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US Presidents
President's major accomplishments
27
History
10th Grade
08/29/2010

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John Adams
Definition
XYZ Affair, and appointed Midnight Judges
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George Washington
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Isolationist; against political parties.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Doubled size of USA; sent Louis and Clark
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James Madison
Definition
War of 182
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James Monroe
Definition
Era of Good Feelings; Monroe Doctrine
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Andrew Jackson
Definition
Relocated Indian tribes; slaughtered many. Reduced power of government.
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James Polk
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Manifest Destiny; Mexican War
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Abraham Lincoln
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Destroyed South.
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Andrew Johnson
Definition
First president to be impeached.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Definition
Led corrupt gov't through Credit Mobilier scandal
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William McKinley
Definition
Spanish-American War
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Theodore Roosevelt
Definition
First Progressive.
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
Promoted Progressive reform. WWI
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Warren Harding
Definition
Teapot Dome Scandal
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Herbert Hoover
Definition
Failed with Stock Market Crash of 1929
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Definition
New Deal; WWII.
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Harry S. Truman
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Dropped atom bombs; early years of Cold War.
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Dwight D. Eisenhauer
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Built Interstate Highway System.
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John F. Kennedy
Definition
Ended Cuban Missile Crisis
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Escalated Vietnam War; more gov't assistance to poor.
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Richard Nixon
Definition
Watergate scandal. Relaxed tension with China and USSR.
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Jimmy Carter
Definition
Iranian Hostage Crisis; Peace during Israeli-Egyptian war.
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Ronald Reagan
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DEFEATED THE COMMIES! Reaganomics.
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George H.W. Bush
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End of cold war; Gulf War.
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Bill Clinton
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Failed with Monica; Impeached.
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George W. Bush
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Led country through terrorist attacks. Iraq War.
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Barack Obama
Definition
Healthcare reform; biggest debt in years.
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