HISTORY A

• First Five Presidents of the United States

  George Washington

  John Adams

  Thomas Jefferson

  James Madison

  James Monroe
• Assassinated Presidents


  Abraham Lincoln

  James Garfield

  William McKinley

  John F. Kennedy
• William Henry Harrison (1841)

  Nicknamed "Tippecanoe" for his victory over Native Americans, he died of pneumonia a month after taking office

  
• Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)


  War hero (Mexican-American War) who became president but died during the first year of a stomach disease

  
• Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)


  died of a heart attack halfway through his term in office

  
• Franklin D. Roosevelt ("FDR") (1933-1945)


  President of the US during Great Depression and World War II

  New Deal Programs & Fireside Chats

  Elected for four terms

  Died in his 4th term of a stroke

  Was disabled from polio

  
• Thedore Roosevelt


  Republican president

  
  

  Was made VP though Republicans disliked him, but was made president when McKinley died.

  
  

  1st Progressive president

  - Corporations, consumers, & conservation were major focus.

  - Panama Canal.

  - Bull Moose Platform and ran for president on a third party ticket

  
• Roosevelt Corollary


  Teddy Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force

  
• Youngest president at inauguration

  Theodore Roosevelt (42)

  
• Youngest president to be elected

  John F. Kennedy (43)

  
• 2 oldest presidents elected

  Donald Trump (70) & Joe Biden (78)

  
• How old does someone have to be to become president?

  35
• 6 most recent presidents

  Joe Biden

  Donald Trump

  Barack Obama

  George W. Bush

  Bill Clinton

  George H.W. Bush
• Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)


  16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth

  
• James A. Garfield (1881)


  Assassinated by a man who was angry because he did not get a job in the government

  * His assassination led to the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

  
• William McKinley (1897-1901)


  Assassinated while shaking the hand of a citizen in a crowd

  
• John F. Kennedy (JFK) (1961-1963)


  was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas

  
• Major political families today

  Clinton, Trump, Bush, Kennedy
• Presidents who were related


  Adams (John & JQA)

  Harrison (William Henry & Benjamin)

  Roosevelt (Teddy & Franklin)

  Bush (George HW & George W)
• Andrew Johnson & Lyndon B Johnson

  unrelated to each other, both were VPs who became president after a famous assassination
• Presidents of the Progressive Era

  Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson

  
• William Howard Taft (1909-1913)


  Republican president who Roosevelt endorsed.

  
  

  Progressive Trust-Breaker, but was criticized for the high tariff & not doing enough for conservation. Lost re-election.

  
  

  He later became a Supreme Court Justice (the only president to do so)

  
• Election of 1912


  Woodrow Wilson wins! When Theodore Roosevelt broke from the Republicans to form the Bull Moose Party, he hoped to win back the presidency. His presence split the Republican vote resulting in a win for the Democrat, Wilson.

  
• Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)


  Democratic President

  
  

  PROGRESSIVE

  Tariff reduction

  Federal Reserve Act (1913) -flexible monetary supply

  Clayton Antitrust Act

  16th Amendment- income tax

  19th Amendment -Women suffrage

  
• Eleanor Roosevelt


  First Lady during the great Depression & WWII (FDR's Wife)

  
  

  - New Deal supporter

  - great supporter of civil rights

  - opposed the Jim Crow laws

  - worked for birth control and better conditions for working women

  - later became a delegate to the United Nations and helped create the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  
• Grover Cleveland


  22nd and 24th president (only president to have non-consecutive terms)

  
• Lyndon B. Johnson


  Progressive President who assumed office after the assassination of JFK - signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He had a war on poverty in his agenda. His Great Society initiative led to the passing of several economic and social assistance programs that exist still today, like food stamps and welfare to needy families, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, school lunch programs, Medicare and Medicaid, and much more!

  
• Fireside Chats


  informal talks given by FDR over the radio; sat by White House fireplace; gained the confidence of the people

  
• Nixon-Kennedy Debate


  Radio listeners thought Nixon won, television viewers thought Kennedy won, changes the role of television in campaigns and elevates the importance of the media

  
• Watergate Scandal


  A break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex in Washington was carried out under the direction of White House employees. Disclosure of the White House involvement in the break-in and subsequent cover-up forced President Nixon to resign in 1974 to avoid impeachment.

  
• Barack Obama


  2008; Democrat; first African American president of the US, health care bill; huge stimulus package to combat the Great Recession, repealed of Don't Ask Don't Tell

  
• Bill Clinton


  42nd President advocated economic and healthcare reform; his wife Hilary Clinton was extremely active in his administration

  
  

  During the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton sometimes spoke of a "twofer" ("two for the price of one") presidency, implying that Hillary would play an important role in his administration