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George Washington
Washington served as America's first president in (1732–1799) He led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. As president, he set many precedents that still stand today. He led the Continental Army to victory over the British. He believed in a strong federal government that influenced the nation during his eight years in office. -
John Adams
Adams early became identified with the patriot cause; a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, he led in the movement for independence. -
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, he was the author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). In 1807, Jefferson ended the foreign slave trade beginning January 1, 1808. He also established the precedent of Executive Privilege. -
James Madison
Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays. In later years, when he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution,” -
James Monroe
Monroe joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with Robert R. Livingston, he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase. -
Andrew Jackson
Jackson was known as "Old Hickory," he was considered the nation's first populist president (March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837) he was the 7th president. As a self-styled man of the people, Jackson earned fame for his exploits at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later against the Seminole Indians in Florida. -
Martin Van Buren
Buren after serving as the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, both under President Andrew Jackson. While the country was prosperous when the “Little Magician” was elected, less than three months later the financial panic of 1837 punctured the prosperity. -
John Tyler
Tyler was first southern states seceded in 1861, Tyler led a compromise movement; failing, he worked to create the Southern Confederacy. He died in 1862, a member of the Confederate House of Representatives. 4 de abril de 1841 -
Abraham Lincoln
Linconln was the 16th President of United States in 1861, he issued the Proclamation of the Emancipation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863. -
James Garfield
Garfield’s Secretary of State invited all American republics to a conference to meet in Washington in 1882. But the conference never took place. On July 2, 1881, in a Washington railroad station, an embittered attorney who had sought a consular post shot the President. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt was president inSeptember 14, 1901 and in (1858-1919) served as America's 26th president. During his office he implemented large corporations like Standard Oil and the nation's railroads. He also beefed up consumer protections with the Pure Food and Drug Act, which became the Food and Drug Administration, and he created the first national parks. Roosevelt pursued an aggressive foreign policy, mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War and developing the Panama Canal. -
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World War 1
Over nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the war . -
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Great Depression
It was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, originating in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until 1941 -
Hebert Hoover
Hoover had achieved international success as a mining engineer and worldwide gratitude as “The Great Humanitarian” who fed war-torn Europe during and after World War I. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselve during the Great Depression as the 32nd President (1933-1945). He had spoken to them; “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” -
Harry S. Truman
Truman was vice president but because the president Franklin Roosevelt's death, he took over presidence. Truman made the final decision to use the atomic bombs on Japan to speed up the end of the World War II. The bomb was not only a way to stop what could have been a bloody fight on the mainland but also to send a message to the Soviet Union that the U.S. was not afraid to use the bomb if necessary. -
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy now contended that both sides had a vital interest in stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and slowing the arms race–a contention which led to the test ban treaty of 1963. The months after the Cuban crisis showed significant progress toward his goal of “a world of law and free choice, banishing the world of war and coercion.”
