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George Washington, 1st President
George Washington was born on February 22nd, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He attended a local school in Frederickburg and spent most of his education with reading and self-studying. Washington served in the military for the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. After the American Revolutionary War, Washington became president on April 30, 1789 -
John Adams, 2nd President
John Adams was born October 30th, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. Adams received a formal education, he attended a dame school by Latin Preparatory school, then later on went to college and graduated from Harvard. He later on would serve in the American Revolution War. After the revolution, Adams would serve as the vice president under George Washington. -
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President
Thomas Jefferson was born April 13th, 1743, in Albemarle County, Virginia. He studied at the College of William and Mary, and then read law. Later on in 1793, he became vice president. -
James Madison, 4th President
James Madison was born March 16th, 1751, In Orange County, Virginia. He attended Princeton and studied history, government, and well-read law. In 1776, he served in the Continental Congress, and was a leader in the Virginia Assembly. -
James Monroe, 5th President
James Monroe was born April 28th, 1758, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Monroe attended the College of William and Mary, where he would practice law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Later on in the 1790's, he would join the anti-Federalists Virginia, and would be elected United States Senator, and Minister for France. -
Andrew Jackson , 7th President
Andrew Jackson was born March 15th, 1767, in the settlements in the Carolinas. He received sporadic education, But in his late teens he read law for about two years and he became a young lawyer in Tennessee. In 1812, he was the first man elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives. -
John Quincy Adams, 6th President
John Quincy Adams was born July 11th, 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He is the son of John Adams and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams was the first president to be the son of a previous president. He attended Harvard University and after graduating he became a lawyer. In 1802 he was elected to the United States Senate. Six years later, President Madison appointed him Minister of Russia. Adams was also Secretary of State. -
William Henry Harrison, 9th President
William Henry Harrison was born on February 2nd, 1773, at Berkeley Plantation, Virginia. He studied classics and history at Hampden-Sydney College, then began the study of medicine in Richmond. In 1791, Harrison switched interests, he joined the army and was commissioned as ensign in the First Infantry of the Regular Army. After resigning from the Army, In 1801 he became Governor of the Indiana Territory, serving 12 years. -
Martin Van Buren, 8th President
Martin Van Buren was born December 5th, 1782, In Kinderhook, New York. Van Buren did not attend any school/college, but he was able to become a young lawyer and became involved in New York politics. In 1821, he was elected to the United States Senate. By 1827, Former president, Andrew Jackson appointed him as Secretary of State. -
Zachary Taylor, 12th President
Zachary Taylor was born November 24th, 1784, in Virginia. Taylor received basic education and aspired from a young age to join the military. He was a career officer in the Army and spent 40 years in there. -
George Washington, 1st Term and 2nd Term
In his first term, the events that happened were the construction of the nation's capital, The Whiskey Rebellion, Congress enacts Tariffs, Ratifying the Constitution, and the First Neutralization Law. In Washington's second term he issued a proclamation of neutrality, and faced challenges due to the French Revolution and escalating tensions between Britain and France, also the Farmers Rebellion and the Jay Treaty occured. -
John Tyler, 10th President
John Tyler was born March 29th, 1790, in Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary and studied law. He served in the House of Representatives from 1816 -1821. Later on in 1840 the Whigs Party nominated Tyler for Vice President -
James Buchanan, 15th President
James Buchanan was born April 23rd , 1791, in Pennsylvania. Buchanan was a graduate of Dickinson College, and was gifted as a debater and learned in law. He was elected five times to the House of Representatives; then, after an interlude as Minister to Russia, served for a decade in the Senate. He became Polk’s Secretary of State and Pierce’s Minister to Great Britain. -
James K. Polk , 11th President
James K. Poland was born November 2nd, 1795, in North Carolina. Polk graduated with honors in 1818 from the University of North Carolina, he became a young lawyer he entered politics, and served in the Texas legislature. In the House of Representatives, Polk was a chief lieutenant of Jackson in his Bank war. He served as Speaker between 1835 and 1839, leaving to become Governor of Tennessee. -
John Adams, 1st Term
During his time as president, Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Acts, built up the Army and Navy, Involved with the French and British War, The Federalists became more popular, and tension rose with other nations. -
Millard Fillmore, 13th President
Millard Fillmore was born January 7th, 1800, in New York. he would attend one-room schools, but studied diligently to become a lawyer. Fillmore held state office and for eight years was a member of the House of Representatives. In 1848, he was elected Vice President. -
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Thomas Jefferson's 1st and 2nd term
