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chapter 18
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Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln date of inauguration was the fourth of March on 1861, the same day he took office as president. He was part of the American Civil War between the South and the North. He was assassinated by John wilkes Booth on April 11, 1865. -
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson took office after Lincoln was assassinated. Johnson continue to reconstruct the south because of the war. He failed in doing so and he was impeached. -
Ulysses S. Grant
U. S. Grant took office on March 4, 1869. Grant was a general in the Civil war. He tryed to stop the KKK , but he failed. -
Ruther B Hayes
Hayes wanted to end the reconstrution of the civil war. He tryed to protect the southern blacks. Hayes did not run for a second term. -
James A. Garfield
Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive appointments; energizing U.S. naval power; and purging corruption in the Post Office Department. Garfield made notable diplomatic and judiciary appointments, including a U.S. Supreme Court justice. Garfield was assinated by Charles Guiteau -
Chester A. Arthur
His advocacy for, and enforcement of, the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was the centerpiece of his administration. Garfield's assassination by a deranged office seeker amplified the growing public demand for civil service reform. The next morning, Arthur suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and never regained consciousness; he died the following day at the age of 57. -
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison was sworn into office on Monday, March 4, 1889 by Chief Justice Melville Fuller. In his inaugural address Harrison credited the nation's growth to the influences of education and religion, urged the cotton states and mining territories to attain the industrial proportions of the eastern states and promised a protective tariff. -
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents.Disaster hit the nation as his second term began when the Panic of 1893 produced a severe national depression that Cleveland was unable to reverse. Cleveland died of a heart attack after he retiered -
William Mckinley
McKinley served in the Civil War and rose from private to brevet major. William McKinley was sworn in as president on March 4, 1897, as his wife and mother looked on. The new President gave a lengthy inaugural address; he urged tariff reform, and stated that the currency issue would have to await tariff legislation. He warned against foreign interventions, "We want no wars of conquest. -
Theodore Roosevelt
He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity. In May 1902, United Mine Workers went on strike to get higher pay wages and shorter workdays. He set up a fact-finding commission that stopped the strike, and resulted in the workers getting more pay for fewer hours. In August 1902, Roosevelt was the first president to be seen riding in an automobile in public.
