U.S. Presidents

William McKinely (cont)

Mar 4, 1897

Major Events: -The Spanish-American War (1898): U.S. went to war with Spain in order to end reconcentration camps, a truce in Cuba, and create Cuban Independence.
-Assasination of President WIlliam McKinely (1901)

William McKinley

Mar 4, 1897

William McKinley's term as President went from (1897-1901)
Political Party: Republican
Vice Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Garret Hobart
Major Legislation:-The Treaty of Paris (1898): Cuba's Independence recognized by Spainish Gov't; Spain gives up the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the Pacific Island of Guam to the U.S.
-Annexation of Hawaii (1998): United States needed naval stations in Hawaii to protect world trade.

U.S Presidents

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Jan 30, 2013

(Begininng with McKinely to present day)

Theodore Roosevelt

Sep 14, 1901

2 Terms: (1901-1909)
Political Party: Republican
Vice President:Charles Fairbanks
Major Legislation: -Spooner Act (1902): Authorized purchase of French Assets.
-Roosevelt Corollary (1904-1905): Roosevelt denied the U.S. anymore territory.
Major Events: -Construction of Panama Canal (1904-1914): Linked the two oceans, making global shippping faster and cheaper. -Nobel Peace Prize (1905): Roosevelt succeeded in keeping trade in China open to all nations, this recognizd him as a mediator.

William Howard Taft (cont.)

Mar 4, 1909

Major Events: The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair (1909): Taft fired Pinchot and created a controversy in the Republican Party.
-Split of the Republican Party (1912): Roosevelt created the Progressive Party to go against Taft and drive him out of office.

William Howard Taft

Mar 4, 1909

Term: (1909-1913)
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: James Sherman
Major Legislation: -Payne-Aldrich Tariff (1909): Taft wanted to pass tariff reductions. His plan backfired.
-New Nationalism (1910): Roosevelt's new plan to gain popularity and remove Taft's chance s in getting a second term.

Woodrow Wilson

Mar 4, 1913

2 Terms: (1913-1921)
Politcal Party: Democrat
Vice President: Thomas Marshall
Major Legislation: -The Underwood Tariff Act (1913): reduced average tariff rates from 40% to 25%.
-Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914): Added to Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1840 and removed some rights from big buisnesses.
-The Federal Reserve System (1913): Divided Country into 12 districts, each with a Federal Reserve Bank owned by its member banks.
Major Events: Wilson wins 2nd term(1916)
-Passage of Women's Suffrage(1920)

Warren G. Harding (cont.)

Mar 4, 1921

Major Events: -Teapot Dome Scandal (1923): Oil Fields were leased to a private organization in order to gain extra money. Harding was considered "corrupt" in result to the event even though he may have not been involved.
-Strange Death of Warren G. Harding. (1923): Harding strangely died in his hotel room in San Fransico and know one knows exactly how or why he died.

Warren G. Harding

Mar 4, 1921

Term: (1921-1923)
Politcal Party: Republican
Vice President: Calvin Coolidge
Major Legislation: Emergency Quota Act (1921): Limmited immigrants from entering the United States.
-Emergency Tariff Act(Fordney-McCumber Tariff)(1921): Added protection to all American products and ended post-war recession.
-The Budget and Accounting Act (1921): Harding cut gov't expense by nearly 1 million dollars.

Calvin Coolidge

Aug 3, 1923

Terms: (1923-1929)
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles G. Dawes
Major Legislation: -The Immigration Act of 1924(1924): Cut the amount of immigrants allowed into the U.S. to 150,000 a year.
-Kellogg-Briand Pact(1928): Agreement in which many countries agreed that war would not be used as a solution to solve international disputes.
Major Events: No noteable events.

Herbert Hoover

Mar 4, 1929

Term: (1929-1933)
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Charles Curtis
Major Legislation: -Emergency Relief and Construction Act (1932):created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation which funded public works across the country.
-20th Amendment (1933): A.K.A."Lame Duck" Amendment reduced amount of time between election day and Ppresidential, Vice Presidential, and Congressional terms.

Herbert Hoover (cont.)

Mar 4, 1929

Major Events: Start of the Great Depression (1929): Result of the stock market crash.
-Start of construction of Hoover Dam (1931)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Mar 4, 1933

Term: (1933-1945)
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: John Nance Garner, Henry Agard Wallace, Harry S. Truman
Major Legislation: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1933): guarentees the safety of a depositors account up to a certain amount.
-Social Security (1935): "Social Insurance" aimed to reduce poverty and unemployment.
Major Events: Pearl Harbor (1941); Japenese attacks U.S.
-World War II (1939-1945): U.S. enters war after pearl Harbor, ends with bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski.

Harry S. Truman

Apr 12, 1945

Major Events: -End of World War II (1945); War ended with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski.
-Hydrogen Bomb detonated (1952): The U.S tested its first Hydrogen Bomb on Enewetak Atoll which ended up sinking and created a big crater on the ocean floor. This prototype was used to create smaller bombs that eveolved into the bombs we have today.

