Foundations & Early Government
He set this important precedent by stepping down after two terms and warning the citizens about staying neutral and political parties
Washington
He issued this 1863 order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states
Lincoln
He broke up monopolies and was known as this type of “buster
Teddy Roosevelt
His New Deal created Social Security during this economic crisis
FDR
His policy of détente eased tensions with the USSRbut his Watergate Scandal rocked the country
Nixon
He doubled the size of the U.S. with this 1803 purchase
Jefferson (LP)
He clashed with Congress over Reconstruction and was impeached for violating the Tenure Office Act
Andrew Johnson
Known for his leasership in WWI and his Fourteen points that included the league of Nations
Woodrow Wislon
He made the decision to drop the nuclear bombs on Japan
Truman
He brokered the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Isreal
Jimmy Carter
His doctrine warned Europe not to interfere in this hemisphere.
Monroe
He ended Reconstruction as part of this 1877 compromise
He believed in Laissez Faire and led during the Roaring 20's
Calvin Coolidge
He helped end the Korean War, establish NASA and sent troops to enforce school integration in this city
Eishenhower (Ike)
He urged Gorbachev to “tear down” this symbol of the Cold War and was known for his economic policies that supported tax cuts andnamed after him
Raegen
He vetoed the Bank of the United States during this economic conflict
Jackson
His second term was hit by this 1893 economic panic
Grover Cleveland
He was blamed for the Great Depression after this 1929 event and people created these shanty townsnamed after him
Hoover
He supported civil rights and navigating the Cuban Missle Crisis
JFK
He launched the War on Terror after the attacks on this date
George W. Bush
He achieved Manifest Destiny by winning the Mexican–American War
James K. Polk
He led the U.S. during this 1898 war that made America an empire (Spanish American War)
William McKinley
a severe, decade-long environmental and agricultural disaster during the 1930s that devastated the Southern Great Plains of the US, characterized by massive storms ("black blizzards") caused by extreme drought and poor farming practices.
The Dust bowl
His Great Society created Medicare and passed this landmark 1964 law
Lyndon B Johnson
He supported NATO intervention to stop ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and was impeeached but not removed from office
Bill Clinton