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1) George Washington

1789-1797

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Period 3

Citizen Genet (1793)
Whiskey rebellion (1794)
Jay treaty and Pinckney Treaty (1795)
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2) John Adams (1797-1801)

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Period 3

Alien and sedition acts (1798)
Kentucky and Virginia resolutions (1798)
Treaty with France 
Father of American NAVY 
XYZ Affair
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3) Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

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Period 4

Election of 1800- from federalist to DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN
Louisiana purchase (1803)
Lewis and Clark expedition
Embargo Act 1807 (stopped trade with all foreign nations)
1808- Slave trade ended
1809- Non intercourse act

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4) James Madison (1809-1817)- Democratic republican

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Period 4

War of 1812 - Napoleon- world politics 
1812- War with England 
1814- Treaty of Ghent 
Battle of New Orleans 
Aug. 1814- British burn and raid capital
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5) James Monroe (1817-1825)- Democratic Republican

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Period 4

Missouri compromise (1820)
Era of good feeling (Peace)
Monroe doctrine (1823)
Adam-Onis Treaty (1819)

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6) John Quincy Adams (1825) Democratic Republican

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Period 4

Election of 1828- Jackson vs. Adams
Wanted to explore west and fund education
Popular votes created- 1824

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Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) DEMOCRAT

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Period 4

Jacksonian democracy- opposed government monopoly

Spoils system 
Peggy Eaton affair 
Jackson's kitchen cabinet 
Indian removal act of 1830-> Trail of tears
South Carolina nullification crisis 
Nat turner's rebellion (1831) 
Whig party formed (1834) 
Republics of Texas established (1835) 
1830s- Railroad era
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8) Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) Democrat

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Period 4

Panic of 1837- Consequence of Jackson bank war

Panic of 1839- caused by cotton market crash

Manifest destiny
Telegraphs/ railroads

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9) William Henry Harrison (1841) WHIG party

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Period 4

Died in office

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10) John Tyler (1841-1845) Whig

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Period 4

Webster ashburd Treaty (US and GB) settled border btwn US/Canada

Annexation of Texas

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11) James Polk (1845-1849) democrat

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Period 4

EXPANSION

Manifest destiny
Mexican war (1846)
49th parallel

Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo- ended Mexican war (1848)
US gets california and New Mexico

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12) Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) Whig

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Period 4/5

(1849) Gold discovered in California
(1850) Compromise of 1850
Fugitive slave law strengthened

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13) Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) Whig

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Period 5

Signed Compromise of 1850

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14) Franklin Pierce (1854-1857) democrat

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Period 5

Kansas Nebraska act (Repeal Missouri Compromise, states decide slavery)

Result- Abraham Lincoln created Republican Party

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15) James Buchanan

Democrat

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Period 5

Tried to force slavery into north, made slavery worse.

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16) Abraham Lincoln (1861- 1865) REPUBLICAN

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Period 5/6

1861- Civil war begins (Fort Sumter) 
Emancipation proclamation (1862) 
Shermans march to the sea (1864) 
Lee surrenders to Grant (1865) 
Assassinated 4-14-1865 by John Wilkes Booth 
13th Amendment abolished slavery (1865) 
KKK formed (1865)
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17) Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)

Democrat Union

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Period 5/6

RECONSTRUCTION
14th amendment (civil rights) (1868)
IMPEACHED

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18) Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

Republican

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Period 5/6

Scandals-> Whiskey ring, Indian Fraud, Credit Mobilier

15th amendment-> black votes (1870)

(1876) End of reconstruction
Battle of little big horn

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19) Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) Republican

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Period 6

Great compromise of 1877->
Munn vs. Illinois (states may regulate warehouse rates)

20
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20) James A. Garfield (1881) Republican

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Period 6

Wanted ag. Tech.

