Presidents Lincoln-Reagan Flashcards
Abraham Lincoln
Civil war, Emancipation, sense of humor, storytelling, gettysburg, assination.
Andrew Johnson
Reconstruction, first to impeach, self educated, known for stubbornness tenure of office challenge
Ulyssses S. Grant
Reconstruction, Panic of 1873, Adminstration scandals, Smoking habit.
Rutherford B. Hayes
End of reconstruction, Compromise of 1877, first to have telphone in white house.
James A. Garfield
Assinated office by office seeker, ambidextrous one latin other greek.
Chester A. Arthur
Pendelton civil service reform act, fashion sense.
Benjamin Harrison
Sherman antitrust Act, mckinley tarrif, known for reserved personality, and small stature.
William McKinley
Spanish-American war, annexation of hawaii, assinated because of representation, calm demeanor and love of carnation flowers.
Theodore Roosevelt
Panama Canal, square deal, novel peace prize, Adventorus and athletic and famous for big stick dipolomacy.
William Howard Taft
Anti trust actions, payne-aldrich tarrif, Largest president, got stuck in white house bathtub.
Woodrow Wilson
WW1, League of nations, womens sufferage 19 amend, academic background, first pres with phd.
Warren G. Harding
Teapot dome scandal, Return to normalcy, known for affable personality and loved poker.
Calvin Coolidge
Roaring twenties, immigration act in 1924, kown for quiet demeanor named silent cat.
Herbert Hoover
Great Depression, Hoovervilles, known for humantarian effeorts before pres.
Grover Cleveland
Interstate Commerce Act, Pullman Strick, only pres to serve two non consecutive terms.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Deal, WW2, social security act, only president to elct to four terms, died of polio
Harry S. Truman
End of WW2, marshal plan, korean war, known for plain speaking and decisive leadership.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
interstate highway system, end of korean war, space race, Kown for fondness for golf.
John F. Kennedy
Cuban missile Crisis, space race, assanaiation, charismatic speeches and youthfullness
Lyndon B. Johnson
Civil rights act, great society, veitnam war escalation, johnson treament, domeering personality.
Richard Nixon
water gate scandal, moon landing, veitnam war end, secretive nature and paranoia.
Gerald Ford
Perdoning of Nixon, Fall of saigon, athleticism, former college football player.
Jimmy Carter
Camp David accords, iran Hostage crisis, Peanut farmer, unkown.
Ronald Reagan
End of Cold war, reaganomics, Iran-contra affair, Former actor and known for storytelling and charm.