James Monroe
5th president (1817-1825).
After Madison, before JQA.
Party: Democratic-Republican.
Missouri Compromise, 1820---This law maintained a tenuous balance between number of free and slave states in the Union by admitting Missouri as slave state and Maine as a
Calvin Coolidge
30th president (1923-1929).
After Harding, before Hoover.
Party: Republican.
Assumed office following Harding's death.
Immigration Act, 1924 This law excluded the immigration of Japanese citizens to the U.S. and favored the immigration of northern Europea
Woodrow Wilson
28th president (1913-1921).
After Taft, before Harding.
Party: Democratic.
World War I, 1914-1918 This 5-year war unified the Allied Powers against the Central Powers. President Wilson was critical of U.S. involvement at the war's outset.
Campained second
Warren G. Harding
29th president (1921-1923).
After Wilson, before Coolidge.
Party: Republican.
VP: Calvin Coolidge.
Teapot Dome & Other Scandals, 1921-23 A number of scandals occurred during Harding's presidency including Harding's Secretary of Interior Albert Fall sellin
William Howard Taft
27th president (1909-1913).
After T. Roosevelt, before Wilson.
Party: Republican.
States Admitted to the Union, 1912 New Mexico and Arizona were both admitted to the Union under President Taft's term.
16th Amendment, 1913 The sixteenth amendment, ratified
William McKinley
25th president (1897-1901).
After Cleveland, before T. Roosevelt.
Party: Republican.
VPs:
Annexation of Hawaii Under this act, Hawaii was annexed, in July of 1898, to the United States of America.
Spanish-American War, 1898 A combination of factors---Cuba
Benjamin Harrison
23rd president (1889-1893).
After/before Cleveland.
Party: Republican.
Dependent and Disability Pensions Act, 1890--- This law granted compensation to veterans disabled for nonmilitary reasons and extended compensation to veterans dependents.
Sherman Anti
Grover Cleavland
22nd president (1885-1889) and 24th president (1893-1897).
After Arthur, before/after B. Harrison, before McKinley.
Party: Democratic.
He is the only president to have been elected to two non-consecutive terms.
During his term, the Statue of Liberty was u
Chester A. Arthur
21st president (1881-1885).
After Garfield, before Cleveland.
Party: Republican.
VP: none (assumed office following Garfield's assassination).
Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882�Congress passed a 20 year ban against Chinese immigration; Arthur vetoed it but sign
James A. Garfield
20th president (1881-1881).
After Hayes, before Arthur.
Party: Republican.
VP: Arthur.
Reform Efforts�Garfield, known as a reformer, was unable to do much because he was shot on July 2, 1881 and died on September 6, 188l.
He was assassinated by Charles Gu
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th president (1877-1881).
After Grant, before Garfield.
Party: Republican.
Reconstruction Ends, 1877---Hayes ended reconstruction with the withdrawal of the last federal troops from the South. This was as a result of the compromise resulting from the de
Ulysses S. Grant
18th president (1869- 1877).
After A. Johnson, before Hayes.
Party: Republican.
He was once fined $20 for speeding on his horse.
Scandals�Black Friday (Fisk and Gould), Credit Moblier, tax corruption and the Whiskey Ring were some of the scandals that mar
John Adams
2nd president (1797-1801).
After Washington, before Jefferson.
VP: Jefferson.
Party: Federalist.
The XYZ Affair ocurred during his presidency.
Midnight Appointments---In an attempt to leave his mark on the next administration, Adams spent his final hours
Thomas Jefferson
3rd president (1801-1809).
After John Adams, before Madison.
Party: Democratic-Republican.
VPs: Aaron Burr, George Clinton.
Tripolitan War 1801-1805 ---Jefferson refused to pay tribute to pirates of the Barbary States who were harassing American ships; Tr
James Madison
4th president (1809-1817).
After Jefferson, before Monroe.
Party: Democratic-Republicans.
VPs: George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry.
He was president during the War of 1812 (to 1814) which his critics dubbed "Mr. Madison's War."
Along with John Jay and Alexande
Andrew Jackson
7th president (1829-1837).
After JQA, before Martin Van Buren.
Party: Democrat.
VPs: John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren.
poils System--- Jackson rewarded many of his political supporters with government jobs. His critics coined the phrase the "spoils syste
William Henry Harrison
9th president (1841).
After Martin Van Buren, before Tyler.
Party: Whig.
VP: John Tyler.
He served one month, the shortest term of any president.
He gave the longest inauguration speech of any president (8,445 words).
He was the first candidate to have a
Martin Van Buren
8th president (1837-1841).
After Jackson, before William Henry Harrison.
Party: Democratic.
VP: Richard M. Johnson.
Panic of 1837�This economic panic caused by crop failures, the fact that banks stopped converting paper money into gold and silver and an u
John Tyler
10th president (1841-1845).
After W. Harrison, before Polk.
Party: Whig.
VP: none.
Treaty of Wanghia, 1844---U.S. gained access to Chinese ports.
