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George Washington
From Westmoreland County, Virginia
Didn't receive formal education, went to a local school in Fredericksburg.
Yes, Washington's service French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, and the Quasi-War with France, with service in three different armed forces
9 siblings: 3 brothers, 2 sisters, 3 half-brothers, and 1 half-sister.
Not really
Setting Up a Presidential Cabinet. ...
Appointing the Entire Supreme Court.
Native American Policy.
Religious Freedom.
First US Census. . -
Copyright Law
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Ratifiying the constitution
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Religious Freedom
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Ratification of the bill of Rights
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First US Census
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Consrtucting the Nationals Capitol
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Whiskey tax
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First naturalization law
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Establishing the Capital
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Revolutionary War debts
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John Adams
From Braintree, MA
Received formal education
Head of the War and Ordnance Board,
Vice President
John and Abigail had six children: Abigail (known "Nabby") in 1765, John Quincy in 1767, Susanna in 1768, Charles in 1770, Thomas in 1772, and Elizabeth in 1777. Susanna died when she was one year old, while Elizabeth was stillborn. All three of Adams' sons became lawyers.
he XYZ Affair outraged the American public, engaged in an undeclared naval conflict known as the Quasi-War -
XYZ Affair
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Naturalization Act
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Alien Act Sedition Act
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
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Inaugration
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Midnight Appointments"/Judiciary Act
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Thomas Jefferson
From Shadwell, Virginia
He studied under the Reverend James Maury
responsible for providing militia soldiers as replacements for the Virginia regiments of the Continental Army
Vice president
Martha Wayles
Children 6 with Martha Wayles, including: Martha Jefferson Randolph Mary Jefferson Eppes Up to 6 with Sally Hemings, including: Madison Hemings Eston Hemings
March 4, 1801. Inauguration.
May Tripoli declares war.
William C.C. Claiborne appointed governor
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Naturalization laws repealed
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Tripoli Declares war
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Jefferson addresses Congress
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The United States and Britain convene
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War with Tripoli
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Louisiana Purchase
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Ohio becomes a state
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Marbury v. Madison Decided
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Lewis and Clark
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The Twelfth Amendment
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James Madison
He is from Port Conway, Virginia
He pursued an education at the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton University
colonel and commander of the Orange County Regiment, Virginia Militia
Representative, Secractary of State
Dolley, James Jr, Elanor,
elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, -
West Florida tensions
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Erskine Agreement
After negotiations with British minister Erskine, Madison issues a proclamation -- known as the Erskine Agreement -- revoking the embargo on Britain, effective June 10. For his part, Erskine leads Madison to believe that Britain will revoke its Orders in Council. On March 25, however, the American envoy in Britain learns that British foreign secretary Canning has canceled the Erskine Agreement; news reaches Madison six weeks later. -
Fletcher v. Peck
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Cadore Letter
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Occupation of West Flordia
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War message
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Address to the People of the United States
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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France sinks U.S. ships
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War message
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James Monroe
Monroe Hall, VA
About a year and a half after his enrollment, Monroe dropped out of college and joined the 3rd Virginia Regiment in the Continental Army
Practiced Law
3 Children, Spouse, Elizabeth Kortright
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Rush-Bagot Agreement
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Mississippi becomes a state
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Anglo-American Convention
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The Panic of 1819
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The Transcontinental Treaty
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Missouri Compromise
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Military Establishment Act
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Monroe Doctrine Announced
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John Quincy Adams
He is from Braintree, MA
Enrolled in Harvard College as an advanced student, completing his studies in two years
Did not serve
He was the eldest son of John Adams, who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801, and First Lady Abigail Adams
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Ports closed to British
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MFN Trade system
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Proposed sale of U.S. Bank stock
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Mexican Boundary settlement
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Nicaraguan Canal is proposed
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Andrew Jackson
Born in Waxhaw Settlement between North Carolina and South Carolina
Jackson worked as a saddler, briefly returned to school
Commissioned a major general in the Regular Army
Senator TN, Representative, Federal Military Commissioner
Andrew Jackson's parents were Andrew Jackson (d. 1767) and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson (d. 1781), originally of Ireland and immigrants to the United States. They had three sons: Hugh, Robert, and Andrew Jackson -
Tensions between Jackson and Calhoun
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Indian Removal Act
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Ordinance of Nullification
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Nullification Proclamation
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Force Bill
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Jackson terminates national debt
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Texas declares independence
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The panic 1837
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Martin Van Buren
Van Buren was born in Kinderhook, New York,
Attended Claverack College
No military service
A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he served as New York's attorney general and U.S. senator
Both of Van Buren's parents, Abraham and Maria, were of pure Dutch extraction
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Ending the Aroostook War
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Arbitration commission
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Seizing the Amistad
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Independent Treasury Act
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William Henry Harrison inaugurated
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William Henry Harrison
Born on the James River in Virginia.
