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James Madison - War of 1812
The US declared war on Britain because America wanted to stop impressment. The also wanted the British to stop supplying Indians with arms. America won and there was a new sense of nationalism.
James Madison was the Commander in Chief. -
James Monroe - Monroe Doctrine
The doctrine given to congress by Monroe. the doctrine declared against foreign colonization, or intervene with Americas, and intentions of the US to remain neutral in European wars.
James Monroe was a Chief Diplomat. -
Thomas Jefferson - Louisiana Purchase
France sold 828,000 square miles to the US for 15 million dollars.
Thomas Jefferson was the chief legislator. -
Andrew Jackson - Indian Removal Act
Signed into law by Andre Jackson, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state boarders.
Andrew Jackson was a chief legislator. -
Abraham Lincoln - Civil War
The Civil War resulted from sectional differences and questions not fully resolved when the US Constitution was ratified in 1789. The Civil War’s lasting effects include abolishing the institution of slavery in America and firmly redefining the US as a single, indivisible nation rather than a loosely bound collection of independent states.
Abraham Lincoln was a chief legislator. -
William McKinley - Spanish American War
US battleship sunk in Cuban harbor which led to US news outlets fabricating stories which therefore later led to President McKinley pushing for war against Spanish. In April 1898, war broke out which led to the US sending ships to the Philippines and blocking Cuba.
William McKinley was Commander in chief. -
Woodrow Wilson - World War I
Fought between Britain, France, Italy, and the US against Germany, Austria Hungry, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
Woodrow Wilson was Commander in chief. -
Woodrow Wilson - Treaty of Versailles
The negotiation that ended the first world war.
Woodrow Wilson was chief of diplomat. -
Franklin Roosevelt - New Deal Legislation
The new deal was a set of programs to help combat the great depression which began on October 29, 1929 the new deals purpose was to help pump life back into the United States economy and stimulate growth. The new deals at Kohl's or to stabilize the economy and provide the American people with jobs and we've its main goal was to restore the dignity of the United States -
Franklin Roosevelt - World War II
FDR took the United States from isolationist state to beat over Nazi Germany and its allies in World War II. FDR for war in the American people about the resumes in Germany, Italy and Japan. For World War II ended up being the most widespread and deadliest war in all of history so far which involves over 30 countries and over 15 million military deaths -
Franklin Roosevelt - Executive Order 9066
Executive order 9066 is followed by the bombing of Pearl Harbor which President Franklin D Roosevelt signed authorizing the removal of any people in areas deemed necessary or desirable this in turn led to 110,000 Japanese citizens getting put in internment camps and treated horribly for the next 2 to 3 years
Franklin Roosevelt was chief executive and legislator. -
Harry Truman - Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The US dropped a bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first time nuclear bombs were used in war.
Harry Truman was commander in chief. -
James Polk - Mexican American War
Mexican cavalry attached the US, killing 12 initially. Mexico ultimately lost.
James Polk was Commander in chief. -
Harry Truman - Executive Order 9981
An order the established racial discrimination in the US Armed Forces and eventually led the the end of segregation in services.
Harry Truman was chief executive and legislator. -
Harry Truman - Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea and the United Sates came to South Korea's aid.
Harry Truman was commander in chief. -
Dwight Eisenhower - Federal Highway Act
Authorized the construction of the 41,000 mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation.
Dwight Eisenhower was the chief administrator. -
Dwight Eisenhower - Little Rock Nine
The first nine African american students to graduate Central High School despite racial slurs and violence.
Dwight Eisenhower was the chief of state. -
John Kennedy - Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union began to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. This is perhaps the closest that the United States and the Soviet Union came to nuclear war during the Cold war.
John Kennedy was the commander in chief and chief diplomat. -
John Kennedy - Limited Test Ban Treaty
Representatives of the United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere.
John Kennedy was chief legislator. -
Lyndon Johnson - Great Society Programs
The great society programs is a set of domestic policy legislature set forth by Lyndon B Johnson the main goal of this program was to eliminate poverty and racial tensions in the United States. The program addressed medical care urban problems world poverty transportation education and a slew of other issues across United States -
Lyndon Johnson - Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B Johnson signed into law the civil rights act which gave the civil rights movement a lot of momentum to a segregation free United States. The bill faced a lot of opposition on the house floor but it eventually got approved and got signed the occasion was so important that it was televised throughout the country -
George Washington - Whisky Rebellion
The first tax in the United States made by George Washington that was rebelled against.
George Washington was chief legislator. -
Richard Nixon - Visits China
Richard Nixon arrived in China in 1972 to improve relations with them after the Cold War.
Nixon was the chief diplomat. -
Richard Nixon - Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
Turn the late 60s Nixon learned of this so he did the soviet union had a large build up of inter-continental ballistic missiles and the Soviet Union had a missile defense system set up around Moscow which led to talks of limiting the amount of arms each country should and can have. -
Gerald Ford - Pardons Richard Nixon
Ford pardons his predecessor for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. Congress had accused Nixon of obstruction of justice during the investigation of the Watergate scandal, which began in 1972.
Ford was chief citizen. -
Jimmy Carter - Camp David Accords
A peace treaty between Israel and Egypt issuing from talks at Camp David between Egyptian President Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Begin, and the host, U.S. President Carter.
Jimmy Carter was chief diplomat. -
Ronald Reagan - Appoints Sandra Day O’Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is a retired associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from her appointment in 1981 by Ronald Reagan until her retirement in 2006. She was the first woman to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Ronald Reagan was chief executive. -
George HW Bush - Persian Gulf War
Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm.
George W Bush was commander in chief. -
Bill Clinton - North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement is signed into law by President Bill Clinton. NAFTA, a trade pact between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, eliminated virtually all tariffs and trade restrictions between the three nations.
Bill Clinton is chief legislator and chief diplomat. -
Bill Clinton - Appoints Madeline Albright
Madeleine Albright is the first woman to have become the United States Secretary of State. She was nominated by Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99–0.
Bill Clinton was chief executive.