1. George Washington -set precedents for Presidents-selection of a Cabinet to advise him-Whiskey Rebellion-Hamilton’s economic policies-bank and money system

2. John Adams-Jay’s Treaty-XYZ Affair-Alien and Sedition Acts-Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

3. Thomas Jefferson-Marbury v Madison -judicial review-agriculture should be basis of the economy-wanted to take out Hamilton’s economic plans-Louisiana Purchase-Lewis and Clark expedition-strict interpretation of the Constitution

4. James Madison - “Father of the Constitution”-War of 1812- British impressment of Amer. Sailors-Battle of New Orleans-Dolley Madison

5. James Monroe- “Era of Good Feeling”-Missouri Compromise-1820-Monroe Doctrine

6. John Quincy Adams-defeated Andrew Jackson in 1824 in a nasty campaign-Adams-Onis Treaty to get Florida from Spain

7. Andrew Jackson-Democrat- “common man”-Spoils system-Kitchen Cabinet-Indian Removal Act-1830-Trail of Tears-Federal vs state power-more people voting-Jacksonian democracy

8. Martin Van Buren1837-1841

- Trail of Tears

9. William Henry Harrison

-was president for 30 days

10. John Tyler

1841-1845

11. James K. Polk-Mexican War- 1846-1848-settles Oregon border with Britain-California Gold Rush 1848

12. Zachary Taylor

13. Millard Fillmore

1850-1853-The Compromise of 1850-Uncle Tom’s Cabin published

14. Franklin Pierce -Gadsden Purchase-Bleeding Kansas

15. James Buchanan1857-1861-December 1860- southern states begin seceding from the Union- he took no action-John Brown’s Raid

16. Abraham Lincoln1861-1865-Civil War-13th amendment passed-1862- Homestead Act-1862- Morrill Act

17. Andrew Johnson-became Pres. with the assassination of Lincoln-impeached by the Radical Republicans but not removed from office-presided over Reconstruction of the South

18. Ulysses S. Grant-1869- Transcontinental Railroad-telephone-considered one of the worst Presidents

19. Rutherford B. Hayes

- Given the election in the Compromise of 1877- in return he promised to end Reconstruction

20. James A. Garfield-assassinated in 1881

21. Chester A. Arthur-1882- Chinese Exclusion Act-Standard Oil trust created

22. Grover Cleveland

-Samuel Gompers and the Amer. Federation of Labor formed

23. Benjamin Harrison

-1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act-Populism-Hull House- community org. to help immigrants- “settlement houses”

24. Grover Cleveland

-Plessy v. Ferguson- “separate but equal”-Pullman strike-Tammany Hall-political machine- Boss Tweed

25. William McKinley

-1898 Spanish-American War-Open Door Policy (China)-assassinated in 1901

26. Theodore Roosevelt1901-1909-Progressivism-National Park System-”Square Deal”- domestic policy“Speak softly and carry a big stick”- foreign policy-Panama CanalWright Brothers air flight- 1903

27. William Howard Taft

1909-1913-first auto kept at the White House-16th amendment- 1913- income taxes-”Dollar Diplomacy”

28. Woodrow Wilson1913-1921-U.S. joins World War I- 1918-Treaty of Versailles- 14 Points-Women get right to vote- 1920-Prohibition begins -1921-”moral diplomacy”

29. Warren G. Harding1921-1923- “Return to Normalcy”-Teapot Dome Scandal-dies in office

30. Calvin Coolidge1923-1929-Jazz Age – “Roaring 20s”-Harlem Renaissance-1924- Native Americans get right to vote

31. Herbert Hoover-Pres. when the stock market crashes in 1929-The Great Depression-Dust Bowl

32. Franklin D. Roosevelt- The New Deal-World War II-Holocaust-Japanese Internment

33. Harry S Truman-drops atomic bombs to end WWII-Marshall Plan-Cold War-Korean War 1950-1953-United Nations created

34. Dwight D. Eisenhower-hero of WW II-McCarthyism-Brown v. Board of Education- 1954-interstate highway system

35. John F. Kennedy-elected in 1960- assassinated in 1963-“New Frontier”- Berlin Wall built- 1961- Castro-Bay of Pigs- Cuban Missile Crisis- NASA- the space race- Peace Corp- March on Washington

36. Lyndon B. Johnson

-Pres. after Kennedy is assassinated -Gulf of Tonkin Resolution-escalates the war in Vietnam-the “Great Society”-“War on Poverty”-Civil Rights Act-1964-Voting Rights Act

37. Richard M. Nixon-1968-re-elected in 1972-visits China-détente with the Soviet Union-Vietnamization of the War-Vietnam war ends in 1973

38. Gerald R. Ford

-Pardons Nixon

39. James E. Carter

-elected in 1976-energy crisis-hostages in Iran-Camp David Accords

40. Ronald Reagan-1980-1988-Conservatism“trickle down” theory of economics- Reganomics-supply side economics-Arms reduction talks with Soviets

41. George H.W. Bush-1988-1992-Gulf War- Operation Desert Storm- against Iraq-fall of Berlin Wall and USSR

42. William Jefferson Clinton (Bill)

-1992-2000-NAFTA-impeached-Balanced budget-good economy

43. George W. Bush-controversial election of 2000- Attacks of Sept. 11, 2001-War on Terror-Invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan-PATRIOT Act-stimulus package and bank bail- out

44. Barack Obama-elected in 2008-second stimulus package-lack of confidence, political arguments continue to slow economy-conserv. –liberals unable to find compromise