Hampden–Sydney College University of Pennsylvania
Joined the Army as a sublieutenant
Soldier politician
Of the ten children born to William and Anna, only four lived to see him reach the White House, and only two lived past forty. Harrison's children died in 1817 -
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John Tyler
Born in Charles City county, Virginia, U.S
William & Mary is where he was educated
Charles City Rifles, a local militia company formed to defend Richmond. A large part of the force consisted of farmers who were n
Letitia Christian ( m. 1813; died 1842) Julia Gardiner ( m. 1844), 15 children(He a freak)
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Harrison dies of pneumonia
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Commonwealth v. Hunt
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The Texas Annexation Treaty
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Texas annexation
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Florida becomes a state
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James K. Polk
Pineville, NC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Military service. Branch/service, Tennessee militia. Years of service, 1821 - 1825. Rank, Captain. Unit, Maury County Cavalry.
He had five brothers and 4 sisters. His siblings include -
War with Mexico
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Bear Flag Revolt
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Tariff of 1846
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Zachary Taylor
Virginia to Louisville, Kentucky
Basic Education
Taylor served in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and the Second Seminole War
Major general and becoming a national hero for his victories in the Mexican–American War
No-one important -
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Millard Fillmore
Summer Hill, NY
Though he had little formal schooling, he studied diligently to become a lawyer
Major (Militia) Captain (Guard)
He became prominent in the Buffalo area as an attorney and politician, and was elected to the New York Assembly in 1828 and the House of Representatives in 1832.
None of importance -
Zachary Taylor dies
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Franklin Pierce
Born in Hillsborough, NH
Bowdoin College. After graduation he studied law,
Brigade commander in General Winfield Scott's army.
His private law practice was a success, and he was appointed New Hampshire's U.S. Attorney in 1845.
All daughters died young, son was a state governor -
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James Buchana
Born in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania.
Buchanan attended the Old Stone Academy in Mercersburg and then Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Served in a reserve unit during the War of 1812 -
Fort Sumter
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Lincoln calls for end of rebellion
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Confederate Congress adopts Confederate Constitution
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Battle of Bull Run
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Abraham Lincoln
Hardin County (today LaRue County) Kentucky
Lincoln was self-educated. His formal schooling was intermittent,
Abraham Lincoln served as a volunteer in the Illinois Militia
Mary Lincoln, 1846. Library of Congress. ...
Robert Todd Lincoln, 1862. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Illinois State representative -
Slavery abolished in D.C.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Arresting Confederates
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Johnson grants amnesty
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Black Code
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Andrew Johnson
East Depot Street, Greeneville, TN
Johnson was born into poverty and never attended school. He was apprenticed as a tailor and worked in several frontier towns before settling in Greeneville, Tennessee, serving as an alderman and mayor before being elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1835.
Martha Charles Mary Robert Andrew Jr. -
The Fenian Raid and the Battle of Ridgeway
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Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act
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Congress overrides Johnson's veto
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Ulysses S. Grant
Point Pleasant, Ohio
Although relatively well educated, he studied little. He stood out in mathematics and horsemanship
Commanding colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteer Regiment on June 17, 1861. Sercretary of war -
Signed the 15th Amendment
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Grant vetoed the inflation bill
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Delaware, OH
Kenyon College (BA) Harvard University (LLB)
8, including Webb C. Hayes and Rutherford P. Hayes
left a life of leisure to accept a commission as a major in the 23rd Ohio Infantry. -
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James Garfield
Moreland Hills, OH
Born in poverty himself, he got a college education from Williams College, graduating in 1856.
42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry 20th Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio
Abram Garfield was one of the first men who helped dig the Ohio and Erie Canal. -
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Chester Arthur
Fairfield, VT
Union College (BA) State and National Law School
Arthur was an active member of the New York Militia, renamed the National Guard New York in 1862.
Vice President of the US.
Collector of the Port -
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Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland was born on March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey,
Cleveland received his elementary education at the Fayetteville Academy and the Clinton Grammar School (not the Clinton Liberal Institute).
General Moses Cleveland,
Governor of New York -
Accepting the Statue of Liberty
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Cleveland Signs Presidential Succession Act
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Cleveland Signs Dawes Act
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Cleveland vetoes Dependent Pension Bill
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William Mckinley
Niles, OH
Allegheny College
Had two daughters Katherine "Katie" McKinley (1871-1875) and Ida McKinley (April 1873-August 1873) who died as children.
Governor of Ohio
Representative -
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Benjamin Harrison
North Bend, OH
Miami University
During the Civil War, Harrison served as a colonel of the 70th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
Senator, IN -
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Grover Cleveland
He was president earlier -
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.October 27, 1858 New York City, U.S
Harvard College, Friends Seminary
Governor of New York
New York Representative -
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Crater Lake National Park
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Newlands Reclamation Act
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Coal miners strike
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Isthmian Canal Act
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Elkins Anti-Rebate Act
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Champion v. Ames
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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National Forest Service established
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William Howard Taft
Cincinnati, Ohio
university of Cincinnati College, Yale
Lieutenant colonel
No, William Howard Taft never served in the military.
