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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was known for many famous speeches but he was most known for the Emancipation Proclomation,which freed the slaves. He Helped to reunite the U.S.A. He was assasinated in 1865 -
Ulysses S. Grant
As a former Union Soldier, Grant was a logical choice as president. The people were glad to have and end to the turmoil when he was elected. Grant provided niether vigor nor reform -
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes oversaw reconstruction and entered the Second Industrial Revolution. Hayes practiced law in lower sandusky.As it turned out to be unsuccessful he tried to reconcile the divisions that led to the civil war 15 years ealier. -
James A. Garfield
James Garfield was also one of the many union Soldiers at Middle Creek Kuntucky. As president Garfield Strengthend Federal Authority. Garfield Was barley in office 1 year and he was shot at a train station and passed away Septmber 9th 1881. -
Grover Cleavland
Grover Cleavland was the only president to be elected on two non consecutive terms. He vetoed a bill to appropriate $10,000 to distribute seed grain among drought-stricken farmers in Texas. In December 1887 he called on Congress to reduce high protective tariffs. -
Benjamin Harrison
Substantial appropriation bills were signed by Harrison for internal improvements, naval expansion, and subsidies for steamship lines. Harrisons one problem was tarriffs, low tarriffs in the treasury hurt businesses. Harrison tried to make the tariff more acceptable by writing in reciprocity provisions. -
William McKinley
When McKinley became President, the depression of 1893 had almost run its course and with it the extreme agitation over silver, he called Congress into special session to enact the highest tariff in history. worried about what to do with the spanish possesions he toured cuba.His second term, which had begun auspiciously, came to a tragic end in September 1901. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt, realizing the situation between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean, esured The construction of the Panama Cannal. Roosevelt won the Nobel-Peace Prize for meddiating the Russo-Japanese war. Roosevelt was a comanding Officer in the Spanish-American war and settled the contraversy. -
Woodrow wilson
Woodrow Wilson was known for passing the 19th amendment and allowing women equal voting rights. Woodrow Wilson, Part of the "Big Three" got America Involved in WW1. wilson is also famouse for the 18th amendment which was the outlaw of selling and proccesing alcohl. -
Warren G. Harding
Waren G Harding was known for "Less government in business and more business in government." while in office the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act was passed pushing Tariffs to an altime High. The Teapot Dome scandal was the most notorious corruption during hardings term or presidency
