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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
President who implemented the New Deal programs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Camp David Accords, Gas crisis, Iranian Hostage crisis...
Jimmy Carter
President who desegregated the military....
Truman
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Shot and Killed Alexander Hamilton after losing the Presidential Election.
Aaron Burr
"The Great Society" and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution were both implemented under this President
Lyndon B Johnson
Believed in tax cuts and less government spending; cut out many welfare and public works programs. "Trickle Down Economics"
Ronald Reagan
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
Youngest President who had involvement in BOTH the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Became one of the richest men in the world as the founder of the Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Known as the "father of the Constitution", would lead America through the War of 1812.
James Madison
Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification)
Woodrow Wilson
Took over presidency after the assassination of William McKinley. Had previously been known as a "Roughrider"
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Published "The American Crisis" to persuade colonists to support the American Revolutionary war effort...
Thomas Paine
Defended the Red Coats responsible for the Boston Massacre.
John 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
Shortest Term as President
William Henry Harrison
Caned after giving a speech against bleeding Kansas.
Charles Sumner
President during the Teapot Dome Scandal...
Warren G. Harding
Poor Richard's Almanac, he entered politics and played a major part in the American Revolution. Negotiated French support for the colonists.
Benjamin Franklin
"American System"
Henry Clay
Believed African Americans should demand rights instantly and strive for higher education instead of vocational training.
W.E.B DuBois
Pushed popular sovereignty in Western territories....
Stephen Douglas
member of the Great Triumvirate with Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
Daniel Webster
This man came up with a last ditch effort to save the Union before the Civil War...
John Crittenden
A reformer who called for better treatment for the mentally ill, and helped established mental hospitals and reforms the prison system
Dorothea Dix