Harry S. Truman

Apr 12, 1945

Term (1945-1953)
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Alben Barkley
Major Legislation: -Creation of the United Nations (1945): an international organization created after World War II to create peace amongst nations.
-Ratification of the 22nd Amendment (1947); Set a term limit to the election of the President of the U.S.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jan 20, 1953

Term: (1953-1961)
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Richard Nixon
Major Legislation: Interstate Highway System (1956): Network of freeways that forms part of the National Highway System of the U.S.
-Eisenhower Doctrine (1957); Stated that a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S Military forces in times of danger.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jan 20, 1953

Major Events: -End of Korean War (1953): Eisenhower secured an agreement that ended the 3 years of fighting.
-NASA formed (1958):Congress passed the legislation and President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law on July 29, 1958.

John F. Kennedy

Jan 20, 1961

Term: (1961-1963)
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Major Legislation: Peace Corps (1961): Developed to create world peace through cultural knowledge.
-23rd Amendment Ratified (1961): Gave District of Columbia right to vote in Presidential Elections.
Major Events: Bay of Pigs (1961): Unsucessful invasion of Cuba by the Brigade 2056.
-Assassination of JFK (1963)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Nov 22, 1963

Terms: (1963-1969)
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Hubert Humphrey
Major Legislation: Civil Rights Act: (1964): Outlawed all racial, ethnic, and female disrimination.
-Medicare Amendment to S.S. Act (1965): Created Medicare and Medicaid.
Major Events: Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)
-Pueblo Incident (1968): USS Pueblo was boarded by North Korean forces.

Richard M. Nixon

Jan 20, 1969

Term: (1969-1974)
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford
Major Legislation: Environmental Protection Agency (1970): protects human health and the environment with a list of regulations passed by congress.
-26th Amendment Ratified (1971): Gave 18 year olds the right to vote.
Major Events: First Man to land on the Moon (1969): Neil Armstrong lands on the Moon in Apollo 11.
-Nixon resigns (1974): Wanted to avoid impeachment for Watergate Scandal.

Gerald R. Ford

Aug 9, 1974

Term: (1974-1977)
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller
Major Legislation: Campaign Reform Law (1974): Placed legal limits on campaign contributions.
-Helsinki Agreement (1975): Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. Attempted to improve relations between the Communist Bloc and the West.

Gerald R. Ford (cont.)

Aug 9, 1974

Major Events: Ford grants Nixon an unconditional pardon (1974): President Ford pardoned all crimes Nixon may have commited during presidency.
-Communist Forces conquer South Vietnam (1975-76): Brought the Vietnam War to an end.

Jimmy Carter

Jan 20, 1977

Term: (1977-1981)
Politcal Party: Democrat
Vice President: Walter Mondale
Major Legislation: Panama Canal Treaty (1977): Promised to end U.S. control of canal in 2000. Also gave U.S. premanent authority to defend canal when threatened.
-Camp David Accords (1978): Two Framework agreements were signed to create peace between Egypt and Israel and peace in the Middle East.

Jimmy Carter (cont.)

Jan 20, 1977

Major Events: Three Mile Island Incident (1979): A partial nuclear meltdown that took place in Dauphin County, PN.
-Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-81): A crisis between Iran and the U.S. in which 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days.

Ronald Reagan (cont.)

Jan 20, 1981

Major Events: Iran-Contra Scandal (1985-89): Officials secretly sold arms to Iran in an effort to free American captives.
-Stark Incident in Gulf War (1987): Durin the Iraq-Iran War the USS Stark American Frigate was attacked by an Iraqi aircraft.

Ronald Reagan

Jan 20, 1981

Terms: (1981-1989)
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: George H.W. Bush
Major Legislation: Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981: lowered income taxes.
-Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: granted amnesty to illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had stayed there continuously.

George H.W. Bush

Jan 20, 1989

Term: (1989-93)
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Dan Quayle
Major Legislation: Americans with Disabilities Act (1990): civil rights law that prohibits discimination based on disability.
-Clean Air Act (1990): Enviornmental Policy relating to the reduction of smog and air pollution.
Major Events: Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska (1989)
-Operation Dessert Storm (1990-91): War with Iraq for their invasion.

Bill Clinton

Jan 20, 1993

Terms: (1993-2001)
Political Party: Democrat
Vice President: Al Gore
Major Legislation: NAFTA (1993): Created a trilateral trade bloc in the U.S
-Minmum Wage Increased (1996): Wage increased by 90 cents an hour.
Major Events: World trade Center Bombing (!1993): A terroist attack in an attempt to take down the two towers.
-Clinton impeached (1999): Charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. He was later aquitted by the senate.

George W. Bush

Jan 20, 2001

Terms: (2001-2009)
Political Party: Republican
Vice President: Dick Cheney
Major Legislation: USA Patriot Act (2001): Act passed by congress to stop terrorism in the U.S.
Homeland Security Act (2002): another effort to stop terrorism and pay for the damages it creates.
Major Events: Terrorist Attack on Pentagon and World Trade Centers (2001): Terrorist attack on the U.S. by Al Qaeda.
-War in Afghanistan (2001-Present): Intended to stop terrorism and take power away from the Taliban.

Barack Obama

Jan 20, 2009

Terms: (2009-Present)
Political Party: Democrat
Vice president: Joe Biden
Major Legislation: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Act (2009): revised the statute of limitations for filing pay discrimination lawsuits.
-American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (2013): extends certain tax relief provisions and provides comprehensive tax reforms.
Major Events: Outbreak of H1N1 (2009): outbreak of swine flu killed hundreds of thousands in the U.S.
-Sandy Hook Shooting (2012): Shooting in Connecticut that took 27 lives.