The Presidents Photos, Time served in office, - PowerPoint Presentation

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The Presidents

Photos, Time served in office,

Political Party, Vice

president, Accomplishments

Jennifer WestwoodSlide2

George Washington (1789-1797)

Vice President: John Adams

Joined states together and helped establish federal government

Kept the United States Neutral in the French Revolution in 1793Voluntarily resignedNot part of a political party, there were no parties in 1789 and they first emerged during his presidencySlide3

John Adams (1797-1801)

Vice President: Thomas Jefferson

First Vice President

Established many of the basic ideas and principles that made up constitution. Handled the naval conflict, Quasi-War He also secured peace with the French and protection for American Merchants while also earning credit for the young nations ability to stand up to European power

Member of the federalist partySlide4

Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

Vice President: Aaron Burr

Member of the Democratic- Republican Party

Wrote the first draft of the declaration of IndependenceResponsible for Louisiana Purchase expanding the US dramaticallyCreated Embargo ActCo-founder of the democratic Republican partySlide5

James Madison (1809-1817)

Vice President: George Clinton (1809-1812), no one (1812-18130,

Eldbridge

Gerry (1813-1814), No one (1814-1817)Member of Democratic- Republican partyHelped in writing the Federalist papersHelped frame the Bill of Rights and enact first revenue legislationSlide6

James Monroe (1817-1825)

Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins

Political Party: Democratic- Republican Party

Contended with First Seminole War Missouri Compromise (1820) and Monroe Doctrine (1823)Slide7

John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)

Vice President: John C. Calhoun

Member of the Democratic Party

Negotiated the Adams- Onis Treaty Supported internal improvements including the extension of the Cumberland RoadOne of his goals was to protect domestic manufacturingSlide8

Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

Vice President: John C. Calhoun (1829-1832), No one (1832-1833), Martin Van Buren (1833-1837)

Member of the Democratic Party

Defined presidency through the nullification crisis and the “Bank War” Slide9

Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)

Vice President: Richard M. Johnson

Member of the Democratic Party

Advocated lower tariffs and free tradeSet up a system of bonds for the national debt Reversed Andrew Jackson’s policies and sought peace at home Slide10

William Henry Harrison (1841)

Vice President: John Tyler

Member of the Whig Political Party.

First president to have been photographed First to not have been appointed any federal judgeDied a month after taking office of pneumonia Slide11

John Tyler (1841-1845)

Vice President: none

Member of the Whig Political Party

Tyler’s cabinet resigned after he vetoed banking bills supported by the whigsFar East opened to US traders after a treaty with China signedTexas annexed followed by war with MexicoSlide12

James K. Polk (1845-1849)

Vice President: George M. Dallas

Member of the Democratic Party

Responsible for the reestablishment of the Independent Treasury SystemAlso, responsible for the reduction of tariffsAcquisition of some or all of the Oregon CountryAcquisition of California and New Mexico from Mexico Slide13

Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)

Vice President: Millard Fillmore

Member of the Whig Political Party

He opposed slavery and tried to settle slave states, but he diedUsed federal troops to prevent the slave state of Texas from expanding into New Mexican territoryDeciding against colonizing Central AmericaSlide14

Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)

Vice President: None

Member of the Whig Political Party

Signed the Compromise of 1850Fugitive slave actNicknamed The American Louise Philippe, Last of the Whigs Slide15

Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)

Vice President: William King (1853), none (1853-1857)

Member of the Democratic Party

Signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854Purchased the area now comprising Southern Arizona and part of Southern New MexicoSlide16

James Buchanan (1857-1861)

Vice President: John C.

