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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln wanted to preserve the union during the U.S. Civil Was. He debated the Dread Scott decision, signed the Emancipation Proclamation which freed some slaves, and wrote the Gettsburg Address. He was assinated on April 14th 1865 by John Wilkes Booth -
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Presidents
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Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson bought Alaska for 7.2 million dollars, continued Lincoln's hopes for reconstruction. He gave all rebels in the south pardon, and vetoed the Freedmans Bureau and Civil Rights Act of 1866. He also became the first president to become impeached for dismissing Stanton against the order of the Tenure of Office Act. -
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant dealt with patronage issues, restored the last of the succeded states.He occupied south with troops, ratified the 15th amendment. Shot by Charles J. Guiteau. -
Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes signed the Bill Requirement for Black Rights. He passed bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the supreme court, signed Domestic Act. First president to take oath in office. -
James A. Garfield
Garfield served as the Quartermaster General during the American Civil War. He decided whether mail routes were being awarded fraudulently with tax money, and strengthened federal authority over the New York Customs House. Died 11 weeks into office. -
Chester A. Arthur
Aurthur passes Chinese Exclusion Act, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, and Civil Rights Act. Involved in a kickback scandal working for Roscoe Conkling. Never had a VP. -
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland signed for Interstate Commerce Commission. He passed a bill in 1886 requiring the government to coin unlimited amounts of silver. He also threatened Great Britain with war over a boundary dispute between Venezuela and Britain -
Benjamin Harrison
Removed all trafic from imported sugar in the united States. Harrison attempted to annex Hawii, called together the first Pan-American Conference in 1889.He also passed the Sherman anti-trust of 1894 -
William McKinley
McKinley declared war on Spain, helped U.S. gain control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Phillipines. He helped Cuba gain indepence and establish the Gold Standard Acr, Assinated by Leon Czolgosz. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt resolved the Alaskan boundary dispute, created food and drug acts. He created the Bull Moose Party. He also made tust busting laws such as the Elkins Act and Hepburn Act.
