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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was the United States' 16th president. Lincoln built the Republican Party into a strong national organization. On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy. He was President during the Civil War. -
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States. He took office after Lincoln's assassination. Andrew Johnson ratified the Thirteenth Amendment which outlawed slavery. He also purchased Alaska in 1867. President Johnson also ratified the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 which granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” -
Ulysses S. Grant
After being an aggressive and determined Civil War leader Grant was nominated by Republicans to become President. Grant wanted to Reconstruct the North and South after the Civil War. Grant tried to run the Government as he ran the army. -
Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes feared that sweeping changes were often not lasting and was satisfied with smaller incremental gains. He had great faith in education as the keys to prosperity and harmonious relations among diverse racial and ethnic groups. He did not attempt to reform the entire civil service, but concentrated on one major office, demonstrating that open competitive examinations did, in fact, reap better workers. -
Grover Cleveland
President Cleveland unveiled the Statue of Liberty on October 28, 1886 after the people of France gave it to the U.S. He past the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887. The Dawes Severalty Act allowed Pesident Grover Cleveland to survey Indian land and divide it for individual Lands. -
Benjamin Harrison
The Sherman Anti-Trust act was passed so that buisness activities could not reduce competition in the marketplace. The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was passed in 1890 which increased the amount of silver produced by the Gov. Harrison was also the first president to have electricity in the White House. -
William McKinley
McKinley was the 25th president of the United States. He was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz in 1901. In office 1897-1901. At the 1896 Republican Convention, in time of depression, the wealthy Cleveland businessman Marcus Alonzo Hanna ensured the nomination of his friend William McKinley as "the advance agent of prosperity." The Democrats, advocating the "free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold"--which would have mildly inflated the currency--nominated William Jennings Bryan. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt was in office from 1901-09.With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nation's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy. -
William Howard Taft
Taft was the 27th president of the United States. In office 1909-13. Distinguished jurist, effective administrator, but poor politician, William Howard Taft spent four uncomfortable years in the White House. Large, jovial, conscientious, he was caught in the intense battles between Progressives and conservatives, and got scant credit for the achievements of his administration. -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States. In office 1913-21. Like Roosevelt before him, Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the President," he said, "seems to be expected ... to look out for the general interests of the country." He developed a program of progressive reform and asserted international leadership in building a new world order. In 1917 he proclaimed American entrance into World War I a crusade to make the world -
Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding was the 29th President. He ran with Calvin Coolidge and they won over James Cox in the largest presidential landslide in history. Harding rejected the League of Nations. Harding died in office and was then succeeded by Calvin Coolidge. Known as a "good fellow," Harding enjoyed being liked more than he prized being a good leader. Harding favored pro-business government policies. He allowed Andrew Mellon to push through tax cuts for the rich, stopped antitrust actions, and oppose
