Review
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 asked congress for funding after the Tonkin Gulf Incident....
LBJ
Camp David Accords, Gas crisis, Iranian Hostage crisis...
Jimmy Carter
President who desegregated the military....
Truman
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
President during the Teapot Dome Scandal...
Warren G. Harding
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 (Welcome Ryker and Kate)
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 American Crisis" to persuade colonists to support the American Revolutionary war effort...
Thomas Payne
Defended the Red Coats responsible for the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
This man came up with a last ditch effort to save the Union before the Civil War...
John Crittenden
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
"American System"
Henry Clay
Chief Justice during and Author of the Majority Opinion on the Dred Scott Decision.
Roger B Taney