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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 Precedent1. 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