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Pres. Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson:
Born: December 28, 1856
Died: February 3, 1924
Term: March 4 ,1913 - March 4, 1921
He was the 28th president of the united states. He made the underwood act to lower tariffs. Declared neutrality in WWI, then forced to declare war against Germany. Made the fourteen points to maintain world peace and league of nations. -
Pres. Warren G. Harding
Born: November 2, 1865
Died: August 2, 1923
Term: March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923
Harding’s presidency was overshadowed by the criminal activities of some of his cabinet members and other government officials, although he himself was not involved in any wrongdoing. An Ohio native and Republican, Harding was a successful newspaper publisher who served in the Ohio legislature and the U.S. Senate. In 1920, he won the general election in a landslide, promising a “return to normalcy" -
Pres. Calvin Coolidge
Born: July 4, 1872
Died: January 5, 1933
Term: August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
Nicknamed “Silent Cal” for his quiet, steadfast and frugal nature, Coolidge, a former Republican governor of Massachusetts, cleaned up the rampant corruption of the Harding administration and provided a model of stability and respectability for the American people in an era of fast-paced modernization. He was a pro-business conservative who favored tax cuts and limited government spending. -
Pres. Herbert Hoover
Born: August 10, 1874
Died: October 20, 1964
Term: March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
America’s 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. economy plummeted into the Great Depression. Although his predecessors’ policies undoubtedly contributed to the crisis, which lasted over a decade, Hoover bore much of the blame in the minds of the American people. As the Depression deepened, Hoover failed to recognize the severity of the situation or leverage the power of the federal government. -
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Born: January 30, 1882
Died: April 12, 1945
Term: March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
The thirty-second President of the United States (1933-45), was the only United States President to be elected to four terms. FDR, as he was called, served during the worst times in the history of the United States, including the Great Depression and World War II.