AP Presidents
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| George Washington | show 🗑
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| show | -diplomat/signer of Declaration
-led country through XYZ affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, VA and Kentucky Resolutions
-kept nation out of war
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| show | -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
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| show | -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
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| show | -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
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| show | -Clay, Adams, Jackson, Crawford
-Jackson won pop. vote, not majority
-Clay threw support to Adams
-Adams gave Clay Sec. of State
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| show | -led active fed. gov. in internal improvements and Nat. Am. affairs
-Policies proved unpopular
-served in House of Reps., forced debates against slavery
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| show | -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
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| show | -established independent treasury
-Panic of 1837
-unsuccessful in re-election
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| William Henry Harrison | show 🗑
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| John Tyler | show 🗑
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| James K. Polk | show 🗑
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| Zachary Taylor | show 🗑
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| Millard Fillmore | show 🗑
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| show | -Dem. from N.H.
-supporter of manifest destiny
-Kansas-Nebraska Act
-opened Canada to greater trade
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| show | -backed Lecompton Constitution
-denied legal right of states to secede but believed fed. gov. could not legally prevent them.
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| Election of 1860 | show 🗑
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| show | -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
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| N. Election of 1864 | show 🗑
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| show | -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.
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| show | -Rep. nominee in 1876
-won election through Compromise of 1877
-removed fed. troops from South
-railroad strike in 1877
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| show | -Mexican War, accepted Lee's surrender
-Sec. of War
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| show | -more conservative, opposed legislation that dealt with former slaves
-voted Civil Rights Act
-violation of Tenure, impeached
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| show | -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
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| Cross of Gold Speech | show 🗑
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| William McKinley | show 🗑
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| show | -Rough Rider
-trust buster-Sherman Antitrust Act
-speak softly and carry a big stick
-supported conservation of national resources
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| show | -prosecuted trusts under Sherman Antitrust Act
-Dollar Diplomacy
-Dept. of Labor
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| show | -response to Panic of 1907
-need for stable currency supply
-divided nation into separate regions w/ federal reserve banks
-raised/lowered interest rates
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| show | -opposition to League of Nations, low taxes, high tariffs, immigration
-return to normalcy
-Eugene V. Debs
-8 hour work day
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| show | -avoided responsibility for most of Harding's cabinet scandals
-reputation for honesty
-believed in leading through inactivity
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| show | -conservative economics
-rugged individualism
-minimal help from government
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| show | -Hundred Days
-economic and agricultural recovery
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| FDR 3rd Term | show 🗑
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| Harry Truman | show 🗑
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| show | -allied commander during WWII
-signed truce in 1953 to end Korean War
-integration of military forces
-sent troops to Little Rock
-desegregation movement
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| Election of 1960 | show 🗑
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| show | -1st Catholic president
-New Frontier-tax reforms, education aid, emphasis on space program
-raised minimum wage
-Peace Corps
-Cuban Missile Crisis
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| Lyndon Johnson | show 🗑
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| show | -Vietnamization
-remove US troops from S. Vietnam
-Ended draft
-Opened China for trade
-reduced tension with USSR w/ Salt agreements
-Watergate
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| show | -CRP/CREEP
-wire taps, presidential tapes, espionage
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| Gerald Ford | show 🗑
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| show | -wanted to make a "responsible gov."
-reduced unemployment and eased energy crisis
-Camp David Accords
-Iranian hostage situation
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| show | -led US to success in Gulf War, forcing Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait
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| Bill Clinton | show 🗑
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| Reagan | show 🗑
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| George W. Bush | show 🗑
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