After becoming a lawyer, Taft was appointed a judge while still in his twenties. He continued a rapid rise, being named solicitor general and a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1901 -
Taft delivers the 1912 State of the Union Address.[51]
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aft signs the Panama Canal Act into law.
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Taft bans all foreign ships from accessing Pearl Harbor, Guantánamo Bay, Subic Bay, and Guam
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Woodrow Wilson
Staunton, VA
Johns Hopkins University
As president, Wilson changed the nation's economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917.
governor of New Jersey -
WWI
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End of WWI
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18th amendment
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19th Amendment
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Warren G Harding
Blooming Grove, OH
Ohio Central College
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician who served as the 29th president of the United States
Senator, OH -
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Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was born on July 4, 1872, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont
Amhest College
Coolidge's interest in military affairs dated from 1899 when, as a city councilman, he proposed to secure an armory for Northampton
VP of the US. -
Black Tuesday
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Herbert Hoover
West Branch, IA
Attended Stanford, and received formal education
War upon Germany was declared in April 1917, and American food was essential to Allied victory. With the U.S. mobilizing for war, President Wilson appointed Hoover to head the U.S. Food Administration, which was charged with ensuring the nation's food needs during the war. -
New deal
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21st Amendment
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Franklin D Roosevelt
Hyde Park, NY
Roosevelt gave up his earlier plan of studying natural science and decided to attend Columbia Law School
Colonel
Commands 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry
Battles/wars Spanish–American War Battle of Las Guasimas Battle of San Juan Hill
Vice President, Governor -
Start of WWII
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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End of WWII
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Harry S Truman
Lamar, Missouri
Young Harry attended public schools in Independence, graduating from high school in 1901.
Truman served during World War I as a Field Artillery officer, and continued in the Organized Reserve Corps until he retired in 1953 -
Start of the Cold War
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Korea War
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Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas
Dwight graduated from Abilene High School in 1909, worked for more than a year to support a brother's college education,
9th Infantry Regiment at Fort Sam Houston
, Army Chief of Staff (1945–1948), president of Columbia University (1948–1953), and as the first supreme commander of NATO (1951–1952). -
Brown vs Board
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Start of Vietnam war
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John F Kennedy
83 Beals St., Brookline, MA
Graduating from Harvard in 1940, he entered the Navy. In 1943, when his PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy, despite grave injuries, led the survivors through perilous waters to safety. Back from the war, he became a Democratic Congressman from the Boston area, advancing in 1953 to the Senate. -
"I Have a dream,"
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Lyndon B Johnson
lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, near Stonewall, Texas
Johnson was a member of the United States Naval Reserve when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Southwest Texas State Teachers College (BS) Georgetown University
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Moon Landing
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Richard NIxon
Yorba Linda, California, U.S. New York City, U.S. Nixon was born into a poor family of Quakers in a small town in Southern California.
graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Whittier in 1934, -
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Gerald R Ford
Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska
Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, where he played for the school's football team before eventually attending Yale Law School
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End of Vietnam
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Jimmy Carter
Plains, GA
In 1943, he was admitted to the Naval Academy, from which he received a Bachelor of Science in 1946.
Carter left active duty on October 9, 1953. He served in the inactive Navy Reserve until 1961
Governor of Georgia -
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Ronald Reagan
Tampico, Illinois, U.S. Los Angeles, California
Graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and began to work as a sports broadcaster in Iowa
In April 1937, Reagan enlisted in the United States Army Reserve. He was assigned as a private in Des Moines' 322nd Cavalry Regiment and reassigned to second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps
Governor of California -
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George Bush
New Haven, CT
Bush attended high school at Phillips Academy, a boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts, where he played baseball and was the head cheerleader during his senior year.
Timeline. George W. Bush joined the 147th Fighter-Interceptor Group of the Texas Air National Guard on May 27, 1968, during the Vietnam War. He committed to serve until May 26, 1974 -
End of the Cold War
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William Clinton
In this place, in rural Arkansa
Graduated from Georgetown University in 1968 and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. -
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George W Bush
New Haven, CT
Bush attended high school at Phillips Academy, a boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts, where he played baseball and was the head cheerleader during his senior year.
Bush and a member of the Bush family, he flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard in his twenties.
After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry.
He later co-owned the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball before being elected governor of Texas in 1994. -
Executive order to close Guantánamo Bay
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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Hate Crimes Prevention Act
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Barack Obama
Honolulu, HI
Columbia University (BA) Harvard University (JD)
No military service
Michelle Obama
Senator of Illinois -
Budget Control Act
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American Jobs Act
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Osama Bin Laden killed
RIP -
End of Iraq War
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Women's March
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Travel ban
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Action against Syrian government
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Donald J Trump
New York, NY
Trump received a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.
His father named him president of his real estate business in 1971. Trump renamed it the Trump Organization and reoriented the company toward building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses -
Trade War with China Begins
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Government shutdown begins
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CHIPS
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Joseph Biden
Scranton, PA
At the University of Delaware in Newark, Biden briefly played freshman football, and, as an unexceptional student, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965 with a double major in history and political science. -
The Oregon Treaty