In his first term, Thomas Jefferson slashed Army and Navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated the tax on whiskey, sent a naval squadron to fight Barbary pirates, and Bought the Louisiana Territory. In his 2nd term, Jefferson did not do much, but he was able to keep the nation from involvement in the Napoleonic Wars. -
Franklin Pierce, 14th President
Franklin Pierce was born November, 11th, 1804, in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Pierce attended Bowdoin College, after graduation, he studied law, then entered politics. At 24 he was elected to the New Hampshire legislature; two years later he became its Speaker. During the 1830’s he went to Washington, first as a Representative, then as a Senator. Pierce, after serving in the Mexican War, was proposed by New Hampshire friends for the Presidential nomination in 1852. -
Andrew Jackson, 17th President
Andrew Jackson was born December 29th, 1808, in North Carolina. Jackson grew up in poverty and never got to attend school, but he participated in debates at the local academy and would enter in politics later on. He was a member in the House of Representatives in the 40's and 50's. In 1862 President Lincoln appointed him Military Governor of Tennessee, and Johnson used the state as a laboratory for reconstruction. -
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12th, 1809, in Kentucky. Lincoln was self-educated, He never attended college, but Lincoln retained a lifelong interest in learning. He married Mary Todd, and they had four boys, only one of whom lived to maturity. In 1858 Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for Senator. He lost the election, but in debating with Douglas he gained a national reputation that won him the Republican nomination for President in 1860. -
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James Madison, 1st and 2nd Term
James Madison became president March 4th, 1809 and served two terms, ending in 1817. The events that occurred during his presidency was The Embargo Act was repealed, The US prohibited trade with Britain and France, in 1810 Congress authorized trade with both nations, in 1812 he asked congress to declare war, The War of 1812. In his 2nd Term, Madison didn't really do anything that affected the US and didn't effect history. -
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James Monroe, 1st and 2nd Term
During Monroe's 1st term he was able to do these contributions as president, The Rush-Bagot Agreement, Aguirre Mission, Anglo-American Convention, The Transcontinental Treaty, and the Missouri Compromise. In his second term the Military Establishment Act, "No-Transfer" principle, the General Survey Bill, the Monroe Doctrine is announced, and The Tariff of 1824 all happened. -
Ulysses S. Grant ,18th President
Ulysses S. Grant was born April 27th, 1822, in Ohio. He went to West Point and graduated in the middle of his class. In the Civil War, he was reenlisted in the Union Army in April 1861.Lincoln appointed him General-in-Chief in March 1864. Grant directed Sherman to drive through the South while he himself, with the Army of the Potomac, pinned down Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, Eventually in 1865, Lee surrendered. -
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President
Rutherford B. Hayes was born October 4th, 1822, in Ohio. Hayes was educated in Kenyon College and Harvard Law School. After five years of practice, he moved to Cincinnati, where he became a young lawyer. He fought in the Civil War, and rose to the rank of brevet major general. Hayes entered Congress in December 1865, Between 1867 and 1876 he served three terms as Governor of Ohio. -
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John Quincy Adams, 1st Term
John Quincy Adams only served one term as president and during his time as president, these are the events that occurred. The Eric Canal completed, Military Training Manuals Created, Ports closed to Britain, The MFN system. -
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Andrew Jackson, 1st and 2nd Term
Andrew Jackson was inaugurated March 4th, 1829. During his first term, Andrew Jackson and Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, vetoes Maysville Road Bill, French spoliation claims, vetoed a bill that renewed the Second Bank of the United States. He was reelected for a second term on November 1st, 1832. In his second term Jackson was able to pass the Force Bill, withdraw federal deposits, terminate the national debt, Texas declares independence declined Texas to become independent. -
Chester A. Arthur, 21st President
Chester A. Arthur was born October, 5th, 1829, in Fairfield, Vermont. In 1848, he graduated from Union College, taught school, was admitted to the bar, practiced law in New York City. In 1880, Arthur became vice president, but after Garfield was assassinated, Arthur assumed the presidency -
James Garfield, 20th President
James Garfield was born November 19th, 1831, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He earned enough money to get education, and he graduated and attended from Williams College. Garfield was elected to the Ohio senate in 1859 as a Republican. In 1862, Garfield was in the army for the union and was ranked as a major general, later on in that same year he was elected to Congress. -
Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President
Benjamin Harrison was born August 20th, 1833, In Ohio. Harrison attended Miami University in Ohio and read law in Cincinnati. He moved to Indianapolis, where he practiced law and campaigned for the Republican Party. -
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Martin Van Buren's Term
Martin Van Buren was inaugurated March 4th, 1837, after Andrew Jackson, and would only serve one term. During his term, these key events happened.
