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American Presidents, Washington to Lincoln

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H.istory M.usic V.ideo (pronounced HUMVEE) Sa

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Garfield was the 20th President of the united states, serving for only 200 days in 1881 before his death. He is known for causing a resurgence of Presidential authority over the Senate in executive appointments.

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Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881-1885. His strong enforcement of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is often seen as the focus of his administration.

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He was president from March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857. Pierce is widely considered one of the least effective presidents of the United States. This is largely because he helped reopen the slavery issue with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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Cleveland served two terms as the 22nd (1885-1889)

and 24th (1893-1897) making him the only president to

serve more than one non-consecutive terms

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He was president from July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853. Millard Fillmore was a founding member of the Buffalo Chapter of he American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States from 1889-1893. Federal Spending reached one billion dollars

for the first time under Harrison's Presidency

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He was president from March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850. Zachary Taylor had one of the strangest deaths of any United States President. While at an Independence Day celebration he ate a snack of buttermilk and cherries. The snack was contaminated and Taylor died a few days later of cholera.

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Grant was the 18th president of the United States

from 1869-1877. As President, Grant took head of the Radical Republicans in an effort to stamp out any remaining confederate nationalism and slavery.

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He was president from March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849. James won seven straight terms in the Houseand became Speaker of the House. President Polk was one of only three Presidents that didn't have any children.

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Buchanan was served as the 15th President of the United States from 1857-1861. He is the only US president from Pennsylvania.

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1. Which President authorized the creation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of State?

A) Andrew Johnson

B) George Washington

C) Thomas Jefferson

2. The Jeffersonian Republicans favored:

A) States' rights and a strict interpretation of the Constitution

B) Strict central government

C) Loose interpretation of the Constitution

3. Which President oversaw the movement of Native Americans through the Trail of Tears?

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) Andrew Jackson

4. Which president was the first president assassinated?

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) Andrew Johnson

C) Theodore Roosevelt

5. Who did the Radical Republicans try to impeach?

A) Andrew Jackson

B) John Adams

C) Andrew Johnson

6. Who assassinated William McKinley in 1901?

A) Leon Czolgosz

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) Garret Hobart

7.) Who was the 19th president of the United States?

A) Theodore Roosevelt

B) George Washington

C) Rutherford B. Hayes

8. Which president issued the "Big Stick" Diplomacy?

A)Woodrow Wilson

B)Theodore Roosevelt

C) George Washington

9. Who was president during WWI?

A) Woodrow Wilson

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) William Howard Taft

10. What amendment was issued under Abraham Lincoln's administration?

A) 13th amendment

B) 14th amendment

C) 16th amendment

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He was president from April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845. John Tyler was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates when he was only 21 years old. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives and was a U.S. Senator. John was also governor of Virginia.

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9. Tamieyah Ford/ William Henry Harrison 

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9. Tamieyah Ford/ William Henry Harrison 

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He was president from March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841. When Harrison was inaugurated, it was a cold wet day & his speech lasted nearly 2 hours. He caught pneumonia and died a month later. He had the shortest term of any president. Harrison was the first president to die in office.

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Taft was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909-1913 and was later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States from 1921-1930. He is the only person to have ever served as both.

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He was president from March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841. His presidency struggled against economic depression, eventually it led to bank failures and food riots known as the "Panic of 1837".

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President between April 15, 1865- March 4, 1869

The radical republicans tried to impeach him because he tried to fire the Secretary  of War Edwin Stanton. The reason this was a problem was because he violated the Tenure Office Act, which as a result this angered radical republicans especially Thaddeus Stevens.

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He was president from March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829. When he was in the House of Representatives a lot of his fellow representatives disliked him because he would point out minor errors in bills and delay the proceedings.

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Serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination in September 1901

McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals.

William was shot twice by Leon Czolgosz on September 6th 1901 from point range in Buffalo New, York. he died 8 days later from gangrene caused by the bullet wound.

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Progressive President

Woodrow Wilson was a Progressive President. He served from 1914-1918. He argued for a strong central government and fought for labor rights. He advocated "missionary diplomacy" or "moral diplomacy."

This stated that it was the United States' role to promote democracy and moral progress in the world.

President during WWI

In 1914, Wilson declared the United States neutral.  He wanted Americans to see the war as good vs. evil.

After the sinking of United States' ships, the US could no longer stay neutral. The United States entered the war in April, 1917.

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7. Andrew Jackson                                                                                  Olivia Dunlap       

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7. Andrew Jackson                                                                                  Olivia Dunlap       

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President from 1829 to 1837.

A supporter of states' rights and slavery's extension into the new western territories, he opposed the Whig Party and Congress on polarizing issues such as the Bank of the United States.

Jacksonian Democracy was the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man. They opposed government spending and government favoritism, especially in the form of corporate charters for banks and other enterprises.

Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government, under the presidency of Andrew Jackson, forced them to leave their homelands and walk thousands of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River. This difficult journey became known as the Trail of Tears.

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He was president from March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817. He is remembered as being the father of the Bill of Rights and for his authority over the 1812 War with Britain.

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He was president from March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825. He was the only president to serve as both a secratary of war and of state.

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3. Thomas Jefferson                                                                                 Olivia Dunlap

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3. Thomas Jefferson                                                                                 Olivia Dunlap

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President from 1801 to 1808

Undertook the Louisiana Purchase, extending the boundaries of the country and establishing the doctrine of manifest destiny.

Jeffersonian Republicans favored states' rights and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. They believed that a powerful central government posed a threat to individual liberties. They viewed the United States more as a confederation of sovereign entities woven together by a common interest.

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in office from1877–1881 Hayes won an intensely disputed electoral college vote after a Congressional commission awarded him twenty contested electoral votes. The result was the Compromise of 1787 in which the Democrats acquiesced to Hayes's election and Hayes ended all federal army intervention in Southern politics.

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He was president from March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801. He  was the only president of the first five U.S. presidents not to be a slaveholder.

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president between 1861-1865

Did not believe in succession of the union during the civil war.

He the strongest leader of the war through political leadership

He was the first president to be assassinated, which really was a conspiracy to revive the confederacy.

He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in the slaves states.

Under his administration, the 13th amendment was passed which abolished slavery.

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1. George Washington
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1. George Washington
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U.S. President from 1789 to1797.

Insisted upon a neutral course during the French and Indian War
until the U.S. could grow stronger.

Espoused the right of all Americans to follow their conscience in matters of religion.

Signed a bill authorizing the creation of a Department of Foreign Affairs (future State Department) and a Secretary of State.

In his Farewell Address, he urged his countrymen to forswear excessive party spirit and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances.

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Progressive President

The Progressive era was a period of social activism and political reform in the United States. Theodore Roosevelt was the first Progressive President. He led the public towards Progressive reforms and strong foreign policies.

Imperialism and Foreign Intervention

Under the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, the Philippines became an "unorganized territory" of the United States.  He issued the Roosevelt Corollary or the "Big Stick" Diplomacy. This was expanded from the Monroe Doctrine and said that the United States could intervene in a region if the nation was having trouble paying its debts.