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Martin Van Buren

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1837- 1841
Democrat
- Panic of 1837
- Trail of Tears

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James K. Polk

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1845- 1849
Democrat
- Mexican- American War
- Mexican Cession

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Zachary Taylor

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1849- 1850
Whig
- Last Whig president elected
- died in office

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William H. Harrison

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1841- 1841
Whig
- First Whig president
- Died in office

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John Tyler

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1841- 1845
Whig
- Annexation of Texas

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Millard Fillmore

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1850- 1853
Whig
- Compromise of 1850
- Opening of Japan

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Franklin Pierce

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1853- 1857
Democrat
- Kansas- Nebraska Act
- Ostend Manifesto

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Barrack Obama

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2009-
Democrat
- 1st Af- Am president

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George W. Bush

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2001-2009
Republican
- US attacked 9/11
- troops sent to Afghanistan
- overthrew Saddam Huessein
- deep recession
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George H. W. Bush

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1989-1993
Republican
- invasion of Panama
- Persian Gulf War
- saw the collapse of Soviet Union
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William Jefferson Clinton

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1993-2001
Democrat
- sent US troops to Bosnia
- US economy boomed
- impeached for lying under oath
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Warren Harding

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1921-1923
Republican
- Normalcy period
- political and personal scandals
- 1st to speak on radio
- died in office
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Calvin Coolidge

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1923-1929
Republican
- pro- business
- laissez- faire administration
- Kellogg- Briand Pact
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Herbert Hoover

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1929-1933
Republican
- Great Depression strikes
- promoted attitude of rugged individualism

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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1933-1945
Democrat
- New Deal reforms
- World War II
- elected to four terms
- died in 4th
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Harry S. Truman

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1945-1953
Democrat
- Fair Deal reforms
- Cold War begins
- upset victory in 1948
- Korean War
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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1953-1961
Republican
- ended Korean War
- maintained peaceful coexistence with USSR
- established modern Republicanism
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William Howard Taft

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1909-1913
Republican
- Dollar Diplomacy in Caribbean
- split with Theodore Roosevelt in 1912

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Theodore Roosevelt

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1901-1909
Republican
- trust buster
- Square Deal reforms
- "Big Stick" in Caribbean
- conservationist
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Woodrow Wilson

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1913-1921
Democrat
- Progressive reforms
- World War I
- fought for League of Nations
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William McKinley

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1897-1901
Republican
- Spanish- American War
- 3rd president assassinated
- Open Door Policy
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Chester Arthur

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1881-1885
Republican
- Pendleton Act
- Chinese Exclusion Act

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Benjamin Harrison

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1889-1893
Republican
- built up navy
- grandson of William H. Harrison 
- McKinley Tariff
- Sherman Anti- Trust Act
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Grover Cleveland 2

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1893-1897
Democrat
- only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms
- Depression of 1893

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Grover Cleveland 1

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1885-1889
Democrat
- First Democratic president since Civil war
- Tariff battle with Congress

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James Garfield

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1881-1881
Republican
- 2nd president assassinated
- supported Civil Service

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Ulysses Grant

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1869-1877
Republican
- Reconstruction continued
- Many scandals

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Abraham Lincoln

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1861-1865
Republican
- Civil War
- Emancipation Proclamation 
- First president assassinated
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Ruterford B. Hayes

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1877-1881
Republican
- Compromise of 1877
- Reconstruction ended

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James Buchanan

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1857-1861
Democrat
- Dred Scott decision 
- Johns Brown's raid
- Seven states leave Union
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Andrew Johnson

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1865-1869
Unionist
- Reconstruction 
- 1st president impeached
- Purchased Alaska
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John F. Kennedy

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1961-1963
Democrat
- New Frontier reforms
- Bay of Pigs
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Assassinated 1963
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Jimmy Carter

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1977- 1981
Democrat
- Camp David Accords
- Iran Hostage Crisis

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Ronald Reagan

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1981- 1989
Republican
- Supply- side economics
- Military buildup
- Soviet Union's Cold War decline began
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Lyndon B. Johnson

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1963- 1969
Democrat
- Great Society reforms
- Civil rights acts
- Escalated Vietnam War
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Richard Nixon

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1969- 1974
Republican
- Ended Vietnam War
- recognized China
- Watergate scandal
- First President to resign
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Gerald Ford

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1974- 1977
Republican
- Took over when Nixon resigned
- Pardoned Nixon for his crimes

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James Madison

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1809-1817
Democratic- Republican
- War of 1812

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George Washington

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1789-1797
No party designation
- Established new government
- Whiskey Rebellion
- Jay Treaty
- Farewell Address
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John Adams

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1797-1801
Federalist
- Undeclared war with France
- XYZ Affair
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- Father of the U.S. Army
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Andrew Jackson

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1829- 1837
Democrat
- Expands of presidential power
- Bank battle
- Tariff/ Nullification Crisis
- Indian removal
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Thomas Jefferson

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1801-1809
Democratic- Republican
- First Dem- Rep president
- Executed Louisiana Purchase
- Embargo Act of 1807
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John Q Adams

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1825- 1929
Democratic- Republican
- Corrupt bargain
- supporter of internal improvements including C&O Canal
1st photographed
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James Monroe

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1817- 1825
Democratic- Republican
- Florida purchase
- Era of Good Feelings
- Executed the Missouri Compromise and the Monroe Doctrine

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