*The Panic of 1837
* Van Buren opposes the annexation of Texas
* The Rebellion against British
* The Aroostook War ending
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Grover Cleveland, 22nd President
Grover Cleveland was one of nine children, and was born March ,14th, 1837, in New Jersey. Cleveland received his education at The Fayetteville Academy and the Clinton Grammar School, after his dad died he left school to support his family. At 44, he emerged into a political prominence that carried him to the White House for three years, he was elected as Mayor of Buffalo in 188, and later, Governor of New York. -
Grover Cleveland, 24th President
Grover Cleveland was one of nine children, and was born March ,14th, 1837, in New Jersey. Cleveland received his education at The Fayetteville Academy and the Clinton Grammar School, after his dad died he left school to support his family. At 44, he emerged into a political prominence that carried him to the White House for three years, he was elected as Mayor of Buffalo in 188, and later, Governor of New York. -
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William Henry Harrison's term
William Henry Harrison died after only being in office for about a month. During his short term, he didn't do much and nothing important happened. Harrison was the first president to die in office, and also had the shortest time as president -
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John Tyler's Term
After Harrison died, Vice President Tyler assumes the presidency. During his only term, these key events happened.
* The Webster-Ashburton Treaty
*The Texas Annexation Treaty
*First telegraph line completed
* The Texas Annexation Treaty fails
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William McKinley, 25th President
William McKinley was born January 1st, 1843, in Niles, Ohio. McKinley briefly attended Allegheny College, and was teaching in a country school when the Civil War broke out. -
William McKinley, 25th President
William McKinley was born January 1st, 1843, In Niles, Ohio. McKinley briefly attended Allegheny College, and was teaching in a country school when the Civil War broke out. Enlisting as a private in the Union Army. At 34, McKinley won a seat in Congress, During his 14 years in the House, he became the leading Republican tariff expert, giving his name to the measure enacted in 1890. The next year he was elected Governor of Ohio, serving two terms. -
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James K. Polk's Term
Polk was only in office for one term, but during his time in office, a lot of important events happened that affected history. The events that occurred were -
*Manifest Destiny
* Texas becomes a state
* War with Mexico
* Mexico Defeated
* Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -
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Zachary Taylor's Term
Taylor was only president for a year, having a short term like Harrison. During his term only one major key event happened which was The Compromise of 1850. -
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Millard Fillmore's Term
Fillmore was inaugurated shortly after Taylor died. Even though Fillmore was not able to serve a full term, a lot of impactful events happened while he was president like-
* The Compromise of 1850 passing.
* Treaty with El Salvador
* Gold discovered in Oregon
*Democrats gain seats in senate.
*Fillmore being the last president -
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Franklin Pierce's Term
Franklin Pierce only served one term as president, but during his term, these key events happened.