Brekenridge

Member of the Democratic Political PartyFought for Kansas to be admitted as a slave state, but lost that battleFailed in passing the Lecompten Constitution

Buchanan sent army to replace Young as Governor with the non-Mormon in Utah Territory Slide17

Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865), Andrew Johnson (1865)

Member of the Illinois Republican Party

Commander in chief during Civil WarForeign policies were successful in preventing other countries from intervening in the Civil WarIssued the Emancipation Proclamation Signed the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, the National Banking Act, and a bill that chartered the first transcontinental railroadSlide18

Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)

Vice President: none

Involved in the Democratic; Unionist parties

Signed the Civil Rights BillCreated new federal civil rightsResponsible for the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 Slide19

Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

Vice President, Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson, none (75-77)

Member of the Republican Party

Signed bills that promoted Black Voting RightsSigned the Civil Rights Act of 1875Passed the Inflation Bill on April 14, 1874 Signed the Treaty of Washington for settling the Alabama claims dispute between

Britian

and the United States by International Arbitration

Include the enforcement of Civil Rights for African Americans in the Reconstruction statesSlide20

Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)

Vice President: William Wheeler

Member of the Republican political party

Signed Domestic ActSigned Bill Requirement for Black RightsPassed Bill allowed female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme CourtSlide21

James A. Garfield (1881)

Vice President: Chester Arthur

Member of the Republican Political party

He attempted to reestablish the Independence of the presidency Started the work of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform ActSlide22

Chester Arthur (1881-1885)

Vice President: none

Member of the Republican Party

Signed the Pendleton Civil Service Act which provided for a “classified system” which allowed certain government positions to be obtained only through written examinationsPassed the Tariff Act, lowering tariff pricesPassed the first federal immigration lawSlide23

Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)

Vice President: Thomas Hendricks (1885), none

Member of the Democratic Political Party

Signed an Act creating the Interstate Commerce CommissionPassed a Bill in 1886 that would require the government to coin unlimited amounts of silver, inflating the then-deflating currency. Angered railroad investors by ordering an investigation of western lands they held by government grantSlide24

Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)

Vice President: Levi P. Morton

Member of the Republican Political Party

Passed the Sherman Antitrust ActPassed the Dependent and Disability Pensions ActPassed Sherman Silver Purchase ActRemoved tariff from imported raw sugar, and sugar growers in the United StatesSlide25

Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)

Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson

Member of the Democratic Political party

(same as before)Slide26

William McKinley (1897-1901)

Vice President: Garret Hobart (1897-1899), none(1899-1901), Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

Member of the Republican Political Party

Signed annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the USA Gold Standard Act where by the US was officially placed on the gold standardSlide27

Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

Vice President: None (1901-1905), Charles Fairbanks (1905-1909)

Member of the Republican Political Party

First president to leave the country during his term in order to see the building of the Panama Canal Won the Nobel Peace Prize- negotiated peace treaty that ended the Russo- Japanese War- 1905Slide28

William Howard Taft (1909-1913)

Vice President: James Sherman (1909-1912), none (1912-1913)

Member of the Republican Political Party

Passage of the sixteenth amendmentImproved the performance of the postal serciveStrengthened the Interstate Commerce CommissionSlide29

Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall (1912-1921)

Member of the Democratic Political Party

Implemented Federal Reserve ActLimited RR workers to an 8 hour daySuccessfully led US to victory in WWIAnnounced the 14 points as guiding principle after war and allies adopted the “Treaty of

Versasilles

”Slide30

Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)

Vice President: Calvin Coolidge

Member of the Republican Political Party

Signed a series of bills and amendments passed by congress into law that regulated the farm industrySupported anti-lynching movementSlide31

Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)

Vice President: None, Charles Dawes (1925-1929)

Member of the Republican Political party

Responsible for the rapid economic growth known as the “Roaring Twenties”Signed the Radio Act of 1927, which assigned regulation of Radio to the newly created Federal Radio CommissionSigned Indian Citizenship Act granting full US citizenship to all American Indians, while permitting them to retain tribal land and cultural rightsSlide32

Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

Vice President: Charles Curtis

Member of the Republican Political Party

Helped push Tariff and Farm subsidy bills through congressHe expanded Civil Service Coverage of Federal Positions, canceled Private Oil Leases on Government Lands, and By instructing the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service to pursue Gangsters for Tax EvasionSlide33

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Vice president: John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman

Member of the Democratic political party

The Securities and Exchange Commission was created to regulate Wall Street.Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which built dams and power stations, controlled floods, and modernized agriculture and home conditions in the poverty-stricken Tennessee Valley.The Social Security Act, established Social Security and promised Economic Security for the Elderly, the Poor and the Sick.Slide34

Harry S.

