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Abraham Lincoln
His election angers the South and leads to the start of the Civil War
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Andrew Johnson
Led the Reconstruction of the South; first President to be impeached
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Ulysses S. Grant
Former Commanding General of Union forces in the Civil War; administration plagued by scandals and corruption
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Rutherford Hayes
Removed federal troops from the South; the end of the Reconstruction
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James Garfield
Assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker in 1881
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Chester Arthur
Elected President of the United States upon the assassination of Garfield
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Grover Cleveland
Served two non-consecutive terms; vetoed numerous pension grabs
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Benjamin Harrison
Signed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and Sherman Antitrust Act
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William McKinley
President during the Spanish American War; Panic of 1893
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Theodore Roosevelt
Rise of Progressivism; promised Americans a Square Deal; conservation
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William Taft
Brought numerous antitrust cases to court
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Woodrow Wilson
President during World War I and establishment of the League of Nations
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Warren Harding
Presidency plagued by scandals; died in office.
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Calvin Coolidge
Emphasized thrift in government and conservative principles
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Herbert Hoover
In office when stock market crashed and the economy collapsed.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Led the country during World War II; instituted the New Deal during the Great Depression
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Harry S. Truman
Authorized the use of the atomic bomb against Japan
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme commander of the Allied troops in Europe during WWII; president during the Suez crisis
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John F. Kennedy
President during the Bay of Pigs and Cuban missile crisis; assassinated while in office
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Lyndon Johnson
Created the Great Society; president during the Vietnam War
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Richard Nixon
Involved in the Watergate scandal; first president to resign from office
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Gerald Ford
Granted pardon to the former president and Vietnam draft evaders and deserters
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Jimmy Carter
President during the Iran Hostage Crisis and a struggling economy
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Ronald Reagan
Know for his large tax cuts and increased military defense spending
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George H. W. Bush
President during the First Gulf WarBill Clinton – President during the OK City bombing and the Second Gulf War; second president to be impeached
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George W. Bush
President during the September 11th terrorist attacks; orders troops to invade Afghanistan and Iraq
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Barack Obama
Health care reform; first African-American president
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