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| set precedents, served 2 terms, created cabinet, Judiciary Act of 1789, Whiskey Rebellion, no parties |
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| power shifted from Federalists to Democratic-Republicans, pardoned those convicted under Alien & Sedition Act |
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| redefined party sys to Democrats & Whigs |
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| universal white male suffrage |
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| downfall of Whigs & ascend of Republicans, kept Union together during Civil War |
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| first prez to be impeached |
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| behind the scene deal to end Reconstruction |
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| presided over passage of Pendleton Act (meritocracy) |
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| only prez to serve 2 non-consecutive terms |
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| Spanish American War (shift from isolationism) |
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| "trust busting," created national parks, broadened use of executive power, Panama Canal |
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| "He kept us out of war" (WWI), led fight for League of Nations |
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| friends he appointed were corrupt, but he is weak, not corrupt |
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| Silent Cal, not dynamic leader |
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| beginning of Great Depression, first Roman Catholic |
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| New Deal, WWII, first media age president |
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| Ended WWII, ordered integration of military, Korean conflict |
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| WWII hero, integration in Little Rock, interstate highway |
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| First TV President, young & vigorous, Cuban Missile Crisis |
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| Civil Rights Act of 1964, Medicare, Voting Rights of 1965, Vietnam |
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| first prez to resign, Watergate Scandal, opened up relations with China, detente with USSR, War Powers Resolution, Budget & Impoundment Control Act & Champaign Finance Reforms |
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| not elected (followed Nixon); fully pardoned Nixon -> downfall; debated Carter, withdrew from Vietnam |
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| tarnished by Iran hostage crisis & inflation, short on oil, Foreign policy on Human Rights |
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| Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? Gov is the problem, Great Communicator, cut taxes, cut domestic spending, increased defense spending |
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| Contract with America, health care reform plan failed, impeached |
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