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Abraham Lincoln
He began the process of the Emancipation Proclamation which led to the end of slavery in the United States. He made the decision to fight to prevent the nation from splitting apart. A comander in chief during the Civil War and made decisions that preserved the United States. -
Andrew Johnson
He replaced Abraham Lincoln after he was assassinated. After the time spent in the war, he worked hard to reconstruct the Southern states. He created new federal civil rights. -
Ulysses S. Grant
He signed the Tariff Act in 1883. His Administration made the General Federal Immigration law. He signed the Edmunds Act. This act banned Polygamists from voting and holding office -
Rutherford B. Hayes
He pledged protection of the rights of african americans in the South. He signed the Domestic Act. He had an order that did not allow federal office holders to take any part in party politics and protected them from receiving party contributions -
Grover Cleveland
He signed an act that created the Interstate Commerce Commission. He passed a bill in 1886 that would cause the government to coin unlimited amounts of silver. Which would inflate and deflate currency. He encouraged former Confederates to believe they had a friend in the White House. -
Benjamin Harrison
He passed the Sherman Antitrust Act. He passed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. Harrison passed the Dependent and Disability Pensions Act. -
Willliam McKinley
He signed annexing the independent Republic of Hawaii to the United States. He made the Civil Service Administration more flexible in critical areas. He presided over a return to prosperity after the Panic of 1893, in result the U.S. was officially placed on the gold standard. -
Theodore Roosevelt
He issued a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. He provided the White House with interviews and phtot opportunities. Near the end of his term, he had solved many international issues. -
William Howard Taft
He improved the performance of the postal service. He passed the Sixteenth Amendment. He was determined to further the economic development of undeveloped nations in Latin America and Asia. He called this dollar diplomacy. -
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act. This act granted full U.S. citizenship to all American Indians, while allowing them to maintain their rights. He signed the Radio Act of 1927, and it assigned regulation of Radio to the newly created Federal Radio Commission. Coolidge and congress passed the Revenue Act of 1924, which reduced Income Tax rates.
