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1. George Washington, 1789-1797 VP - Adams Secretary of State - Jefferson Secretary of Treasury - Hamilton ? Judiciary Act, 1789 ? Whiskey Rebellion, 1799 ? French Revolution, 1793 ? Jay Treaty with England, 1795 ? Pinckney Treaty with Spain, 1795 ? Farewell Address, 1796 ? Bank of US, 1791-1811 2. John Adams, 1797-1801 Federalist VP - Thomas Jefferson ? XYZ Affair, 1797 ? Alien Act, Sedition Act, 1798 ? KY & VA Resolutions, 1798 ? "Midnight Judges," 1801 3. Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809 Democratic-Republican Secretary of State - James Madison ? Marbury v. Madison, 1803 ? Louisiana Purchase, 1803 ? Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1804 ? 12th Amendment, 1804 ? Embargo Act, 1807 ? Non-Intercourse Act, 1809 4. James Madison, 1809-1817 Democratic-Republican VP - George Clinton Secretary of State - James Monroe ? Macon Act, 1810 ? "War Hawks," 1811-1812 ? War of 1812 ? Hartford Convention, 1814 ? First Protective Tariff, 1816 Era of Good Feelings, 1815-1830 5. James Monroe, 1817-1825 Democratic-Republican Secretary of State - John Quincy Adams ? Marshall's Decisions: McCulloch v. Maryland, Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Gibbons v. Ogden ? Acquisition of Florida, 1819 ? Adam-Oñis Treaty, 1819 ? Missouri Compromise, 1820 ? Monroe Doctrine, 1823 ? Sectional Tariff, 1824 ? Favorite Sons Election [Jackson, J. Q. Adams, Crawford, Clay], 1824 6. John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829 Democratic-Republican VP - John C. Calhoun Secretary of State - Henry Clay ? "Corrupt Bargain" ? Erie Canal, 1825 ? Tariff of Abominations ? Calhoun's Protest, 1828 Era of the Common Man, 1830-1840 7. Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837 Democrat VP - Calhoun & Van Buren ? Jacksonian Democracy ? Tariffs of 1832 and 1833 ? The 2nd Bank of the United States ? Formation of the Whig Party, 1832 8. Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841 Democrat ? Panic of 1837 ? Specie Circular, Death of 2nd BUS ? “Pet” or “wildcat” state banks Ante-Bellum Period, 1840-1860 9. William Henry Harrison, 1841 Whig VP - John Tyler Died after one month in office 10. John Tyler, 1841-1845 Anti-Jackson Democrat ran as VP on the Whig ticket Secretary of State - Daniel Webster ? Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842 ? Vetoes Clay's bill for 3rd BUS ? Canadian Border set at 45° 11. James K. Polk, 1845-1849 The original "dark horse" candidate Democrat ? Manifest Destiny ? Texas becomes a state, 1845 ? Oregon boundary settled, 1846 ? Mexican War, 1846-1848 ? Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo, 1848 ? Wilmot Proviso 12. Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850 Whig VP - Millard Fillmore Opposed Comp of 1850; Died in office 13. Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853 Whig Secretary of State - Daniel Webster ? Compromise of 1850 ? Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852 14. Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857 Democrat ? Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 1854 ? popular sovereignty ? Japan opened, 1853 ? Underground Railroad ? Bleeding Kansas ? Ostend Manifesto, 1854 15. James Buchanan, 1857-1861 Democrat ? Dred Scott decision, 1857 ? Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 Civil War, 1861-1865 16. Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Republican VP - Andrew Johnson ? Civil War, 1861-1865 ? Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 ? Homestead Act, 1862 ? Morill Act, 1862 (created ag colleges) ? Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth Reconstruction, 1865-1877 17. Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869 Republican Secretary of State - William H. Seward ? 13th Amendment, 1865 ? 14th Amendment, 1868 ? Reconstruction Act, 1867 ? Tenure of Office Act, 1867 ? Impeachment Trial, 1868 ? Formation of KKK ? Adoption of Black Codes in the South 18. Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877 Republican ? 15th Amendment, 1870 ? First Transcontinental Railroad, 1869 ? Tweed Ring ? Panic of 1873 ? Crédit Mobilier ? Whiskey Ring ? Indian Ring Gilded Age, 1877-1900 19. Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881 Republican ? Bland-Allison Act, 1878 (free coinage of silver) ? Troops withdrawn from the South, 1877 20. James A Garfield, 1881 Republican VP - Chester A. Arthur ? Assassinated by C. Julius Guiteau 21. Chester A. Arthur, 1881-1885 Republican ? Pendleton Act, 1883 (civil service) 22. Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889 Democrat ? Knights of Labor, 1886 ? Haymarket Riot, 1886 ? Interstate Commerce Act, 1887 ? Washburn v. Illinois, 1886 23. Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893 Republican ? Sherman Anti-trust Act, 1890 ? Populist Party Platform, 1892 ? ND, SD, Montana, WA become states, 1889 ? Idaho & WY become states, 1890 ? McKinley Tariff, 1890 ? Sherman Act, 1890 24. Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897 Democrat ? Panic of 1893 ? Hawaiian incident, 1893 ? Pullman Strike, 1894 ? American Federation of Labor 25. William McKinley, 1897-1901 Republican ? Spanish-American War, 1898 ? Open Door Policy, 1899 ? Boxer Rebellion, 1900 ? McKinley was assassinated, 1901 Progressive Age, 1900-1920 26. Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1908 Republican ? Panama Canal, 1903-1914 ? "Square Deal" ? Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904 ? Gentleman's Agreement (Japan), 1904 ? Pure Food & Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act, “Muckrakers", 1906 ? Trust-busting ? Conservation 27. William Howard Taft, 1909-1913 Republican ? Trust-busting ? Pinchot-Ballinger controversy, 1909 (conservation v. reclamation) ? "Dollar Diplomacy" 28. Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 Democrat ? Underwood Tariff, 1913 ? 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments ? Federal Reserve System, 1913 ? Clayton Anti-trust Act, 1914 ? World War I ? "Fourteen Points," January 1917 ? Treaty of Versailles, 1919-1920 ? "New Freedom" Roaring Twenties, 1920-1929 29. Warren G. Harding, 1921-1923 "Dark Horse" candidate Republican VP - Calvin Coolidge ? Teapot Dome Scandal ? Washington Conference, 1921-1922 30. Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 Republican ? Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928 31. Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 Republican ? National Origins Act, 1929 ? Panic and Depression ? Stock market Crash, 1929 ? Hawley-Smoot tariff, 1930 The New Deal and WWII, 1920-1945 32. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 Democrat VP - Garner, Wallace, Truman ? New Deal ? Bank holiday, AAA, NRA, WPA, FDIC, TVA, Social Security, Wagner Act ? World War II ? Cash & Carry, Lend-Lease, Atlantic Charter, D-Day, Manhattan Project 33. Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953 Democrat ? Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945 ? Taft-Harley Act, 1947 ? Truman Doctrine, 1947 ? Marshall Plan, 1947 ? NATO, 1949 ? Korean War, 1950-1953 ? "Fair Deal" The Cold War, 1945-1968 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961 Republican VP - Nixon ? 22nd Amendment ? Brown v. Board of Education, 1958 ? Southeast Asia Treaty Organization ? Suez Crisis, 1956 ? Eisenhower Doctrine ? Creation of NASA & NDEA 35. John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963 Democrat VP - Lyndon B. Johnson ? Alliance for Progress ? Baker v. Carr, 1962 ? Peace Corps ? Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 ? "New Frontier" ? Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty ? Assassinated by Oswald 36. Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1968 Democrat ? The "Cold War" ? Cuban Policy ? Income tax cut ? Civil Rights Act, 1964 ? Voting Rights Act, 1965 ? Anti-Poverty Act, 1964 ? Medicare & Medicaid ? "Great Society" 1968 - 2000 37. Richard M. Nixon, 1968-1974 Republican ? "Imperial Presidency" ? Landing on the moon, July 1969 ? Woodstock, August 1969 ? Détente: China (1972), SALT Treaty with USSR (1972), Vietnamization ? War Powers Act 1974 ? Pentagon Papers, 1971 ? “Shuttle diplomacy" in Middle East ? Watergate; Nixon resigns, 1974 38. Gerald Ford, 1974-1976 Republican 1st appointed President ? Pardons Richard Nixon ? OPEC crisis, 1974 39. Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981 Democrat ? Panama Canal Treaty, 1977 ? Egypt and Israel peace treaty; Sadat and Begin win the Nobel Prize, 1979 ? Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979 ? Afghanistan invasion by USSR, 1979 ? "Stagflation" 40. Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989 Republican VP - George Bush ? "Supply-side economics" ? Iran-Contra Affair ? Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman appointed to the Supreme Court 41. George Bush, 1989- 1993 Republican ? Savings and Loan Scandal, 1990 ? Berlin Wall came down & dissolution of the USSR; End of Cold War ? Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1992 42. Bill Clinton, 1993-2001 Democrat ? North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1993 ? Proposes a national health care system, 1993 ? Air strikes in Bosnia, 1994 ? Participates in air strikes in Iraq ? Sex scandal, 1998 ? Air strikes on Serbia, 1999 The 21st Century 43. George W. Bush, 2001-2009 Republican ? Disputed election, eventually decided by the Supreme Court ? "Compassionate Conservatism" ? War on Terrorism, post-Sept 11, 2001 ? Attacks terrorist forces in Afghanistan 44. Barack Obama, 20 +++++++++++++++09- Democrat ? ?