Truman (1945-1953)

Vice President: none (1945-1949), Alben Barkley

Member of the Democratic Political Party Truman strongly supported the creation of the UnitedNationsTruman was a key figure in the establishment of the Jewish state in the Palestine Mandate.

Throughout his presidency, Truman had to deal with accusations that the federal government was harboring Soviet spies at the highest level.

Strong supporter of the creation of NATOSlide35

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

Vice President: Richard Nixon

Member of the Republican Political Party

Successful in having kept America at peace even while confronted with Cold War crises.He ended the Korean WarBalanced the budget three separate timesSponsored and signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956

Sponsored and signed the Civil Rights Bill of 1957Slide36

John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson

Member of the Democratic Political Party

Became first catholic POTUSEstablished the Peace CorpsResponsible for helping divert a nuclear war with the soviet union and secured removal of missiles from CubaJohn F. Kennedy issued an executive order prohibiting discrimination in the sale or lease of housing that was financed by federally guaranteed loans or owned by the federal government.Slide37

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

Vice President: none, Hubert Humphrey (1965-1969)

Member of the Democratic Political Party

In conjunction with the civil rights movement, Johnson overcame southern resistance and convinced Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964Johnson signed the Immigration Act of 1965, which substantially changed U.S. immigration policy toward non-Europeans

Johnson increasingly focused on the American military effort in Vietnam.

During Johnson's administration, the first human spaceflight to the Moon, Apollo 8, was successfully flown by NASA in December 1968Slide38

Richard Nixon (1969-1974)

Vice Presidents: Spiro Agnew, none, Gerald Ford

Member of the Republican Political party

President Nixon traveled to China to try and encourage peace and more contact between the two nationsNixon approved the development of NASA's Space Shuttle programHe established the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1972

Paris Peace Accords were signed in 1973Slide39

Gerald Ford (1974-1977)

Vice Presidents: none, Gerald Ford (1973-1974)

Member of the Republican Political party

Ford issued Proclamation 4311, which gave Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he may have committed against the United States while PresidentIntroduced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War draft dodgers who had fled to countries such as Canada.Slide40

Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

Vice President: Walter Mondale

Member of the Democratic Political Party

He encouraged energy conservation, installed solar panels on the White House, and wore sweaters while turning down the heat.Bailed out ChryslerHe led the plan to deregulate the airline industry. He canceled military pay raises during a time of high inflation and government deficits. Slide41

Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)

Vice President: George Bush

Member of the Republican Political Party

His mix of tax cuts, deregulation etc. helped fuel and economic boom that lasted two decadesHad a tax reform and passed tax reform act of 1986 that simplified the income- tax code by eliminating many shelters and reducing other deductionsKnown for voicing his values and often recounted the wisdom of the founding fathers. He also championed the cause of the pro-life and family- values movements.Slide42

George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)

Vice President: Dan Quayle

Member of the Republican Political Party

Bush's Administration, along with the Progressive Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, spearheaded the negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)Bush reauthorized the Clean Air Act, requiring cleaner burning Fuels.

Bush signed a Bill providing additional benefits for Unemployed Workers.

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990Slide43

Bill Clinton (1993-2001)

Vice President: Al Gore (1993-2001)

Member of the Democratic political party

Longest economic expansion in American historyMore than 22 million new jobsLowest unemployment in 30 yearsRaised education standards, increased school choice, and double education and training investment

Lowest crime rate in 26 years

Added 100,000 more police to the streetsSlide44

George W. Bush (2001-2009)

Vice President: Dick Cheney

Banned partial birth abortion

reversed Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy ActSigned two income tax cuts, one of which was the largest dollar-value tax cut in world historySlide45

Barack Obama (2009-2017)

Vice President: Joe Biden

According to obamaachievments.org he had “done a lot for veterans”

Ended war in IraqIn office when Osama Bin Laden was killed