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AP Presidents
| Name | Accomplishments |
|---|---|
| George Washington | -1st president/unanimously elected, 2 terms -standard of a strong presidency w/ control of foreign policy and the power to veto Congress's legislation. -declared proclamation of neutrality in April 1793, keeping US neutral in European wars. |
| John Adams | -diplomat/signer of Declaration -led country through XYZ affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, VA and Kentucky Resolutions -kept nation out of war |
| Thomas Jefferson | -author of declaration, 1st sec. of state -Revolution of 1800-first time America changed presidential political leadership -responsible of Embargo of 1807 -support of states' rights |
| James Madison | -Father of Constitution -The Federalist Papers, VA Plan -faced pressure from war hawks to end embargo -Led US to War of 1812, concluded in 1814 |
| James Monroe | -Era of Good Feelings -Nat. identity grew, westward movement -Monroe Doctrine -America feared int. influence b/c of world-wide rev. fervor after Napoleon's fall -N/S tensions over slavery |
| Corrupt Bargain of 1824 | -Clay, Adams, Jackson, Crawford -Jackson won pop. vote, not majority -Clay threw support to Adams -Adams gave Clay Sec. of State |
| John Quincy Adams | -led active fed. gov. in internal improvements and Nat. Am. affairs -Policies proved unpopular -served in House of Reps., forced debates against slavery |
| Andrew Jackson | -invaded Spanish Florida to quell Nat. Am. rebellions -Defeated British force that invaded New Orleans -popular president (self made Westerner) -Indian Removal Act: fed. enforcement to remove Native American tribes west of Miss. -war against US Bank |
| Martin Van Buren | -established independent treasury -Panic of 1837 -unsuccessful in re-election |
| William Henry Harrison | -W. who fought against Nat. Am. -"Old Tippecanoe" -VP, John Tyler -died of pneumonia after inauguration |
| John Tyler | -States' righter, S, strict constitution -rejected programs of the Whigs -settled Webster-Ashburton Treaty -helped Texas achieve statehood in 1845 |
| James K. Polk | -"dark horse" candidate -new independent treasury system -lowered tariff w/ Walker Tariff -Oregon Treaty--49 parallel -Manifest Destiny -acquired CA -led US to Mexican War |
| Zachary Taylor | -Mexican war -Whig -opposed spread of slavery -encouraged territories to organize and seek admission directly as states to avoid issue of slavery |
| Millard Fillmore | -opposition to expansion of slavery and abolitionists activities -supported Compromise of 1850 |
| Franklin Pierce | -Dem. from N.H. -supporter of manifest destiny -Kansas-Nebraska Act -opened Canada to greater trade |
| James Buchanan | -backed Lecompton Constitution -denied legal right of states to secede but believed fed. gov. could not legally prevent them. |
| Election of 1860 | -containment of slavery and encouragement of transcontinental rail -Dem. vote split between Douglas and other candidates -Lincoln won election, S. seceded |
| Lincoln | -Lincoln-Douglas Debates won him high nat. regard -N. army defend Union against secessionists -suspended habeas corpus during Civil War -Emancipation Proclamation -10% plan for reconstruction -Gettysburg Address |
| N. Election of 1864 | -Lincoln v. McClellan -Lincoln ran on nat. unity -Sherman's taking of Atlanta helped Lincoln win |
| Compromise of 1877 | -came after 1876 election -neither president won electoral vote -Dem. agreed to give Hayes the president -Hayes promised to show consideration for S. interest, end Reconstruction, aid S. industrialization, withdraw remaining forces from S. |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | -Rep. nominee in 1876 -won election through Compromise of 1877 -removed fed. troops from South -railroad strike in 1877 |
| Ulysses S. Grant | -Mexican War, accepted Lee's surrender -Sec. of War |
| Andrew Johnson | -more conservative, opposed legislation that dealt with former slaves -voted Civil Rights Act -violation of Tenure, impeached |
| Grover Cleveland | -first Dem. elected after Civil War -only one elected to 2 non-consecutive terms -vetoed private pension bills to Civil War vets. -signed Interstate Commerce Act -sent fed. troops against striking railroad workers |
| Cross of Gold Speech | -William Jennings Bryan -criticized gold standard, supported coinage of silver |
| William McKinley | -had business support -election over Bryan influenced future political races by setting up interest groups and alliances |
| Theodore Roosevelt | -Rough Rider -trust buster-Sherman Antitrust Act -speak softly and carry a big stick -supported conservation of national resources |
| William Howard Taft | -prosecuted trusts under Sherman Antitrust Act -Dollar Diplomacy -Dept. of Labor |
| Federal Reserve Act of 1913 | -response to Panic of 1907 -need for stable currency supply -divided nation into separate regions w/ federal reserve banks -raised/lowered interest rates |
| Warren Harding | -opposition to League of Nations, low taxes, high tariffs, immigration -return to normalcy -Eugene V. Debs -8 hour work day |
| Coolidge | -avoided responsibility for most of Harding's cabinet scandals -reputation for honesty -believed in leading through inactivity |
| Hoover | -conservative economics -rugged individualism -minimal help from government |
| FDR | -Hundred Days -economic and agricultural recovery |
| FDR 3rd Term | -broke precedent set by Washington -won by narrow margin |
| Harry Truman | -atomic bombs on Japan -banned racial discrimination in fed. hiring and armed forces -Truman Doctrine: containment of communism |
| Eisenhower | -allied commander during WWII -signed truce in 1953 to end Korean War -integration of military forces -sent troops to Little Rock -desegregation movement |
| Election of 1960 | -Nixon nominated by Republicans -Kennedy nominated by Democrats -presidential debates televised -Nixon's negative appearance on tv affected voters perception of him |
| JFK | -1st Catholic president -New Frontier-tax reforms, education aid, emphasis on space program -raised minimum wage -Peace Corps -Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Lyndon Johnson | -promoted Kennedy's agenda through Congress -Civil Rights Act of 1964 -Great Society Program: war against poverty, social and economic welfare legislation |
| Richard Nixon | -Vietnamization -remove US troops from S. Vietnam -Ended draft -Opened China for trade -reduced tension with USSR w/ Salt agreements -Watergate |
| Watergate | -CRP/CREEP -wire taps, presidential tapes, espionage |
| Gerald Ford | -pardoned Nixon -rise to power represented the first use of 25th Amendment |
| Jimmy Carter | -wanted to make a "responsible gov." -reduced unemployment and eased energy crisis -Camp David Accords -Iranian hostage situation |
| George Bush | -led US to success in Gulf War, forcing Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait |
| Bill Clinton | -gun control, strong economy, welfare reform -North American Free Trade Agreement--lift trade barriers between US, Canada, and Mexico -2nd president impeached (Monica) |
| Reagan | -increased military spending -Star Wars -Reaganomics -worked with Gorbachev-reduction of nukes |
| George W. Bush | -No Child Left Behind -Terrorism-Afghanistan and Iraq |
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