U.S.
Presidents
George Washington (1789-1797)
- 1st President
- strong Central government
- created Secretary of State, Treasury, War
- Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
- French Revolution
- Farewell Address
- First Inaugural Address
- signed bill of rights
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
- 3rd President
- Louisiana Purchase
- Marbury V. Madison
- Embargo Act (1807)
- States Right
- favoring stronger state government
- Declaration of Independence
- 12th Amendment
- Democratic~republican Party
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
- 16th President
- Emancipation Proclamation
- 13th Amendment
- Civil war (1861-1865)
- Gettysburg Address
- Second Inaugural Address
- Republican
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
- 26th president
- Progressive Reformer
- Square Deal
- Pure food and Drug Act
- Progressive Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
- 32nd President
- Democrat
- New Deal program
- WW II
- Banking act
- Great Depression
- Internment of Japanese~American
- Economic Recovery
- Social Security Act
- Served 4 terms as president
John f. Kennedy (1961-1963)
- 35th President
- Democrat
- Cold war
- Space Race
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Berlin Crisis (1961)
- Civil Right Address
- Bay of pig failure
- Proposed Civil Rights Act (drafted)
- Assassinated
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
- 36th President
- Democrat
- Civil Right Act (1964)
- Voting Right Act (1965)
- "We shall overcome"
- Vietnam war Protest
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
- 40th President
- Republican
- Ended Cold War
- Built Relationship with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
- survived an attempt on assassination
Barack Obama (2009-2017)
- 49th President
- Affordable Care Act
- Economic Recovery
- Osma bin Laden Raid (2011)
- Healthcare reform
- Ended Iraq war
- Health care transformation
- Democratic
James Madison (1809-1817)
- 4th President
- Democratic~Republican
- War of 1812
- Battle of New Orleans
- War message to congress (req to declare war on Britain)
- Second national bank Charter
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
- 17th President
- Democrat
- Reconstruction Era
- 13th amendment (Ratified by state)
- Purchase of Alaska
- First president to be impeached
- Civil fight Act of 1866 (over ridded his veto)
- Impeachment defend
-14th Amendment (Passed despite Johnson's opposition)
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
- 28th President
- Democrat
- Federal reserve Act (1913)
- league of Nation (UN)
- women's suffrage
- WWI
- Treaties of Versailles
- 14 Point speech
- Women's right
- 16th, 17th , 18th , 19th , Amendments
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
- 33rd President
- Democrat
- Truman Doctrine (1947) provide aid> Greece, Turkey
- Marshall Plan (1948)
- Creation of NATO
- End of WWII
- Cold war (1945-1991)
- Korean War
- Berlin Airlift
- Truman Doctrine speech
- Farewell Address
- 22nd Amendment (1951)
Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
- 37th President
- Republican
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Vietnam War (1969-1973)
- Moon landing (1969)
- Watergate scandal
- 26th Amendment
- Clean Air Act
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
- 42nd President
- Democrat
- NAFTA (1994) north American free trade Agreement
- Impeached by the house
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
- 43rd President
- Republican
- War on Terror (2001)
- 9/11 Attack (september 11)
- Iraq War
- Patriot Act (2001)
- Homeland Security Act (2002)