* "Bleeding Kansas" (1854)
* The Gadsden Purchase (1854)
*Republican Party found (1854)
* Wakarusa War (1855)
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Woodrow Wilson, 28th President
Woodrow Wilson was born December 28th, 1856, in Staunton ,Virginia. After graduation from Princeton and the University of Virginia Law School, Wilson earned his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University and entered upon an academics career. -
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James Buchanan's Term
James Buchanan only served as president for one term. But during his term, these key events occurred.
* Dred Scott Decision (1857)
* Mountain Meadow Massacre (1857)
* Kansas holds Referendum (1857)
* English Bill Passed (1858)
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William Howard Taft, 27th President
William Howard Taft was born September 15th,1857, In Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft graduated from Yale, and returned to Cincinnati to study and practice law. President Roosevelt made him Secretary of War, and by 1907 had decided that Taft would be his successor. -
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President
Theodore Roosevelt was born October,7th, 1858, in New York. In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died on the same day. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. In 1898, Roosevelt won the election for governor and was also vice president to McKinley -
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Abraham Lincoln's 1st and 2nd Term
Lincoln was one of the most impactful and important presidents in History, he made many changes towards the country. During his terms , These key events made Lincoln one of the most relevant presidents.
* Lincoln calls for end of rebellion. (1861)
* Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
* Gettysburg Address (1863)
*Thirteenth Amendment (1865)
*Lincoln is assassinated (1865) -
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Andrew Jackson's Term
After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson became president, and was mainly on the confederates side during the war. During his term, Many events happened that was impactful to African Americans.
*Black Code (1865)
*Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act (1866)
*Fourteenth Amendment (1866)
*First Reconstruction Act (1867)
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Warren G. Harding, 29th President
Warren G. Harding was born November 2nd, 1865, in Marion, Ohio. In 1914 he was elected to the Senate, which he found “a very pleasant place.” He won the Presidential election by an unprecedented landslide of 60 percent of the popular vote. -
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Ulysses S. Grant 1st and 2nd Term.
After the Civil War ended with the Union winning, Grant was elected as President and served two terms , While he was president these key events happened-
1st Term
*Black Friday (1869)
*Grant vetoes the Private Relief Bill (1870)
*Fifteenth Amendment (1870)
* The Federal Election Law (1871)
*Ku Klux Klan Act (1871)
2nd Term
* Panic of 1873 (1873)
*Grant vetoes inflation Bill (1874)
*Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty (1875)
*Civil Rights Act of 1875 (1875)
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Calvin Coolidge, 30 President
Calvin Coolidge was born July 4th, 1872, in Plymouth, Vermont. He graduated from Amherst College with honors, and entered law and politics in Northampton. He went up the political ladder from councilman in Northampton to Governor of Massachusetts, as a Republican. -
Herbert Hoover, 31st President
Herbert Hoover was born August 10th, 1874, in Iowa. He enrolled at Stanford University, and graduated as a mining engineer. Before his presidency, Hoover served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and served as the U.S. secretary of commerce. -
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Rutherford B. Hayes's Term
Rutherford B. Hayes only served for one term, but during his time as president, the events that occurred were during the Gilded Age and had an impactful affect on both Hayes and the people. The events that occurred were-
* The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 (1877)
* Knights of Labor (1878)
* Hayes limits Chinese immigration (1878)
*Hayes vetoes Bland-Allison Act (1878)
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James Garfield's Term
James Garfield didn't get to serve a full first term since he got assassinated after 200 days in office, even though it was cut short, Garfield made an impactful presidency. His accomplishments was that Garfield was able to strengthened Federal authority over the New York Customs House. But Sadly, Garfield was shot on September 19th, 1881, and died from an infection and internal hemorrhage. -
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Chester A. Arthur's Term
Arthur assumed the presidency on September 20th, and would continue making acts and making impacts during the Gilded Age.
*Edmunds Act passes (1882)
*Chinese Exclusion Act vetoed (1882)
*Chinese Exclusion Act revised (1882)
*Civil Service Reform Act (1883)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born January 30th, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through politics, but as a Democrat. He won election to the New York Senate in 1910. President Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1920. -
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President
Harry S. Truman was born May 5th, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri. Active in the Democratic Party, Truman was elected a judge of the Jackson County Court (an administrative position) in 1922. He became a Senator in 1934. -
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Grover Cleveland's First Term
Grover Cleveland has been the first and only president to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later. In his first term, these are the events that occurred.
