• Presidential List

    #           President          Years                          Party                                2 major happenings during term

    1

    **George Washington

    1789-96

    F/

    no

    Bill of Rights, neutrality policy, Whiskey Reb., est of Bank

    2

    John Adams

    96-00

    F

    XYZ affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, Quasi War

    3

    *Thomas Jefferson

    00-08

    DR

    Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, Embargo,  Marbury v. Mad

    4

    *James Madison

    08-16

    DR

    War of 1812, capitol burnt, recharter of Bank, Treaty of Ghent. Hart Conv.  Star Sp. Banner.

    5

    James Monroe

    16-24

    DR

    Monroe Doctrine, Missouri Comp or Comp of 1820,

    6.

    John Q. Adams

    24-28

    DR

    Corrupt Bargain, Transp. Rev, Erie Canal, Era of Good Feelings

    7

    **Andrew Jackson

    28-36

    D

    established Dem Party, Indian Removal, Nullification, Trail of T, Peggy Eaton Affair, Force Bill, Tariff of Abomin, Destroyed Bank

    8

    Martin Van Buren

    36-40

    D

    Panic of 1837, co-founder of Dem Party, 10hr. work day.  Trail of T

    9

    William H. Harrison

    40-41

    W

    1st to die in office, 1st to campaign for president, slogan.

    10

    John Tyler

    41-44

    W

    1st to have impeach. process, Webster-Ashbt. Treat, Mormons to Utah.

    11

    *James K. Polk

    44-48

    D

    War- Mexico, Manifest Destiny, 54-40 or fight, Oregon Trail

    12

    Zachary Taylor

    48-50

    W

    2nd to die in office, Began Comp. of 1850, Clayton Bulware Act, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

    13

    Milliard Fillmore

    50-52

    W

    Compromise of 1850, Gold Rush, Opening of Japan, Wilmot Proviso

    14

    Franklin Pierce

    52-56

    D

    Gadsden Purch. Kansas/Neb Act, Bleeding Kansas,

    15

    James Buchanan

    56-60

    D

    Dred Scott, Harpers Ferry, Underground RR., Panic of 1857

    16

    **Abraham Lincoln

    60-65

    R

    Civil War, Emanc Proc, 1st to be assn. Gettysburg, Anaconda Plan, 10% plan. Fort Sumter, South seceeds.

    17

    Andrew Johnson

    65-68

    D

    impeached, Tenure of Office Act, KKK est.  Purch. of Alaska

    18

    *Ulysses Grant

    68-76

    R

    Credit Mobilier scandal, Ind. Rem II, Trans Cont. RR, Panic 73

    19

    *Rutherford B. Hayes

    76-80

    R

    End of Reconst.. Corrupt Barg II, Bland-Allison Act,

    20

    James Garfield

    80-81

    R

    began Civil Service Reform, assn. bad medical care.

    21

    Chester Arthur

    81-84

    R

    Pent. Civil Service, Increased Navy, Mongrel Tariff, Chinese excl. Act

    22

    Grover Cleveland

    84-88

    D

    Haymarket Riot/bombing, ICC founded,

    23

    Benjamin Harrison

    88-92

    R

    Wounded Knee, Mc Kinely Tariff, Influence of Seapower, Sherman Anti-Trust, Pan-American Conf, Hawaii?.

    24

    Grover Cleveland

    92-96

    D

    Panic 1893, Coxey’s Army, Atlanta Compromise, Sherman Silver, Panic of 1897

    25

    *William Mc Kinley

    96-01

    R

    Spanish War, Hawaii annexed, Plessy v. Ferg. Panic of 1897

    26

    *Teddy Roosevelt

    01-08

    R

    Speak softly, Square Deal, trust buster, conservation,

    27

    William H. Taft

    08-12

    R

    Dollar Diplomacy, progressive period, NAACP began

    28

    **Woodrow Wilson

    12-20

    D

    WWI, 14 Points, Lusitania, 19th Amend, Schneck v. US

    29

    Warren Harding

    20-24

    R

    Return to Normalcy, Wash Nav Treaty, Women 1st election vote

    30

    Calvin Coolidge

    24-28

    R

    Lindberg flight, Kellog-Briand Pact, The Jazz Singer,  growning economy-Roaring 20’s,

    31

    *Herbert Hoover

    28-32

    R

    Great Depression begins, Glass Steagle Act, Bonus Army, Good Neighbor Policy began. Nye Committee

    32

    *Franklin  Roosevelt

    32-45

    D

    New Deal, WWII, Court Packing, Pearl Harbor, Korematsu, voting patterns change.

    33

    *Harry S. Truman

    45-52

    D

    A-Bomb, Cold War started, Berlin Crisis, NATO, China falls, GI Bill, Integration of Army. Growing economy.

    34

    *Dwight  Eisenhower

    52-60

    R

    Sputnik, NASA formed, Brown v. Board, Highway Act, social conformity.

    35

    *John F. Kennedy

    60-63

    D

    Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Wall erected, Bay of Pigs,

    36

    **Lyndon B. Johnson

    63-68

    D

    Vietnam War, Gulf of Tonkin, Civil Rights, Voting Rights Act, Assn. of RFK,MLK

    37

    Richard Nixon

    68-74

    R

    Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Treaty of Paris, end of Vietnam War, gas rationing, EPA created

    38

    Gerald Ford

    74-76

    R

    Vietnam turns communist,  

    39

    Jimmy Carter

    76-80

    D

    Boycott of Olympics, Iranian Revolution, 3 mile island,

    40

    **Ronald Reagan

    80-88

    R

    End of Cold War, Iran Contra Affair, Reaganomics, “Star Wars”

    41

    George H.W. Bush

    88-92

    R

    Berlin Wall down, fall of USSR, Gulf War, “Read my lips”

    42

    Bill Clinton (Slick Willie)

    92-00

    D

     

    43

    George Bush (W)

    2000-08

                                                               R

     

    44

    Barack Obama

    2008-16

    D

     

             

     

                                                             Supreme Court Case List

                      Case                           Year                                                   Precedent

    1. Marbury v. Madison

    1804

    Judicial Review

     

    2. McColloch v. Maryland

    1819

    National Supremacy, necessary and proper, Power to tax is power to destroy

    3. Gibbons v. Ogdan

    1824

    National supremacy- interstate commerce regulated by Congress. Fed law over state law

    4. Dred Scott v. Sandford

    1857

    Slaves are not citizens they are property.

    5. Plessy v. Ferguson

    1896

    separate but equal

    6. Schenck v. US

    1919

    Clear and present danger. limits on free speech during war

    7. Korematsu v. US

    1944

    Japanese internment during war is constitutional

    8. Brown v. Board of Ed.

    1954

    desegregation of public schools

    9. Mapp v. Ohio

    1961

    exclusionary rule

    10. Gideon v. Wainwright

    1964

    right to council for poor provided

    11. Miranda v. Arizona

    1966

    have right to remain silent until lawyer present

    12. Roe v. Wade

    1973

    abortion constitional within first trimester

    13. Nixon v. US

    1974

    executive privilege has limits

    14. Bakke v. UC Regents

    1978

    affirmative action is constitutional

    15. Texas v. Johnson

    1989

    flag burning ok as symbolic speech.

    16. Gregg v. GA

    1976

    Capital punishment is not 8th amend violation

     

    Amendments to study

    1,2,4,5,8,10,12,13,14,19,22,25

     

    Presidents to know

    All * Be sure to study all the way to #40 (Ron!!!) and maybe one or two extra