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Abraham Lincoln
He was remembered as perserving the Union during the civil war.Began the process Emancipation Proclamation that led to the end of slavery in the United States. Lincoln's most famous speech was the Gettysburg Address. -
Andrew Johnson
Johnson issues two proclamations summarizing his recommendations for the restoration of Confederate states to the Union. Johnson begins his "swing around the circle" speaking tour of the eastern and midwestern United States.Johnson appoints William L. Sharkey as the provisional governor of Mississippi. -
Ulysses S. Grant
A civil war General.Grant is considered to be one of the worst presidents in America's history. The largest issue of Grant's presidency was Reconstruction. -
William McKinley
McKinley's time in office was important becuase the U.S. officially became a world colonial power. McKinley was shot two times by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. On April 25, 1898, war was declared against Spain. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt became a "trust buster" by forcing the great railroad combination in the Northwest to break apart. Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics. Construction of the Panama Canal. -
William Howard Taft
Taft was important for continuing Roosevelt's antitrust actions. During his time in office, the last two contiguous states were added to the union bringing the total up to 48 states. Taft created the trustbusting. -
Woodrow Wilson
President during WWI, but he wanted to stay out of the war. One of the first events of Wilson's presidency was the passage of the Underwood Tariff. In 1913, the Federal Reserve Act created the Federal Reserve system to help deal with economic highs and lows. -
Warren G. Harding
Harding is seen as one of the worst presidents in American History. President Harding's time in office was marked by some major scandals. Other officials under Harding were also implicated or convicted of bribery, fraud, conspiracy, and other forms of wrongdoin -
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge was president during the interim between the two world wars. The Immigration Act of 1924 at cut the amount of immigrants allowed into the U.S. so that only 150,000 total individuals were allowed in each year. In 1924 and 1926, taxes were cut that had been imposed during World War I. -
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was president during one of the worst economic disasters in America's history. He was unprepared to take the necessary measures to help the unemployed. On Black Thursday, October 24, 1929, stock prices began falling heavily.
