican
*"return to normalcy"
*First European immigration restriction
*Teapot Dome Scandal
Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
Republican
*"The business of America is business."
*"America must be kept for Americans."
*National Origins Act- 1924
*Kellogg-Briand Pact- 1928
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Republican
*Stock Market Crash- Oct., 1929
*Hawley-Smoot Tariff- 1930
*Bonus March/Army- 1932
*Hoovervilles
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
Democrat
*Bank Holiday
*"We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
*First and Second New Deal
*Courtpacking
*Fair Labor Standards Act (Wagner Act)- 1938
*World War 2
*Atlantic Charter- 1941
Harry Truman (1945-1953)
Democrat
*Atomic bombs
*Cold Wars begins
*Taft-Hartley Act- 1947
*Truman Doctrine- 1947
*Marshall Plan- 1947
*Integrated federal jobs- 1948
*Korean War- 1950-1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
Republican
*Appoints Earl Warren as Chief Justice- 1953
*Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka- 1954
*Federal Highway Act- 1956
*Eisenhower Doctrine - 1957
*Troops to Little Rock, Arkansas- 1957
*Race for Space begins- 1957
*Farewell address
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
Democrat
*Bay of Pigs- 1961
*Peace Corps- 1961
*Berlin Wall erected- 1961
*Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962
*Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty- 1963
*March on Washington- 8/1963
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
Democrat
*Great Society
*Civil Rights Acts of 1964
*Anti-poverty Act of 1964
*Vietnam War
*Voting Rights Act of 1965
*Elementary and Secondary school funding Medicare
Richard M. Nixon (1968-1974)
Republican
*Landing on the moon- 7/1969
*EPA established- 1970
*Pentagon Papers published by NY Times on 8/30/1971
*26th amendment- 1971
*visits China- 2/1972
*visits U.S.S.R.- 5/1972
*Watergate
*Allende regime in Chile, role of CIA- 1973
*U.S. vs. Nixon- 1974
*Nixon reigns- 8/9/1974
Gerald Ford (1974-1976)
Republican
*First (and only) appointed, never elected, president
*"Caretaker president"
*Pardons Nixon- Sept., 1974
*OPEC crisis and aftermath- 1974
*Whip Inflation Now
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
Democrat
*Human rights president
*Panama Canal Treaty signed- 9/1977
*Established formal diplomatic relations with China
*3-Mile Island nuclear leak- 3/1979
*Camp David Accords- 3/1979
*Iran Hostage Crisis- 1979
Rescue attempt- 4/80 (8 killed)
*Soviets invade Afghanistan- 1979
*Boycott 1980 Olympics in Moscow
Ronald Reagan (1981-1988)
Republican
*Supply side economics (voodoo economics, Reaganomics)
*Hostages returned 1/20/1981
*SDI- Star Wars
*Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court
*Gross national debt growing
*Iran-Contra scandal
George H.W. Bush (1988-1993)
Republican
*Berlin Wall came down- 1989
*Savings and Loan scandals- 1990
*Invasion of Panama- 1990
*Operation Desert Shield/Storm- Gulf War- 1990
*Break-up of USSR- 1991
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
Democrat
*Attempt for National Health Care- rejected by Congress
*Welfare Reform
*Economy- lowest unemployment rate in over 60 years
*Deficit reduction
*Scandals- Whitewater- nothing proven after almost 8 years of investigation
*Monica Lewinski and Paula Jones
*Impeachment trial in 1999- not guilty
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
Republican
*9/11
*No Child Left Behind education reform
*Afghanistan War
*Iraq War
*2007- The Great Recession
Barack Obama (2009- Present)
Democrat
*Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
*The Great Recession
*Afghanistan/Iraq
*Congressional Gridlock
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