Presidents 21-30 Flashcards

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Told the American people that he was on a fishing trip when he was actually having a cancerous growth removed from his mouth

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22 Grover Cleveland 1885-1889

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Civil service Reform

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21 Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885

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Dedicated the Statue of Liberty 1886

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22 Grover Cleveland 1885-1889

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Was President during times of serious labor unrest, like the Pullman Strike.

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22 Grover Cleveland 1885-1889

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Passed the Sherman Antitrust Act

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23 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893

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Was President during the first Billion Dollar Congress

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23 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893

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24 Grover Cleveland 1893-1897

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24 Grover Cleveland 1893-1897

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Was President during the Spanish American War 1898

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25 William McKinley 1897-1901

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He was assassinated while at the World’s Fair by an anarchist.

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25 William McKinley 1897-1901

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Was the leader of the Rough Riders.

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26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909

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Created the National Parks system

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26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909

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Square Deal – the average citizen should get his fair share

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26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909

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He completed the Panama Canal during his Presidency.

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26 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909

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Was also the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

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27 William Howard Taft 1909-1913

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Was the first President to own a car.

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27 William Howard Taft 1909-1913

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Before he was President, he was President of Princeton University

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28 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

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First President to earn a PhD

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28 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

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Created Wilson’s Fourteen Points at the end of WWI

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28 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

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President during WWI

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28 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

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Signed a separate agreement with Germany and Austria to end WWI

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29 Warren G. Harding 1921-1923

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He was a newspaper publisher before President

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29 Warren G. Harding 1921-1923

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Teapot Dome Scandal – Harding’s Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of the Navy stole oil from the Navy

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29 Warren G. Harding 1921-1923

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Created the Veteran’s Bureau.

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29 Warren G. Harding 1921-1923

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Was called “the do nothing president”

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30 Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929