*Presidential Succession Act (1886)
*Cleveland accepts the Statue of Liberty (1886)
*American Federation of Labor (1886)
*Department of Labor established (1888)
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Benjamin Harrison's Term
Benjamin Harrison only served one term after Cleveland, and would be the first president to conduct one of the first "front-porch" campaigns by delivering short speeches to delegations that visited him in Indianapolis. During Harrison's term, these are the events that occurred.
*Berlin Conference (1888)
*First Pan-American Conference (1889)
*Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
*Harrison considers war with Chile (1892)
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President
Dwight D. Eisenhower was born October 14th, 1890, in Texas. He excelled in sports in high school, and received an appointment to West Point. He commanded the Allied Forces landing in North Africa in November 1942; on D-Day, 1944, he was Supreme Commander of the troops invading France. -
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Grover Cleveland, 2nd Term
Grover Cleveland has been the first and only president to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later. In his second term, these are the events that occurred.
*Cleveland withdraws Hawaiian annexation treaty (1893)
* The panic of 1893 (1893)
* Sherman Sliver Purchase Act (1893)
* U.S Treasury Bonds (1894)
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William McKinley's Term
McKinley only got to serve one term, and got assassinated early in his second term. But in his first term, these were the most impactful events that happened in his presidency.
* The Maine explodes (1898)
* Spanish-American War (1898)
* Annexing Hawaii (1898)
* The Treaty of Paris (1898)
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Theodore Roosevelt's First and Second Term
After McKinley died from getting shot, Roosevelt assumed the presidency. Roosevelt became the youngest presidency in the nation's history, at just 43. Roosevelt made an impactful change to the nation and these events are what made Roosevelt so relevant. First term: Chinese Exclusion Act, Coal Miners strike, Panama recognized as a republic, Panama Canal Commission, Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Second Term: National Forest established, The NAACP, Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food Drug Act. -
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President
Lyndon B. Johnson was born August, 27th, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas. He felt the pinch of rural poverty as he grew up, working his way through Southwest Texas State Teachers College. In 1937 he campaigned successfully for the House of Representatives on a New Deal platform. In the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as John F. Kennedy’s running mate, was elected Vice President. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as President. -
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President
Lyndon B. Johnson was born August 8th, 1908, in Central Texas. He felt the pinch of rural poverty as he grew up, working his way through Southwest Texas State Teachers College. In 1937 he campaigned successfully for the House of Representatives on a New Deal platform, Later on in the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as JFK's running mate. He was elected Vice President. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as President. -
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William Howard Taft's Term
Taft only served one term as president and didn't do much during his time as president. But some important events did happen during his term like-
*`Payne- Aldrich Tariff Act (1909)
*Mann Act (1910)
*The sinking of the Titanic (1912)
*Panama Canal Act (1912)
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Ronald Regan, 40th President
Ronald Regan was born February 6th, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. He attended high school in nearby Dixon and then worked his way through Eureka College. There, he studied economics and sociology. In 1966 he was elected Governor of California by a margin of a million votes; he was re-elected in 1970. -
Richard M. Nixon, 37th President
Richard Nixon was born January 9th, 1913, in California. Nixon had a brilliant record at Whittier College and Duke University Law School before beginning the practice of law. he was elected to Congress from his California district. In 1950, he won a Senate seat. Two years later, General Eisenhower selected Nixon, age 39, to be his running mate. -
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Woodrow Wilson's First and Second Term
Wilson served for two terms and was president during World War I. Wilson wanted the US out of the war and remained neutral throughout. Wilson did make effective changes to the US during his time as well. First Term: The Seventeenth Amendment, Federal Reserve Act, , Federal Farm Labor Act, Sinking of Lusitania, U.S Marines land in Haiti. Second Term: Eighteenth Amendment, Eighteenth amendment ratified, Nineteenth Amendment, Treaty of Paris and League of Nations, "Red Scare" raids. -
Gerald Ford, 38th President
Gerald Ford was born July 14th, 1913. He starred on the University of Michigan football team, then went to Yale, where he served as assistant coach while earning his law degree. After the war he returned to Grand Rapids, where he began the practice of law, and entered Republican politics. -
John F. Kennedy, 35th President
