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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the USA he won the election in 1860. Lincoln got the Emancipation Proclamination to free all the slaves. Lincoln was a role model during his presidenct he had good leadership and helped us win the Civil War. Lincoln had been assassinated in 1865 -
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant had signed many treaties and bills but there were some main ones. He signed the bills that promoted Black Voting Rights and also signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875. Grant signed the Treaty of Washington for settling the Alabama Claims dispute between Britian and the United States by international Arbitration. Grant was re-elected in 1872. -
Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes issued an executive order that forbade Federal Office holders from taking part in party politics and protected them from receiving party cintributions. Hayes signed the Bill requirements for Black Rights. Hayes also passed the Bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States -
James Garfield
President Garfield was elected in 1880. Some accomplishments of Garfield were he attempted to reestablish the Independance of the Presidency. Garfield started the work of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. Garfield was assassinated in 1881 and then Chester Aruther took office -
William McKinley
McKinley was elected president in 1897. On June 16, 1897, William signed annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States. McKinley also was in The Civil Service administration, McKinley reformed the system to make it more flexible in critical areas. Importany act during McKinley's time was the Gold standard Act where by the U.S was officially placed on the gold standard.McKinley was re-elected in 1900. In 1901 William McKinley was assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt took office. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy took office in 1901 due to McKinley being assassinated. In 1904 Roosevelt was elected into office. In 1904 Roosevelt issued a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Roosvelt made the white house the center of news everyday, providing interviews and photo opportunities. -
(Thomas) Woodrow Wilson
Wilson had passed Federal Reserve Act in late 1913. Wilson also signed the Adamson Act. Wilson took America into World War 1 as a war to make "the world safe for democracy." In 1916 Wilson was re-elected into office. -
Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding was elected president in 1921. Harding signed a series of Bills and Amendments passed by congress into law that regulated the farm industry. Warren Harding supported the anti-lyching movement. In 1923 Harding died in office and Calvin Coolidge took office of the presidency. -
Coolidge Continued
United States experienced the period of rapid economic growth known as the "Roaring Twenties." -
John Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge took the presidency in 1923 after Harding passed away during his term. In 1925 Coolidge was elected president. In 1924 congress passed the Revenue Act of 1924, which reduced Income Tax rates and established all Income Taxation for some 2 million people. On June 2, 1924, Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted full U.S citizenship to all American Indians, while premitting them to reatin tribal land and cutural rights. During Calvin Coolidge's presidency the... -
Herbert Clark Hoover
As president, he helped push Tariff and farm subsidy Bills through Congress. Hoover expanded Civil Service coverage of Federal Positions, cancaled private oil leases on Government land. Hoover also instructed the Justince Department and teh Internal Revenue Service to pursue gansters for Tax Evasion
