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George Washington
1789-1797, Established many protocols for the new government, Judiciary Act of 1789, Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
John Adams
1797-1801, XYZ Affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, Establishment of the Navy Department
Thomas Jefferson
1801-1809, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Embargo Act of 1807
James Madison
1809-1817, War of 1812, First Protective Tariff (Tariff of 1816), Second Bank of the United States
James Monroe
1817-1825, Monroe Doctrine, Missouri Compromise, Acquisition of Florida
John Quincy Adams
1825-1829, Erie Canal completed, Tariff of Abominations, Creek Indian Treaty
Andrew Jackson
1829-1837, Indian Removal Act, Nullification Crisis, Founding of the Democratic Party
Martin Van Buren
1837-1841, Panic of 1837, Independent Treasury Act, Amistad case
William Henry Harrison
1841, Shortest presidential term, First president to die in office
John Tyler
1841-1845, Annexation of Texas, Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Vetoed bills to create a national bank
James K. Polk
1845-1849, Mexican-American War, Oregon Trail, Walker Tariff
Zachary Taylor
1849-1850, Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, Galphin Affair, Died in office
Millard Fillmore
1850-1853, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Opened Japan to Western trade with the Perry Expedition
Franklin Pierce
1853-1857, Gadsden Purchase, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Ostend Manifesto
James Buchanan
1857-1861, Dred Scott Decision, Utah War, Emergence of the Republican party
Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865, Emancipation Proclamation, Civil War, Gettysburg Address
Andrew Johnson
1865-1869, Reconstruction of the South, Purchased Alaska from Russia, Impeachment trial
Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877, Reconstruction continued, Enforcement Acts, Panic of 1873
Rutherford B. Hayes
1877-1881, End of Reconstruction, Bland-Allison Act, Great Railroad Strike of 1877
James A. Garfield
1881, Assassinated in office, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
Chester A. Arthur
1881-1885, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act signed into law, Chinese Exclusion Act, Rebuilt and modernized the Navy
Grover Cleveland
1885-1889 and 1893-1897, Interstate Commerce Act, Dawes Act, Panic of 1893
Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893, Sherman Antitrust Act, McKinley Tariff, Sherman Silver Purchase Act
William McKinley
1897-1901, Spanish-American War, Annexation of the Philippines, Gold Standard Act
Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909, Panama Canal construction commenced, Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, Pure Food and Drug Act
William Howard Taft
1909-1913, Payne-Aldrich Tariff, Dollar Diplomacy, Standard Oil Antitrust case
Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921, World War I, Treaty of Versailles, Fourteen Points, Women's suffrage (19th Amendment)
Warren G. Harding
1921-1923, Teapot Dome scandal, Fordney-McCumber Tariff, Died in office
Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929, Kellogg-Briand Pact, Revenue Act of 1924, Immigration Act of 1924
Herbert Hoover
1929-1933, Stock Market Crash of 1929, Smoot-Hawley Tariff, Bonus Army
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933-1945, New Deal, Social Security Act, World War II, United Nations established
Harry S. Truman
1945-1953, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Korean War
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1953-1961, Interstate Highway System, End of the Korean War, NASA established
John F. Kennedy
1961-1963, Peace Corps established, Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Race
Lyndon B. Johnson
1963-1969, Great Society, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Vietnam War escalation
Richard Nixon
1969-1974, Ended US involvement in Vietnam, Watergate scandal, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established
Gerald Ford
1974-1977, Pardon of Richard Nixon, Helsinki Accords, Evacuation of Saigon
Jimmy Carter
1977-1981, Camp David Accords, Iran hostage crisis, Creation of the Department of Energy
Ronald Reagan
1981-1989, Reaganomics, Strategic Defense Initiative, End of the Cold War
George H. W. Bush
1989-1993, Gulf War, Americans with Disabilities Act, Berlin Wall falls during his presidency
Bill Clinton
1993-2001, NAFTA implemented, Lewinsky scandal, Balanced federal budget and surplus
George W. Bush
2001-2009, September 11 attacks, Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, No Child Left Behind Act
Barack Obama
2009-2017, Affordable Care Act passed, Operation Neptune Spear (killing of Osama bin Laden), Restored diplomatic relations with Cuba
Donald Trump
2017-2021, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, First president to meet a North Korean leader, Impeached twice
Joe Biden
2021-Present, American Rescue Plan, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Rejoining the Paris Agreement
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