Lincoln

President of Era

By Steven Jay
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    Presidents of Era

  • President Abraham Lincoln

    President Abraham Lincoln
    • Abolished slavery from the United States -Ended the Civil War -Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
    His presidency ended in April 15 1865 when he was assasinated

  • President Andrew Johnson

    President Andrew Johnson
    -Created new federal rights
    -Signed the Civil Rights Bill
    -Purchased Alaska from Russian Empire President Johnson's term ended March 4 1869

  • Ulysse S. Grant

    Ulysse S. Grant
    -Signed the Amnesty Act of 1872
    -Signed bills that promoted black voting rights
    -Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 his term ended March 4 1877

  • Rutherford B. Hayes

    Rutherford B. Hayes
    -Signed the Domestic Act
    -Signed the Bill Requirments for the Black Rights
    -Passed the Bill Allowed Female Attorneys to Argue Cases Before the Supreme Court of the United States His term ended March 4 1881

  • James Garfeild

    James Garfeild
    -He tried to reestablish the independance of the presidency.
    -Started the work of Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
    -He made a member of his cabient a supreme court judge his term ended September 19 1881

  • Chester A Arthur

    Chester A Arthur
    -Signed the Tariff Act of 1883
    -He let congress pass the Pendleton Act
    -He signed the Edmunds Act that banned Bigamists and Polygamists from voting and holding office his term ended March 4 1885

  • Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland
    -Signed an Act creating the Interstate Commerce Commission
    -Angered railroad investors by ordering an investigation of western lands they held by Government grant
    -Passed a Bill in 1886 that would require the government to make unlimited amounts of silver, inflating the then-deflating currency. his term ended March 4 1889

  • Benjimen Harrison

    Benjimen Harrison
    -Harrison passed the Sherman Antitrust Act
    -Harrison passed the Dependent and Disability Pensions Act
    -Harrison passed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act his term ended March 4 1893

  • Gover Cleveland

    Gover Cleveland
    -Signed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act
    -Allowed McKinley Tariff to become law without his signature.
    - Stoped the Pullman Strike his term ended March 4 1897

  • William McKinley

    William McKinley
    On June 16, 1897, William McKinley signed annexing the -Republic of Hawaii to the United States
    -In Civil Service administration, McKinley reformed the system to make it more flexible in critical areas.
    -Important act during McKinley's time was the Gold Standard Act where by the U.S. was officially placed on the gold standard.