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1
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Poorest President

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Truman

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2
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Most slaves

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George Washington

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3
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President when DC became capital

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John Adams

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4
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Alien and Sedition Acts President

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John Adams

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5
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“Thomas Jefferson Still Survives”

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John Adams, not knowing Jefferson had passed hours earlier

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6
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Appointed John Marshall to the Supreme Court

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John Adams

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7
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Died on America’s 50th anniversary (2)

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John Adams & Thomas Jefferson

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8
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President when 12th amendment changed election rules

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Thomas Jefferson

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9
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Father of the Constitution

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James Madison

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10
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Secretary of State for Jefferson

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James Madison

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11
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War of 1812 President

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James Madison

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12
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President when In God We Trust originated

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James Madison

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13
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Introduced the Bill of Rights in Congress

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James Madison

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14
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Acquisition of Florida

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James Monroe

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15
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Missouri Compromise

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James Monroe

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16
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49th parallel Canadian border

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James Monroe

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17
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Holds the flag in Washington Crossing the Delaware

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James Monroe

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18
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Negotiated Louisiana Purchase w/Jefferson

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James Monroe

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19
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Secretary of State for James Madison

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James Monroe

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20
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Era of Good Feelings

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James Monroe

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21
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Wrote the Monroe Doctrine

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John Quincy Adams

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22
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President when Erie Canal was completed

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John Quincy Adams

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23
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Monroe’s Secretary of State

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John Quincy Adams

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24
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Won presidency by the House of Representatives

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John Quincy Adams

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25
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The American System

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John Quincy Adams, blocked in Congress by sore loser Andrew Jackson

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26
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Stroked out on the House floor

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John Quincy Adams

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27
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President when Underground Railroad established

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Andrew Jackson

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28
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General of the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812)

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Andrew Jackson

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29
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Started vetoing bills he didn’t like (before based on only constitutionality)

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Andrew Jackson

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30
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Whig party formed to take him on

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Andrew Jackson (King Andrew)

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31
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Led the Albany Regency

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Martin Van Buren

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32
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The Little Magician, due to his organizing skills

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Martin Van Buren

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33
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Managed first modern-looking Presidential campaign

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Martin Van Buren, 1828, to get Jackson elected

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34
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The Panic of 1837

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Martin Van Buren

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35
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Refused to annex Texas

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Martin Van Buren - didn’t want to deal with slavery issue in new territory

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36
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Number of days WHH was in office

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32

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37
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Started issue of Presidential Succession

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William Henry Harrison

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38
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General of Battle of Tippecanoe

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William Henry Harrison

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39
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Recruited by the young Whig party to get them started

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William Henry Harrison, after already retiring to Ohio

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40
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Log Cabin Campaign

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WHH - ignored politics and focused on personality

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41
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Longest inaugural speech in American history

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WHH - 105 minutes

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42
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Two presidents without a party

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Washington & Tyler

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43
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Oregon Trail started during his presidency

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John Tyler

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44
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Treaty with China opened trade in the Far East

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John Tyler

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45
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Entire cabinet resigned (except SoS Daniel Webster)

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John Tyler

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46
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Organized rights to the Oregon Territory

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James K. Polk

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47
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Launched the Mexican-American War

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James K. Polk

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48
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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James K. Polk

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49
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Old Rough N Ready

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Zachary Taylor

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50
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General during Mexican American War

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Zachary Taylor

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51
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Died of stomach pains

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Zachary Taylor

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52
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1850 Fugitive Slave Act

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Zachary Taylor

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53
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Compromise of 1850

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Millard Fillmore

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54
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White House Library established

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Millard Fillmore

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55
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Ran as Know Nothing Party (lost)

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Millard Fillmore

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56
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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Franklin Pierce - let territories decide slavery policy before becoming state

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57
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Gadsden Purchase

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Franklin Pierce - areas of Arizona and New Mexico

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58
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Only elected president denied re-nomination by his own party

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Franklin Pierce

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59
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President during Dred Scott

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James Buchanan

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60
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President during John Brown Raid on Harpers Ferry

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James Buchanan

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61
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Play where Lincoln was shot

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Our American Cousin

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62
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First president from Republican Party

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Abraham Lincoln

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63
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Assassinated one month into second term

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Abraham Lincoln

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64
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First president photographed

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John Quincy Adams

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65
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First to be impeached

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Johnson - acquitted in Senate by one vote

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66
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Reconstruction era

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Andrew Johnson

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67
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Alaska purchased from Russia

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Andrew Johnson

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68
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Military governor of Tennessee during Civil War

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Andrew Johnson

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69
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Impeached for firing government officials against the law

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Andrew Johnson

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70
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Panic of 1873

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Ulysses S. Grant

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71
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Transcontinental Railroad completed

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Ulysses S. Grant

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72
Q

14th Amendment passed

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Andrew Johnson

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73
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15th Amendment passed

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Ulysses S. Grant

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74
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Oversaw South rejoining the Union

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Ulysses S. Grant

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75
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Compromise of 1877

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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76
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End of Reconstruction

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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77
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Made deal to be president if military left the South

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Rutherford B. Hayes

78
Q

Assassinated 199 days into first term

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James Garfield

79
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Killed James Garfield

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Charles Julius Guiteau

80
Q

Geronimo’s War

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Chester A. Arthur

81
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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Chester A. Arthur

82
Q

Bureau of Labor established

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Chester A. Arthur

83
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Immigration Act of 1882

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Chester A. Arthur

84
Q

Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and Washington Monument

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Chester A. Arthur

85
Q

President married in the White House

A

Grover Cleveland

86
Q

Panic of 1893

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Grover Cleveland (24)

