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American Presidents and Their Terms

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George Washington

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1789-1797, Established many protocols for the new government, Judiciary Act of 1789, Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

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John Adams

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1797-1801, XYZ Affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, Establishment of the Navy Department

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Thomas Jefferson

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1801-1809, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Embargo Act of 1807

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James Madison

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1809-1817, War of 1812, First Protective Tariff (Tariff of 1816), Second Bank of the United States

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James Monroe

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1817-1825, Monroe Doctrine, Missouri Compromise, Acquisition of Florida

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John Quincy Adams

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1825-1829, Erie Canal completed, Tariff of Abominations, Creek Indian Treaty

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Andrew Jackson

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1829-1837, Indian Removal Act, Nullification Crisis, Founding of the Democratic Party

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Martin Van Buren

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1837-1841, Panic of 1837, Independent Treasury Act, Amistad case

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William Henry Harrison

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1841, Shortest presidential term, First president to die in office

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John Tyler

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1841-1845, Annexation of Texas, Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Vetoed bills to create a national bank

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James K. Polk

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1845-1849, Mexican-American War, Oregon Trail, Walker Tariff

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Zachary Taylor

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1849-1850, Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, Galphin Affair, Died in office

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Millard Fillmore

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1850-1853, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Opened Japan to Western trade with the Perry Expedition

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Franklin Pierce

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1853-1857, Gadsden Purchase, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Ostend Manifesto

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James Buchanan

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1857-1861, Dred Scott Decision, Utah War, Emergence of the Republican party

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Abraham Lincoln

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1861-1865, Emancipation Proclamation, Civil War, Gettysburg Address

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Andrew Johnson

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1865-1869, Reconstruction of the South, Purchased Alaska from Russia, Impeachment trial

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Ulysses S. Grant

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1869-1877, Reconstruction continued, Enforcement Acts, Panic of 1873

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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1877-1881, End of Reconstruction, Bland-Allison Act, Great Railroad Strike of 1877

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James A. Garfield

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1881, Assassinated in office, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

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Chester A. Arthur

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1881-1885, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act signed into law, Chinese Exclusion Act, Rebuilt and modernized the Navy

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Grover Cleveland

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1885-1889 and 1893-1897, Interstate Commerce Act, Dawes Act, Panic of 1893

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Benjamin Harrison

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1889-1893, Sherman Antitrust Act, McKinley Tariff, Sherman Silver Purchase Act

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William McKinley

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1897-1901, Spanish-American War, Annexation of the Philippines, Gold Standard Act

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Theodore Roosevelt

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1901-1909, Panama Canal construction commenced, Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, Pure Food and Drug Act

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William Howard Taft

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1909-1913, Payne-Aldrich Tariff, Dollar Diplomacy, Standard Oil Antitrust case

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Woodrow Wilson

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1913-1921, World War I, Treaty of Versailles, Fourteen Points, Women's suffrage (19th Amendment)

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Warren G. Harding

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1921-1923, Teapot Dome scandal, Fordney-McCumber Tariff, Died in office

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Calvin Coolidge

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1923-1929, Kellogg-Briand Pact, Revenue Act of 1924, Immigration Act of 1924

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Herbert Hoover

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1929-1933, Stock Market Crash of 1929, Smoot-Hawley Tariff, Bonus Army

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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1933-1945, New Deal, Social Security Act, World War II, United Nations established

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Harry S. Truman

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1945-1953, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Korean War

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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1953-1961, Interstate Highway System, End of the Korean War, NASA established

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John F. Kennedy

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1961-1963, Peace Corps established, Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Race

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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1963-1969, Great Society, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Vietnam War escalation

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Richard Nixon

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1969-1974, Ended US involvement in Vietnam, Watergate scandal, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established

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Gerald Ford

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1974-1977, Pardon of Richard Nixon, Helsinki Accords, Evacuation of Saigon

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Jimmy Carter

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1977-1981, Camp David Accords, Iran hostage crisis, Creation of the Department of Energy

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Ronald Reagan

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1981-1989, Reaganomics, Strategic Defense Initiative, End of the Cold War

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George H. W. Bush

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1989-1993, Gulf War, Americans with Disabilities Act, Berlin Wall falls during his presidency

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Bill Clinton

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1993-2001, NAFTA implemented, Lewinsky scandal, Balanced federal budget and surplus

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George W. Bush

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2001-2009, September 11 attacks, Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, No Child Left Behind Act

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Barack Obama

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2009-2017, Affordable Care Act passed, Operation Neptune Spear (killing of Osama bin Laden), Restored diplomatic relations with Cuba

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Donald Trump

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2017-2021, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, First president to meet a North Korean leader, Impeached twice

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Joe Biden

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2021-Present, American Rescue Plan, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Rejoining the Paris Agreement

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