Presidents

brown v. board 1954

eisenhower

president when haymarket riot of 1886 occured

cleveland

president during john brown's raid on harper's ferry

buchanan

kansas-nebraska act

pierce

meat inspection act and pure food and drug act

t. roosevelt

pendleton act 1883

arthur

sherman anti-trust act of 1890

b. harrison

only president to resign

nixon

embargo act 1807

jefferson

created the peace corp

jfk

president during the xyz affair

dad adams

president during wwi, 1914-1918

wilson

president whom andrew jackson accused of being part of a "corrupt bargain"

baby adams

first president elected after the property-owning restriction was lifted for voting

jackson

president who was a hero of the mexican-american war

taylor

indian removal act

jackson

lend-lease act

fdr

civil rights act of 1964 and voting rights act of 1965

lbj

farewell address warned against political factions (parties) and foreign alliances

washington

president during the era of good feelings; devised the doctrine about staying out of europe's business and vice versa

monroe

rough rider/trust buster/progressive

t. roosevelt

pullman strike 1894

cleveland

pardoned nixon

ford

wrote the bill of rights

madison

hero of the war of 1812

jackson

election known as revolution of 1800

jefferson

president during the civil war, 1861-1865

lincoln

manifest destiny president

polk

longest serving president

fdr

"54-40 or fight!" president

polk

makes southern democrats angry over civil rights; they form dixiecrats

truman

pet banks

jackson

new deal

fdr

great society/war on poverty

lbj

bay of pigs; cuban missile crisis

jfk

the second president to go through the impeachment process

clinton

hartford convention held (against war of 1812)

madison

wrote the declaration of independence

jefferson

used the tonkin gulf resolution as a "blank check" to escalate american involvement in the vietnam war

lbj

out first african american president

obama

bull moose/ progressive 1912

t. roosevelt

last president to be a member of the whig party

filmore

trickle-down or "voodoo" economics

reagan

considered the first president of the "internet age"

clinton

president during great depression & wwii

fdr

his 2000 election came down to a recount and a supreme court decision

baby bush

star wars; tax cuts; conservative republican

reagan

shanty towns were named for him; blamed for the the great depression; republican

hoover

issued the emancipation proclamation 1863

lincoln

teapot dome scandal

harding

defeats william jennings bryan in 1896- leads to the end of the populist party

mckinley

gave us the 14 points and wanted to be part of the league of nations

wilson

dollar diplomacy; republican in 1912

taft

highway act of 1956

eisenhower

first gulf war- successfully proving we can win quickly and leave (unlike vietnam)

dad bush

9/11

baby bush

globalization

obama

credit mobilier scandal

grant

president when chinese exclusion act became law 1882

arthur

north american free trade agreement (NAFTA)

clinton

first vp to take over the presidency

tyler

louisiana purchase 1803

jefferson

made the decision to drop the atomic bombs to end the war with japan

truman

first president to have congress override his votes

a. johnson

the election of this republican president ended reconstruction/ compromise of 1877

hayes

famous union general elected to two terms as president; had a corrupt administration

grant

brokered a peace between egypt and israel in the late 70s

carter

president when the last americans left vietnam

ford

annexed hawaii. president during the spanish-american war, 1898

mckinley

president when the 13th amendment was passed

lincoln

president during the war of 1812

madison

little rock 9

eisenhower

freedom riders

jfk

"mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

reagan

second gulf war

baby bush

watergate; vietnamization

nixon

desegregated the armed forces with an executive order in 1948

truman

opec oil embargo leads to gas shortage

carter

railway act of 1862

lincoln

patriot act

baby bush

became president after a deal was made that would take federal troops out of the south and build a transcontinental railroad in the south

hayes

president during most of the roaring 20s; pro-business

coolidge

alien and sedition acts/ midnight appointments

dad adams

moral diplomacy; progressive. president during wwi

wilson

"don't ask, don't tell"

clinton

the 21st amendment (repealed prohibition) was ratified during his administration

fdr

he wanted to preserve the union, but his 1860 election led to the secession of several southern states

lincoln

this president policies ended up changing the make-up of the democratic party to include african-americans, labor union members, and jewish citizens

fdr

assassinated by a man who thought he deserved a government job based on the spoils system

garfield

farewell address warned of the "military industrial complex"

eisenhower

vowed not to serve two terms (died within about a month)

w. h. harrison

treaty of guadalupe hidalgo 1848

polk

cold war officially ends (1991)

dad bush

southern strategy and silent majority

nixon

democrat who won the 1912 election thanks to the three party split

wilson

iran contra affair

reagan

the first president to go through the impeachment process

a. johnson

our first catholic president

jfk

panic of 1837

van buren

appointed earl warren- a famously liberal supreme court justice

eisenhower