President 1
This president did not win the popular vote. He sent in Federal Troops to break up the railroad strike.
Rutherford B Hayes
Country was further dividing over the issue of slavery North/South. We gained new territory with the state of Texas. Had a bad relationship with Congress.
John Tyler
He was a Democrat even though he was the Vice President for a Republican President
Andrew Johnson
He owned a farm at Mount Vernon, owned slaves, was a Revolutionary War Hero. Voted Neutrality in the France/British War.
George Washington
He wrote and signed the Emancipation Proclimation
Abraham Lincoln
Helped to write the Declaration of Independence. Passed the Alien and Sedition Acts which you could be put in jail for speaking out against the Government which was a violation of the 1st Amendment. First President to be defeated.
John Adams
Boxer, 42, VP, Police Commissioner, First Modern President, Anti-Trust laws, Fought in Spanish-American War
Theodore Roosevelt
Expansionist President. Acquired California, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada. A little man with a big vision. The stress of the job killed him. He died 90 days after leaving office.
James K Polk
Spoke 6 languages. Raised from birth to President. Believed in a strong Federal Government. Built Roads, Canals, Universities, Navel Academy. Only served one term.
John Quincy Adams
He served 2 terms. Was a Civil War hero. Used Federal Government to stop the KKK. The great depression of 1873.
Ulysses S Grant
Louisiana Purchase, 2 Terms, Remodeled White House, Placed Embargo during France/Brittan War. Famous case Marbury vs Madison which established judicial review.
Thomas Jefferson
Indian Removal Act. Trail Of Tears. Thousands of Native Americans Died. Killed a man in a Duel. War General. Hated the Banks. Vetoed a ton of Bills.
Andrew Jackson
He had a scar on his hand from a sword because he refused to shine a British Soldiers Shoes.
Andrew Jackson
First President to Die in Office.
William Henry Harrison
Was the second President to be assassinated
James A Garfield
Grandson of a former president Billion Dollar Congress
Benjamin Harrison
2nd President to die in office. Said slavery should not expand into new territory. Pro-Union
Zachary Taylor
His nickname was old granny
William Henry Harrison
Supported Sothern's right to own slaves. Famous Dred Scott Decision that said blacks were not citizens. Minister to Great Brittan.
James Buchanan
He was the first Democrat President elected since the Civil War. First President to serve two non consecutive terms.
Grover Cleveland
He shot and killed Lincoln and did this for a living, name of theater where Lincoln was assissinated
John Wilks Booth, Actor, Fords Theater
Congressman from Ohio. War with Spain. Hawaii 1898
William McKinley
The name of the play that was playing at the Theater on April 14th 1865 the night Lincoln was assissinated
Our American Cousin
He was a very ineffective president. Was not well liked and went hunting and fishing all day and had fancy dinners. Oh, he did add the first WH elevator.
Chester A Arthur
He was an abolitionist and a close advisor to Abraham Lincoln and the most photographed man. Need first and last name.
Frederick Douglass