U.S. Presidents by Events

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George Washington

Whiskey Rebellion, Neutrality Proclamation, Jay’s Treaty, Bank of US

George Washington

French Revolution, adoption of Bill of Rights, Pickney’s Treaty w/ Spain

John Adams

XYZ Affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, Midnight Judges, Convention of 1850

Thomas Jefferson

Emergence of Supreme Court, Tripolitan War, Louisiana Purchase, Failed Embargo

Thomas Jefferson

Marbury v. Madison, Louis and Clark Expedition, Tried to impeach Samuel Chase, “revolution of 1800,” Barbary Pirates

James Madison

Macon’s Bill #2, War of 1812, Nationalism, Battle of Tippecanoe

James Madison

Treaty of Ghent, Battle of New Orleans, War Hawks-Clay and Calhoun, Hartford Convention

James Monroe

Panic of 1819, Missouri Compromise, Oregon Treaty and Florida Purchase, Russo-American Treaty

James Monroe

(President’s name) Doctrine, Era of Good Feelings, Treaty of 1818, Goodwill tour of 1816

John Quincy Adams

Son of former president, Adams-Clay Corrupt Bargain, Tariff of Abominations, completion of Erie Canal, industrial revolution, cotton gin textiles

Andrew Jackson

Spoils System, Peggy Eaton Affair, Webster-Hayne Debate, Nullies in South Carolina, Bank Express, Trail of Tears

Andrew Jackson

Tariff of 1832, Force Bill, Jackson Democracy, Maysville Road, Texas Independence/Revolution, Compromise Tariff of 1833

Martin Van Buren

Thought of independent Treasury bill, Divorce Bill, Panic of 1837, hand-picked replacement of Jackson

William Harrison

Died 4 weeks after being in office, War hero from the War of 1812/Tippecanoe

John Tyler

Texas annexed, Aroostook War, Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Veto BUS, first accidental president

John Tyler

signed Independent Treasury Bill, Manifest Destiny starts, problems with England, Caroline incident

James K. Polk

Mexican War, Wilmot Proviso, added a lot o territory, bought the southwest, settled Oregon dispute (49 parallel), Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Texas and New Mexico

Zachary Taylor

Gold Rush in California, Hero of Buena Vista, Free-Soil party, Underground R/R, Compromise of 1850, 36° 30’ line to CA, Pro-South

Millard Filmore

VP of Taylor, passed Compromise of 1850, second Era of Good Feelings

Franklin Pierce

Ostend Manifesto, Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, Gadsden Purchase, Kansas Civil War, Kansas Nebraska Act, Sen. Sumner beat up in Congress, opened trade with Japan

James Buchanan

Panic of 1857, Dred Scott decision, Southern states secede, Homestead Act/Vetoed, John Brown

Abraham Lincoln

Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Increase in production, 10% plan for Reconstruction, Gettysburg Address, Saved the Union, John Wilkes Booth

Andrew Johnson

Vetoed Freedman Bureau, Congress over veto, Reconstruction, impeached by the House of Reps., KKK, Black Codes, Wade-Davis Bill, 13^th and 14^th amendments

Ulysses S. Grant

15^th Amendment, Credit Mobilier Scandal, end of Reconstruction, Whiskey Ring

Rutherford B. Hayes

Compromise of 1877, problem with Chinese immigrants & Kearneyites in California

James A. Garfield

Assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau, founded American Red Cross, dark horse Republican, Booker T. Washington becomes head of Tuskegee Institute

Chester Arthur

Pendleton Act of 1883, was a Stalwart, became president in 1881 when Garfield died

Grover Cleveland

Depression of 1893, first Democrat Buchanan, Mugwumps, Haymarket Riot of 1886, Interstate Commerce Act, Wabash v. Illinois

Benjamin Harrison

Grandson of President William Henry Harrison, Billion Dollar Congress, Pension Act of 1890, Sherman Silver Purchase Act, McKinley Tariff

Grover Cleveland

Depression of 1893, Pullman Strike, Wilson-Gorman Law

William McKinley

Spanish-American War, annexation of Hawaii, Open Door policy with China, Boxer Rebellion, Currency Act, Teller Amendment 1898, Platt Amendment, Insular Cases

William McKinley

made by Mark Hanna, McKinley Tariff Bill, Maine explosion, Puerto Ricans get US citizenship, Aguinaldo launches rebellion against US, assassinated in 1901