John F. Kennedy was born May 5th, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Kennedy graduated from Harvard and would later on would join the Navy. When Kennedy came back from the war, became a Democratic Congressman from the Boston area, advancing in 1953 to the Senate. -
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Warren G. Harding's Term
Warren G. Harding didn't get to serve a full term and suddenly died from a heart attack while on a speaking tour. Harding didn't get to leave an impactful presidency, but a lot of acts were signed during his presidency such as-
*Emergency Quota Act (1921)
*Sheppard Towner Maternity and Infancy Act (1921)
*Nineteenth Amendment deemed constitutional (1992)
* The Teapot Dome Scandal (1922)
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George H.W. Bush, 41st President
George H.W. Bush was born June 12th, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts. he became a student leader at Phillips Academy in Andover. On his 18th birthday he enlisted in the armed forces. George became interested in public service and politics. He served two terms as a Representative to Congress from Texas -
Jimmy Carter, 39th President
Jimmy Carter was born October 1st, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. After seven years’ service as a naval officer, Carter returned to Plains. In 1962 he entered state politics, and eight years later he was elected Governor of Georgia. -
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Calvin Coolidge's First and Second Term
Suddenly at 2:30 on the morning of August 3rd, 1923, Coolidge had received word that he would become president, after President Harding died of a heart attack. During his Coolidge's Presidency, these are the key events that occurred.
*Isle of Pines Treaty ratified (1925)
*Scopes Trial (1925)
*Revenue Act becomes law (1926)
*Air Commerce Act passed (1926)
*Lindbergh completes the first flight to be transatlantic (1927)
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Herbert Hoover's Term
Hoover became president around a bad time, as the Great Depression started just months after he was inaugurated. Hoover didn't get to do much about this situation before his term ended. The events that took place were-
*Agricultural Marketing Act (1929)
* "Black Tuesday" (1929)
*Black Panic begins (1930)
* Funding Public works (1930)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Term
Like his cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR left an effective presidency and made the some the most potent and constructive acts for the Nation. These are the events that FDR did to help the nation during its economic crisis and war. First Term: Roosevelt declares a four-day "bank holiday", The Reforestation Relief Act, Agricultural Adjust Administration Act, Federal Securities Act, Social Security Act. -
FDR's Second Term
FDR got elected for a second term and promised to make even more changes to the nation. During his second term, these are the key events that took place.
*FDR signs the Third Neutrality Act
*FDR signs the second Agricultural Adjustment Act.
*The Neutrality Act of 1939
*The Alien Registration Act
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FDR's Third Term
FDR was inaugurated for his third term on January 1st, 1941. In his third term, FDR was involved with WWII, but didn't get to see the end of the war. These are the events that occurred during his third term.
* The Lend- Lease Act (1941)
* Pearl Harbor (1941)
* Germany and Italy declare war on the United States (1941)
* Battle of Midway (1942)
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FDR's Fourth Term
FDR was inaugurated for his fourth term on January 20th, 1945, but sadly died within three months of it. During those months, these are the events that happened-01
*The Capture of Manila
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Harry S. Truman's First and Second Term
Truman took office as soon as Roosevelt died. Truman made some of the most crucial decisions in WWII, and made a huge impact on history. First Term: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders, Employment Act of 1946, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan passed, U.S airlifts to Berlin. Second Term: North Atlantic Treaty, Soviet Union ends blockade of Berlin,1950 Social Security Amendments, Revenue Act of 1950, Mutual Security Act. -
George W. Bush, 43rd President
George W. Bush was born July 6th, 1946, In New Haven, Connecticut. Bush graduated from Yale, received a business degree from Harvard. When George W. Bush, at the age of 54, became the 43rd president of the United States, it was only the second time in American history that a president’s son went on to the White House. -
Bill Clinton, 42nd President
Bill Clinton was born Augusts 19th, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas . Clinton graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and entered politics in Arkansas. Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower's First and Second Term
Eisenhower served two terms from 1953 - 196l. Eisenhower would go on to ease up tensions between the U.S and the Soviet Union during the cold war. First Term: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare created, Refugee Relief Act of 1953, Geneva Agreements of 1954, Atomic Potential against China, Social Security Act of 1956. Second Term: Civil Rights Act of 1957, Little Rock, Sputnik launched, Space Exploration, Eisenhower severs relations with Cuba. -
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JFK's Term
Kennedy didn't get to serve a full term, since he was assassinated on November 22nd, 1963, in Dallas. He was the youngest man elected to the office and would also be the youngest president to die.
