Presidents of the era Flashcards

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Abraham Lincoln

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1861- 1865 - Republican

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Andrew Johnson

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1865 - 1869 Republican

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Ulysses S grant

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1869 - 1877 Republican

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Rutherford B Hayes

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1877 - 1881 Republican

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James A Garfield

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1881 Republican

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Chester A Arthur

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1881 - 1885 Republican

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Grover Cleveland

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1885 - 1889 Democrat

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Benjamin Harrison

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1889 - 1893 Republican

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Grover Cleveland

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1893 - 1897 Democrat

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William McKinley

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1897 - 1901 Republican

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Theodore Roosevelt

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1901 - 1909 Republican

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William Howard Taft

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1909 - 1913 Republican

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Woodrow Wilson

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1913 - 1921 Democrat

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Warren G Harding

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1921 - 1923 Republican

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Calvin Coolidge

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1923 - 1929 Republican

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Herbert Hoover

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1929 - 1933 Republican

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Franklin D Roosevelt

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1933 - 1945 Democrat

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Harry S Truman

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1945 - 1953 Democrat

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Dwight D Eisenhower

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1953 - 1961 Republican

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John F Kennedy

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1961 - 1963 Democrat

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Lyndon B Johnson

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1963 - 1969 Democrat

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Richard Nixon

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1969 - 1974 Republican

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Gerald Ford

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1974-1977 Republican

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Presidents of reconstruction

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  • Lincoln
  • Johnson
  • Grant
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Lincoln

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  • Key Legislation: Emancipation Proclamation 1863 - abolished slavery
  • Key Success - Victor in the American Civil War
  • Key Failures - Motivation questioned for emancipation of slaves
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Johnson

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  • Key legislation - 14th Amendment 1868
    - Tenure of Office Act 1867
  • Key successes - leniency towards the South ensure there was no increase in the existing hostility
    - Bought Alaska from Russia 1867
  • Key failures - Anti-black suffrage
    - 1868 - narrowly avoided being impeached
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Grant

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  • key legislation - 15th Amendment 1870
  • key successes - military experience
  • key failures - Great Sioux War 1876
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Presidents of the Gilded and Industrial age

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  • Hayes
  • Garfield
  • Arthur
  • Cleveland
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Hayes

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  • key legislation - Bland-Allison Act 1878
  • key successes - successfully dealt with the 1877 Great Railroad strike
  • key failures - fierce opposition within his own party
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Garfield

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  • key successes - desire for civil service
  • key failures - split in Rep party
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Arthur

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  • key legislation - Pendleton Act 1883
    - Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
  • key successes - champion of civil service reform
  • key failures - Sand Creek Massacre 1864
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Cleveland 1.

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  • key legislation - Dawes Act 1887
  • key successes - statue of liberty dedicated 1886
  • key failures - evaded military service in the Civil War
    - used veto power 584 times
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Presidents of the progressive and imperialist era

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  • Harrison
  • Cleveland
  • McKinley
  • Roosevelt
  • Taft
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Harrison

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  • key legislation - Sherman Anti-trust Act 1890
  • key successes - increased in expansion westwards
  • key failures - unsuccessful attempts to enact legislation to protect and extend civil rights of Black Americans
    - Battle of Wounded Knee 1890
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Cleveland 2.

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  • key successes - large support in his party
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McKinley

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  • key legislation - Dingley Tarif Act 1897 (raised tarrifs)
  • key successes - treaty of Paris 1898
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Roosevelt

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  • key legislation - Square deal
  • key successes - made use of the Sherman Anti trust act 1890
  • key failures - passive approach to civil rights
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Taft

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  • key legislation - Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act 1909
  • key successes - policy of Harmony with congress
  • key failures - more academic than politicans
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Presidents of the emergence on the world stage

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  • Wilson
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Wilson

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  • key legislation - 18th Amendment Act 1919
    - 19th Amendments Act 1920
    - Underwood-Simmons Act 1913
  • key successes - generally supported female suffrage
  • key failures - success in WW1
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Presidents during the roaring twenties

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  • Harding
  • Coolidge
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Harding

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  • key legilsation - Budget and Accounting Act 1921
  • key successes - personally championed civil liberties for African Americans
  • key failures - questionable appointments e.g. the Ohio gang
    - tea pot dome scandal 1921-22
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Coolidge

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  • key legislation - immigration act 1924
    - Indian Citizenship act 1924
  • key successes - supported civil rights - refused to appoint any KKK members to office
    - advocated anti-lynching laws
  • key failures - laissez-faire attitude
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Presidents during the great depression and the new deal

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  • Hoover
  • FDR
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Hoover

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  • key legislation - 21st Amendment act - repeal of 18th
    - Smooth-Howley Act 1930
  • key successes - Humanitarian
    - establishment of the reconstruction finance corporation 1930
  • key failures - unpopular due to great depression
    - Hoovervilles
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FDR

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  • key legislation - New deal
    - Neutrality acts 1935/36/37/39
    - Good neighbour policy 1930s
    - Smith act 1940
  • key successes - elected 4 times
    - Victory in WW2
    - recognised the need for increased federal involvement in economy during the Great Depression
  • key failures - received criticism for increased government spending
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presidents during ww2

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  • FDR
  • Truman
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Truman

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  • key legislation - 22nd amendment act
    - Fair deal 1949
    - employment act 1946
  • key successes - address to the NAACP 1947
  • key failures - fall of China to communism 1949
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Presidents during the cold war

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  • Truman
  • Eisenhower
  • Kennedy
  • Johnson
  • Nixon
  • Ford
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Eisenhower

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  • key legislation - continued New Deal and Fair Deal program
    - Interstate highway system 1956
  • key successes - Armistice ending the Korean War
  • key failures - reluctance to use Federal power to intervene in Civil Rights
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Kennedy

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  • key legislation - new frontier
  • key successes - Cuban missile crisis 1962
    - Birmingham Race riots 1963
  • key failures - Bay of pigs 1961
    - Berlin Wall crisis 1961
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Johnson

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  • key legislation - great society
    - civil rights act 1964
    - voting rights act 1965
    - Indian civil rights act 1968
  • key successes - Kerner report 1967
  • key failure - Vietnam war
    - Race riots 1964-1968
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Nixon

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  • key legislation - Paris Peace Accords 1973
  • key successes - Vietnamization 1973 - peace with honour
    - historic visits to Communist China and USSR 1972
  • key legislation - Watergate Scandal 1974
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Ford

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  • key legislation - Helsinki Accords 1975
  • key successes - well liked and respected
  • key failures - Vietnam fell to Vietcong forces 1975