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Abraham Lincoln
Was the President durning the Civil War. Wrote and read the Emancipation Proclamation. This document freed the slaves. -
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Andrew Johnson
He became president after Lincoln was killed. He continued Lincoln's dream of reconstruction. He didnt want to push the North' veiws on the South. -
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ruiened Jay Gould and James Fisk plans ofcorning the market in gold. Allowed Radical Reconstruction to continue in the South. Stopping it at times with military force. -
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Rutherford B. Hayes
He brought dignity, honesty, and moderate reform to the White House. He banished whines and liquors from the White House. Hayes promised protection of rights for African Americans in the South, but at the same time removed troops from the South. -
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Grover Cleveland
The first Democrat after the Civil War, and the first to be president and then come back four years latter and be president again. He veoted many bills dealing economic group and private pensions. He angered the railroads many times, they went on strike and he sent troops to shut it down. -
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William McKinley
He enacted the highest tariff in history. Went to war with Cuba in the 100-day war. He took a tour of Cuba and latter annexed the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
He steered the U.S. to be more active in world politics. He was aware of the need for a short cut from the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean's to he ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. He added to the national forests in the West through conservation. -
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Willian Howard Taft
He did not believe in stretching the Presidential powers. He made a trade agreement with Canada. He was failing at carrying out Roosevelt's conservation policies. -
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Woodrow Wilson
A law he passed prohibited child labor. Another limited railroad workers to an eight-hour day. He asked Congress to declare war on Germany, and with America in the war it helped the Allies win World War One. -
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Warren G. Harding
He signed bills that lowered taxes and established a Federal budget system. He brought the high protective tariff back. His friends were using their power to get what they want, Harding did not live to see how the public would react because he had a heartattack in San Francisco and died.