Theodore Roosevelt

took over McKinley’s presidency, Hay Pauncefote Treaty, Hay Bureau Varilla Treaty, (President’s name) Corollary, building of Panama canal, US occupation of Cuba

Theodore Roosevelt

Great White Fleet, Root Takahira agreement, commission system, muckraking begins, Newlands (Reclamation) Act, Dept. of Commerce & Labor formed in 1903

Theodore Roosevelt

Panama Revolution, Hepburn Act regulated railroads, The Jungle, Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Act, Panic of 1907

Theodore Roosevelt

“Gentleman’s” Agreement with Japan, Russo-Japanese War, Elkins Act, National Conservation Commission, Big Stick Policy, Open Door Notes

William Taft

Payne-Aldrich Tariff, Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, hand-picked by TR, Dollar Diplomacy, Panama Canal and Manchuria Railway monopoly

William Taft

Dissolution of Standard Oil Co., beat Roosevelt for Rep. nomination in 1913, Mann-Elkins Act 1910, Postal Savings Bank Act, 1912 Nicaraguan Civil War

Woodrow Wilson

Underwood of 1913, 16^th,17^th, 18^th, 19^th Amendments, Fed. Reserve System, Fed. Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act

Woodrow Wilson

Troops to Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Virgin Island, Mexico, The Lusitania, Fourteen Point/Treaty of Versailles, “New Freedom,” Progressivism

Woodrow Wilson

Adamson Act, Keaten Owen Act, Lafollete Seaman’s Act, Smith Lever Act, WWI

Warren G. Harding

Teapot Dome Scandal, Fordney-McCumber Tariff, died in office, Laissez-faire

Calvin Coolidge

Scopes “Monkey” Trial, Lindbergh flew over Atlantic 1927, Sacco-Vanzetti executed, Dawes Plan

Herbert C. Hoover

Hawley-Smoot tariff, Japan invades Manchuria, Hoover-Stimson Doctrine 1932, Good Neighbor Policy, Stock Market Crash, Great Depression, Bonus Army

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Distant cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt, New Deal-Alphabet Agencies, 18^th Amendment, Court Packing, put in Good Neighbor Policy in Latin America

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Panay sunk, US Neutrality Acts, Pearl Harbor Bombing, WWII, GI Bill

Harry S. Truman

Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, WWII ends-atomic bomb dropped, Taft-Hartley Act, “Fair Deal”

Dwight D. Eisenhower

22nd Amendment, Brown v. Board of Education, SEATON, Suez Crisis, Eisenhower Doctrine, 1st hydrogen bomb, McCarthy hearings, fired MacArthur, ends Korean War

John F. Kennedy

“New Frontier,” Alliance for Progress, Peace Corps, Nuclear Test Ban treaty, assassination November 22, 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson

“Cold War,” Civil Rights Act of 1964, Anti-Poverty Act of 1964, “Great Society,” Voting Rights Act of 1965, ratified 24^th Amendment

Richard Nixon

“Checker’s” speech, imperial presidency, first landing on the moon, Woodstock 1969, SALT 1972, 28^th Amendment

Richard Nixon

War Powers Act Nov 1973, Watergate, secret bombing of Cambodia 1973, Kissinger-”Shuttle Diplomacy",” Pentagon papers, resigned in 1973

Gerald R. Ford

Launched WIN campaign, pardoned Nixon, vetoes billion dollar spending bills during the Recession, inflation dropped

Gerald R. Ford

Joined 34 nations in Helsinki in 1975, urged Congress to vote for more weapons for Vietnam, Amnesty Program

Jimmy Carter

National Women’s Conference, Panama Canal treaty, Retirement Age bill

Jimmy Carter

Egyptian-Israeli Camp David agreement, SALT II agreement, Iranian hostage crisis

Ronald Reagan

Iran released hostages, trickle-down/supply side economics, gave money to Latin America, Recession, US/Soviet arms talks

Ronald Reagan

Invaded Grenada, Star Wars/SDI, defeated Mondale, met with Soviet leader Gorbachev, bombed Libya, Iran/Contra scandal, 1987 stock market crash

George H.W. Bush

attacked Panama in 1989, Tiananmen Square, Gulf War, coup in Russia, fall of communism in