87
Q

Billion Dollar Congress

A

Benjamin Harrison

88
Q

Ellis Island opens

A

Benjamin Harrison

89
Q

Dependent Pension Bill for veterans

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Benjamin Harrison

90
Q

Sherman Antitrust Act

A

Benjamin Harrison

91
Q

Spanish-American War

A

William McKinley

92
Q

Treaty of Paris 1898

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William McKinley - Spanish American War

93
Q

Annexation of Hawaii

A

William McKinley

94
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Assassinated William McKinley

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Leon Czolgosz

95
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Gold Standard Act

A

William McKinley

96
Q

First inaugural address recorded on video

A

William McKinley

97
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Rough Riders

A

Theodore Roosevelt

98
Q

Square Deal

A

Theodore Roosevelt

99
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Added a Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

A

Theodore Roosevelt

100
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National Forest Service

A

Theodore Roosevelt

101
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Restricted Japanese immigration

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Theodore Roosevelt

102
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Oversaw building of Panama Canal

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Theodore Roosevelt

103
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Nobel Peace Prize for ending a war between Russia and Japan

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Theodore Roosevelt

104
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Dollar Diplomacy

105
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Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act

106
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Governor of Philippines

107
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Secretary of War for Roosevelt

108
Q

Fourteen Points

A

Woodrow Wilson

109
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Federal Reserve Act

A

Woodrow Wilson

110
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US entry into WWI

A

Woodrow Wilson

111
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Tried to create League of Nations

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Woodrow Wilson

112
Q

Died in office of cardiac arrest

A

Warren G. Harding

113
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Emergency Quota Act

A

Warren G. Harding

114
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Teapot Dome Scandal

A

Warren G. Harding

115
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Shepperd-Towner Act

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Harding - maternity and infant health care

116
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Capper-Volstead Act

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Harding - helped depression of agricultural prices

117
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Revenue Acts of 1924

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Calvin Coolidge

118
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Immigration Act of 1924

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Calvin Coolidge

119
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Air Commerce Act & Charles Lindbergh

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Calvin Coolidge

120
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Roaring 20s President

A

Calvin Coolidge

121
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Wall Street Crash of 1929

A

Herbert Hoover

122
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Lame Duck Amendment (20th)

A

Herbert Hoover

123
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Secretary of Commerce for Harding and Coolidge

A

Herbert Hoover

124
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Yalta Conference

125
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Social Security Act

126
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15 laws in first 100 days

127
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New Deal

128
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Four Freedoms Speech

129
Q

Dropped atomic bombs

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Harry Truman

130
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Cold War begins

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Harry Truman

131
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Korean War

A

Harry Truman

132
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22nd amendment passed

A

Harry Truman

133
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“The buck stops here”

A

Harry Truman

134
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NASA established

A

Eisenhower

135
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Interstate Highway System created

A

Eisenhower

136
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First military commander of NATO

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Eisenhower

137
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Sent troops to the South for desegregation of public schools

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Eisenhower

138
Q

Ended Korean Conflict

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Eisenhower

139
Q

Peace corps created

140
Q

Shot JFK

A

Lee Harvey Oswald

141
Q

Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis

142
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1963 Equal Pay Act

143
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New Frontier

144
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

145
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Entered Vietnam War

146
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Civil Rights Act

147
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25th amendment for presidential succession

148
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Medicare/Medicaid introduced

149
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Great Society

150
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First to visit China

151
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End of Vietnam War

152
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Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

153
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26th amendment passed

154
Q

Pentagon Papers released

155
Q

Tricky Dick

A

Richard Nixon

156
Q

Foreign policy advisor for Nixon

A

Henry Kissinger

157
Q

Established EPA

A

Richard Nixon

158
Q

Pardoned Nixon

A

Gerald Ford

159
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VP that resigned in a bribery scandal

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Spiro Agnew

160
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Whip Inflation Now - WIN Policy

A

Gerald Ford

161
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Camp David Accords

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Jimmy Carter - between Israel & Egypt

162
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Iran Hostage Crisis

A

Jimmy Carter

163
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Nobel Prize for humanitarian efforts

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Jimmy Carter - 2002

164
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National Energy Policy

A

Jimmy Carter

165
Q

Great Communicator

A

Ronald Reagan

166
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Attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan

A

John Hinckley Jr

167
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Iran-Contra Scandal

A

Ronald Reagan

168
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Fall of the Berlin Wall

A

Ronald Reagan

169
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‘Star Wars’

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Ronald Reagan

170
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Just Say No

A

Nancy Reagan - anti-drug campaign

171
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President of Screen Actor’s Guild

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Ronald Reagan

172
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Exxon Valdez oil spill

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George H. W. Bush

173
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First Gulf War

A

George H. W. Bush

174
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Cold War ends

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George H. W. Bush

175
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Invasion of Panama

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George H. W. Bush

176
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Hubble Space Telescope

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George H. W. Bush

177
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Americans with Disabilities Act

A

George H. W. Bush

178
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Ambassador to UN & China

A

George H. W. Bush

179
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Head of CIA

A

George H. W. Bush

180
Q

Read my lips: no new taxes

A

George H. W. Bush - broke that promise

181
Q

World Trade Center Bombing (not 9/11)

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Bill Clinton - 1993

182
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Family Medical Leave Act

183
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Iraq Liberation Act

184
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NAFTA

185
Q

Second Gulf War

A

George W. Bush - War in Iraq - 2003

186
Q

Guantanamo Bay established

A

George W. Bush

187
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No Child Left Behind

A

George W. Bush

188
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Hurricane Katrina

A

George W. Bush

189
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Department of Homeland Security established

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George W. Bush

190
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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

A

Barack Obama

191
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American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

A

Barack Obama

192
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Nobel Peace Prize for international diplomacy

A

Obama - less than eight months in office - 2009

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