Studied by 0 peoplebrown 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
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