Annexation of Texas, 1845---Texas was admitted to the Union with a dividing line separating slave and free pa
George Washington
1st president (1789-1796).
Before John Adams.
Party: In-between Democrat and Federalist.
Head of the Continental Army- led colonists to victory.
Set precedent for only serving 2 terms and for a cabinet.
Farewell Address, 1796---Washington warned against t
Andrew Johnson
17th president (1865-1869).
After Lincoln, before Grant.
Party: Democratic.
VP: none (came into power when Lincoln was assassinated).
Reconstruction�Johnson sought to restore the legal status of the South. The South thwarted this by passing Black Codes li
Abraham Lincoln
16th president (1861-1865) (elected twice).
After Buchanan, before A. Johnson.
Party: Republican.
VPs: Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson.
Homestead Act, 1862---Federal law granted free land to settlers who stayed on the land for five years.
Morrill Act, 186
James Buchanan
15th president (1857-1861).
After Pierce, before Lincoln.
Party: Democratic.
Panic of 1857--- The failure of the Ohio Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati heralded the start of an economic panic which lasted until the start of the Civil War.
Secession�Bef
Franklin Pierce
14th president (1853-1857).
After Fillmore, before Buchanan.
Party: Democratic.
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854---This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing settlers in the Kansas, Nebraska territories to decide for themselves whether to permit slavery
Millard Fillmore
13th president (1850-1853).
After Taylor, before Pierce.
Party: Whig.
VP: none.
Compromise of 1850�This compromise which Fillmore embraced allowed California to be admitted as a free state and enforced the Fugitive Slave Act with suspected fugitives being
Zachary Taylor
12th president (1849-1850).
After Polk, before Fillmore.
Party: Whig.
VP: Fillmore.
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 1850---Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain stipulating that any canal constructed across Central America was to be neutral and that neither co
James K. Polk
11th president (1845-1849).
After Tyler, before Taylor.
Party: Democratic.
Oregon Treaty, 1846---This treaty with Great Britain fixed the border between the U.S. Northwest and Great Britain granting the U.S. land that is now the present day states of Oreg
Henry S. Truman
Truman 33rd president (1945-1953).
After FDR, before Eisenhower.
Party: Democratic.
He assumed office when FDR died.
Fair Deal: Building upon the New Deal legacy of reform, Truman advocated full employment legislation, an increase in the minimum wage, eco
Herbert Hoover
31st president (1929-1933).
After Coolidge, before FDR.
Party: Republican.
During his term as President, Adolph Hitler came into power.
He was president during the 1929 Stock Market Crash.
Hoover started out as an orphan and eventually became a self-made
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd president (1933-1945) (elected 4 times).
After Hoover, before Truman.
Party: Democratic.
During his term, social security tax was passed.
Prohibition was repealed during his administration.
WWII began (1939) during his term, we joined in 1941, and he
John F. Kennedy
35th president (1961-1963).
After Eisenhower, before Johnson.
Party: Democratic.
VP: Johnson.
He was a decorated naval officer in World War II.
He served exactly 1,000 days in office.
He was the first president born in the 20th century and the youngest pr
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th president (1963-1969).
After JFK (assumed office following his assassination), before Nixon.
Party: Democratic.
While he was in the White House, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and Medicare were signed into law.
His idol was FDR.
His admi
Theodore Roosevelt
27th president (1901-1909).
After McKinley, before Taft.
Party: Republican.
The Square Deal: Three Cs: control of corporations, consumer protection, and conservation of natural resources.
He wasn't completely opposed to big business, just wanted what was
John Quincy Adams
6th president (1825-1829).
After Monroe, before Jackson.
Party: Democratic-Republican.
VP: John Calhoun.
He came into power through the "corrupt bargain" (allegedly conspired with Henry Clay- gave him position of Secretary of State- to undermine Jackson a
Gerald R. Ford
38th president (1974-1977).
After Nixon (when he resigned), before Carter.
Party: Republican.
He is the only president not to have been elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency.
He issued Richard Nixon a presidential pardon in 1974.
He gave
Richard M. Nixon
37th president (1969-1974).
After Johnson, before Ford.
Party: Republican.
Barely won the election (mostly because ppl were against LBJ an Vietnam; George Wallace (super-racist and pro-war) got enough votes so that Nixon didn't even have a majority of the
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th president (1953-1961).
After Truman, before JFK.
Party: Republican.
VP: Nixon (almost lost his spot and credibility during election b/c it was found that he was receiving a lot of money, he fixed it with the Checkers speech).
He was responsible for t
Ronald Reagan
40th president (1981-1989).
After Carter, before George Bush.
Party: Republican.
He made a deal with Iran before his election to get back the hostages by selling them weapons, but doesn't have them released until right when he's inaugurated.
He was the ol
Jimmy Carter
39th president (1977-1981).
After Ford, before Reagan.
Party: Democratic.
He had some trouble winning his election, even though Nixon was very unpopular.
He was very nice and compassionate- dedicated himself to Habitat for Humanity following presidency.
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