* Bay of Pigs (1961)
* Kennedy plans a man on the moon (1961)
* End trade with Cuba (1962)
* Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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Lyndon B. Johnson's Term
Johnson became president following JFK's assassination, and would only serve one term. Johnson had a vision to build a "Great Society" for the American people.
* Johnson's Great Society (1964)
* Civil Rights Act of 1964 (1964)
* Gulf of Tokin Resolution (1964)
* Voting Rights Act (1965)
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Richard Nixon's First and Second Term
Nixon served would be in office for almost two terms, halfway through his second term, Nixon resigned from office and would be the only president to do so. First Term: Vietnam War (1969-1975), First moon landing (1969), Aims to end segregation (1970), Emergency Employment Act (1971), Watergate Scandal begins (1972). Second Term: Nixon takes responsibility for Watergate (1973), Senate Watergate Committee subpoenas tapes (1974), Articles of impeachment brought forth (1974), Nixon resigns (1974 -
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Gerald Ford's term
Gerald Ford became president after Nixon resigned in 1974, Ford only served one term and would leave Washington in 1977.
*Federal Elections Campaign Act (1974)
* Privacy Act of 1974 (1974)
*Tax Reduction Act of 1975 (1975)
*Employment rises (1976)
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Jimmy Carter's Term
Carter would only serve one term, and he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.
* Emergency Natural Gas Act
*Americans taken hostage in Tehran
*Carter Doctrine
*Anti-inflation program
* " Desert One" failure -
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Ronald Regan's First and Second Term
Regan was president for two terms and served from 1981-1989. His Term saw a restoration of prosperity at home, with the goal of achieving “peace through strength” abroad. First Term: Regan signs a cut into law (1981), Negotiating with the Soviet Union (1981), Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act (1982) , Social Security reform becomes law, Exchange with China (1984). -
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George H.W. Bush's Term
George H.W Bush only served one term as president and brought to the White House a dedication to traditional American values and a determination to direct them toward making the United States “a kinder and gentler nation” in the face of a dramatically changing world.
*Berlin Wall falls (1989)
*New Anti-Drug Law (1989)
*Civil Rights Act vetoed (1990)
*Immigration Act of 1990 (1990)
*1991 Civil Rights Act (1991) -
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Bill Clinton's First and Second Term
Bill Clinton served from 1993-2001 and stayed in office for two terms. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby-boomer generation President.
First Term: Family Medical Leave Act , Clinton expands law enforcement , Improving U.S.-Russia relations , Welfare restructured , Congressional Accountability Act , Missile strikes Iraq , Second Term: Chemical Weapons become illegal, Clinton acquitted, Longest economic expansion in history, Permanent trade relations with China -
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George W. Bush's First and Second Term
George W. Bush served two terms and was transformed into a wartime President in the aftermath of the airborne terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, facing the “greatest challenge of any President since Abraham Lincoln.” First Term: Attacking Iraq, 9/11 and Terrorist Attacks, Bush declares war with Iraq, Israeli-Palestine relations, Bush expands Homeland Security. Second Term: Hurricane Katrina strikes, Increasing troops in Iraq, Antiterrorism Bill,