Reconstruction Era
The End of the 19th Century and Beginning of the 20th
Between The Roosevelts
WWII-Vietnam
The 1970's and Beyond
100
This 16th President of the United States is famous for leading the country through a Civil War, getting assassinated at Ford's theater, and later being put on the penny.
Abraham Lincoln
100
This President was the youngest to be in office, at the age of 42, after his predecessor was assassinated. Known for "busting monopolies" and ecological conservation, he was also the father of a later President.
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
100
President during World War 1, this President created the League of Nations and had his famous Fourteen Points that he brought to the Paris Peace Conference, where he was the first President to travel to Europe while in office.
Woodrow Wilson
100
This President, who had four terms, tried to life America out of the Great Depression with the New Deal. After trying t keep America out of World War II he was eventually drawn in with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This President later died in office from Polio.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
100
This first President to visit China. He developed ties with the Communist nations of China and the USSR. He escalated and then ended the Vietnam War. He then was plagued by the Watergate Scandal and then became the first President to resign.
Richard Nixon
200
This popular commander of the Union army during the Civil War, who had the Transcontinental Railroad completed during his time as POTUS, had an administration that was littered with scandals, some involving putting underqualified people in high offices.
Ulysses S. Grant
200
Before his assassination in 1901, he was the President during the Spanish American war, where the spoils included Guam Puerto Rico and the Phillipines, he also annexed Hawaii and under his term the United States was officially a world power.
William McKinley
200
Known for his quietness, this President became President after his predecessor died in office, he also cut taxes and reduced government spending.
Calvin Coolidge
200
This President, the youngest ever to become President, and the first Roman Catholic to lead America. He challenged America to get men on the moon by the end of the 1960's, supported Civil Rights and created the Peace Corps. However he met his demise in Dallas Texas when he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
John F. Kennedy
200
This President's two terms saw the freeing of American hostages in Iran, the fall of the Soviet Union and the cutting of taxes in this President's namesake economic system.
Ronald Reagan
300
This President was the only one who never went to school, he also authorized the purchase of Alaska from Russia, and was the only Southern Senator loyal to the Union, but is most famous for his impeachment.
Andrew Johnson
300
Known for being both the 22nd and the 24th President, where he lost his first relection bid in 1888 but won itback in 1892, he also received the Statue of Liberty from France.
Grover Cleveland
300
This President, who was later appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was in office when the cherry trees in Washington DC were given to the US by Japan, this man is also known as America's heaviest President, and had to have a new bathtub installed in the White House.
William Taft
300
This President, also known as "Ike", was the Supreme Commander of the Allies in Europe during World War II. The US Interstate Highway System was completed under he increased spending on social welfare programs, supported integration, and tried to stop the spread of communism in South East Asia.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
300
This President from Georgia created a Department of Energy. Also in this former peanut farmer's term there was an Iranian hostage crisis, and a boycotting of the Russian Olympics.
Jimmy Carter
400
This first President after Reconstruction's term was cut short after being assassinated after four month's in office, which is a stark contrast from his nine representative terms and career as a military general.
James A. Garfield
400
Grandson of a former President, he interrupted Grover Cleveland's two terms, but lost reelection because of a major increase in government spending and tariff collection.
Benjamin Harrison
400
This President, from Iowa, was President during the first years of the Great Depression where many Americans were out of work. Also while Secretary of Commerce he had a namesake dam built.
Herbert Hoover
400
This President, who came in to office after his predecessor died, authorized the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, in attempt to force the Japanese surrender from World War 2. In a surprise reelection, he also authorized the sending of troops to South Korea in order to stop the invading North Koreans.
Harry S. Truman
400
This President, in charge during the Persian Gulf War, and kept America neutral in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union. He later had a son who became President.
George H.W. Bush
500
After winning one of the most contested presidential elections in American history, this man led the country through the end of reconstruction and resigned from office after one term.
Rutherford B. Hayes
500
Becoming President after his predecessor was assassinated, he attempted to reform the civil service system, he also never held an elected office before the Vice Presidency and was accused of doing favors for his strongest supporters.
Chester Arthur
500
This President had a scandal filled Presidency which started when he appointed dishonest and under qualified people to his cabinet. One of these scandals was the Teapot Dome scandal which involved oil field leases. Prohibition also began under this President.
Warren G. Harding
500
After his predecessor was assassinated, this President took over and escalated the war in Vietnam that his predecessor left, which made him unpopular to where he didn't even run for another term, this war also overshadows his famous "war on poverty".
Lyndon B. Johnson
500
He was the only President not elected to President or Vice President. He signed the act that provided special education in schools around the country and officially finished US involvement in the Cold War.
Gerald Ford
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