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Known for his farewell address warning against political parties.
George Washington
Saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves.
Abraham Lincoln
"New Deal" to the American public in order to relieve the US of the Great Depression.
Franklin D Roosevelt
General during the War of 1812. As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.
Andrew Jackson
U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification)
Woodrow Wilson
Shot and Killed Alexander Hamilton after losing the Presidential Election.
Aaron Burr
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Took over presidency after the assassination of William McKinley.
Theodore Roosevelt
Sought the create "The Great Society"
Lyndon B Johnson
Believed in tax cuts and less government spending; cut out many welfare and public works programs. "Trickle Down Economics"
Ronald Reagan
Canned after giving a speech against bleeding Kansas.
Charles Sumner
Youngest and Most Attractive President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Poor Richard's Almanac, he entered politics and played a major part in the American Revolution. Negotiated French support for the colonists.
Benjamin Franklin
Known as the "father of the Constitution", would lead America through the War of 1812.
James Madison
Shortest Term as President
William Henry Harrison
Advocated for the creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.
Alexander Hamilton
Published the pamphlet "Common Sense" in 1776, convinced many Americans that it was time to declare independence from Britain.
Thomas Payne
Defended the Red Coats responsible for the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
Became one of the richest men in the world as the founder of the Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Established the Hull House in Chicago in 1889, the most prominent American settlement house.
Jane Adams
“The Gospel of Wealth,” an article that argued that the wealthy have a responsibility to contribute to the greater good of society.
Andrew Carnegie
member of the Great Triumvirate with Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
Daniel Webster
"American System"
Henry Clay
Chief Justice during and Author of the Majority Opinion on the Dredd Scott Decision.
Roger B Taney