21
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21) Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885) Republican

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Period 6

1883 Pendleton Act (Civil service)

Upgraded the navy -> what lets the US fight in the Spanish American war

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22) Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) Democrat

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Period 6

Opposed inflation, imperialism, high tariffs

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23) Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) Republican

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Period 6/7

McKinley Tariff, leads to monopolies and Robber barons (Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, J. P. Morgan)

Sherman anti trust act (1890)
Massacre at wounded knee (1890)
Sherman silver purchase act (1890)- repealed in 1893

24
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24) Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) AGAIN

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Period 6/7

Panic of 1893- industry went down, no work

Pollock vs. Farmers (1895) strikes down income tax

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25) William McKinley (1897-1901) Republican

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Period 7

Cubans vs. Spain-> US sends the USS MAINE (blown up 1898)
In response, US enters Spanish- American War (1898)
US wins (Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines)

1898- Hawaii annexed
1900- Gold Standard

26
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26) Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) Republican

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Period 7

TRUST BUSTER- took monopoly from JP Morgan and Western Railway

1904- Roosevelt Corollary
Big stick policy
1904- begins building Panama Canal

Square deal- social/ economic reform

Environment, labor

1906- Meat Inspection Act/ Pure Food and Drug Act

Upton Sinclair- The jungle

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27) William Taft (1909-1913) Republican

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Period 7

Weak leader, started to reverse programs on accident

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28) Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) Democrat

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Period 7

(1913) 16th amendment (income tax ratified)
17th amendment (direct election of senators-ratified)
Federal reserve system

(1914) WW1 begins
(1915) Lusitania sinks and KKK revived same year
(1917) US enters WW1
(1919) 18th Amendment (prohibits alcohol)
(1919) Red scare
(1920) 19th amendment (women suffrage)
(1921) Washington Naval Conference

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29) Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) Republican

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Period 7

Rewarded political allies
Lots of scandals

30
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30) Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) Republican

A

Period 7

1924- Revenue Act (slashes income tax on wealthy)
1927- Lindbergh crosses Atlantic
ROARING 20s

31
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31) Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) Republican

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Period 7

Stock market crashes (1929)
Great Depression- couldn’t find a solution

32
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32) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

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Period 7(end of)

(1933)
Bank Holiday- "Hundred Days" 
NRA, AAA, FDIC, TVA, FERA, CCC 
20th Amendment (inauguration in January) 
21st Amendment (repeals prohibition) 
Hitler comes to power in Germany

(1934)
Gold Standard Terminated
SEC

(1935)
Social security act (WP, NLRA)
CIA formed
Begins neutrality

(1938)
United States housing authority
Fair labor standards act
Munich agreement

(1939) WW2 BEGINS
(1941) Pearl Harbor
(1944) bombing of Japan, Philippines liberated

(1945) FDR dies
Yalta Conference (Germany Surrenders)
Atom Bombs
END OF WW2

33
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33) Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) Democratic

A

Period 8

(1946) Iron Curtain
(1947) COLD WAR BEGINS
Marshall plan
Containment
(1948- 1949) Berlin Airlift
Taft- Hartley
(1949) NATO
(1950) Korean War
Joseph McCarthy
(1951) 22nd Amendment (2 terms)

34
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34) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) Republican

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Period 8

(1953) Brown vs. board of education
(1955) Montgomery Bus Boycott
(1957) Sputnik
Eisenhower Doctrine
Little Rock Crisis
Civil Rights Act
(1958) NASA
(1960) U-2 shot down

35
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35) John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) Democrat

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Period 8

(1961) Freedom Riders
Berlin crisis
Peace Corps
Bay of Pigs

(1962) Cuban Missile Crisis
(1963) Civil Rights march on Washington
JFK Assassinated
Feminine Mystique

36
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36) Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

Democrat

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Period 8

(1964) War on Poverty
Gulf of Tonkin

(1965) Great Society
Malcom X assassinated

(1966) NOW
(1968) MLK killed

37
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37) Richard Nixon (1969-1974) Republican

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Period 8

(1969) Vietnamization
(1970) Massacre at Kent State
EPA established
SALT1
(1971) My Lai Massacre
(1972) Watergate- tapes revealed in 1974- Nixon resigns

38
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38) Gerald Ford (1974-1977) Republican

A

Period 8

Signs Helsinki Accords (ease relations Cold War)

39
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39) Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) Democratic

A

Period 8

1978- Camp David Accords
Panama Canal Treaty

1979- SALT2
1980- US boycotts Olympics

40
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40) Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) Republican

A

Period 9

1983) Reagan proposes strategic defense initiatives (Star Wars
(1988) Signs INF Treaty in Moscow

41
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41) George W. Bush (1989-1993) Republican

A

Period 9

(1989) Berlin Wall opens 
US invasion of Panama 
(1990) Recession 
(1991) Gulf War 
(1992) Recession recovery
42
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42) Bill Clinton (1993-2001) Democrat

A

Period 9

Baby boomer generation

43
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43) George W. Bush

(2001-2009) Republican

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Period 9

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