Presidents Lincoln-Reagan Flashcards

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Abraham Lincoln

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Civil war, Emancipation, sense of humor, storytelling, gettysburg, assination.

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Andrew Johnson

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Reconstruction, first to impeach, self educated, known for stubbornness tenure of office challenge

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Ulyssses S. Grant

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Reconstruction, Panic of 1873, Adminstration scandals, Smoking habit.

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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End of reconstruction, Compromise of 1877, first to have telphone in white house.

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James A. Garfield

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Assinated office by office seeker, ambidextrous one latin other greek.

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Chester A. Arthur

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Pendelton civil service reform act, fashion sense.

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Benjamin Harrison

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Sherman antitrust Act, mckinley tarrif, known for reserved personality, and small stature.

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William McKinley

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Spanish-American war, annexation of hawaii, assinated because of representation, calm demeanor and love of carnation flowers.

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Panama Canal, square deal, novel peace prize, Adventorus and athletic and famous for big stick dipolomacy.

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William Howard Taft

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Anti trust actions, payne-aldrich tarrif, Largest president, got stuck in white house bathtub.

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Woodrow Wilson

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WW1, League of nations, womens sufferage 19 amend, academic background, first pres with phd.

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Warren G. Harding

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Teapot dome scandal, Return to normalcy, known for affable personality and loved poker.

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Calvin Coolidge

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Roaring twenties, immigration act in 1924, kown for quiet demeanor named silent cat.

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Herbert Hoover

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Great Depression, Hoovervilles, known for humantarian effeorts before pres.

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Grover Cleveland

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Interstate Commerce Act, Pullman Strick, only pres to serve two non consecutive terms.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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New Deal, WW2, social security act, only president to elct to four terms, died of polio

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Harry S. Truman

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End of WW2, marshal plan, korean war, known for plain speaking and decisive leadership.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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interstate highway system, end of korean war, space race, Kown for fondness for golf.

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John F. Kennedy

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Cuban missile Crisis, space race, assanaiation, charismatic speeches and youthfullness

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Civil rights act, great society, veitnam war escalation, johnson treament, domeering personality.

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Richard Nixon

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water gate scandal, moon landing, veitnam war end, secretive nature and paranoia.

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Gerald Ford

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Perdoning of Nixon, Fall of saigon, athleticism, former college football player.

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Jimmy Carter

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Camp David accords, iran Hostage crisis, Peanut farmer, unkown.

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Ronald Reagan

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End of Cold war, reaganomics, Iran-contra affair, Former actor and known for storytelling and charm.