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    George washington

    1. Where he is from Westmoreland County, VA
    2. Education local school in Fredericksburg
    3. Any military service French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, and the Quasi-War with France
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) local offices and was elected to the Virginia provincial legislature
    5. Family members Parents: Mary Ball Washington, Augustine Washington
    6. before presidency rained as a land surveyor

  • Washington, D.C., Becomes the Capital

    Residence Act of 1790 established the site of the District of Columbia as the nation's capital

  • Whiskey rebellion

    People protesting against tax, was stopped by troops

  • First National Bank

    Washington signed the bill into law creating the First Bank of the United States, which was designed to handle the financial needs of the central government.

  • Bill of rights

    The first 10 United States amendments were ratified

  • Proclamation of neutrality

    This was made in response to the war happening with Brittan and France, it stated that the US would be neutral during the war

  • Jay treaty

    Aimed to fix and solve the several post revolutionary wars that the United States and Brittan had with one another.

  • Treaty of san Lorenzo

    treaty between the United States and Spain established intentions of friendship and cooperation between the two nations,

  • Treaty of Greenville

    treaty that was signed between a coalition of Native American tribes and the United States

  • Farewell Address

    Washingtons goodbye letter that warned against the dangers of political factions and foreign entanglements.

  • XYZ Affair

    American envoys sent to negotiate with France were asked for bribes by French agents identified only as "X," "Y," and "Z," led to a undeclared naval war with France called the Quasi-War.
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    John Adams

    1. Where he is from Braintree, MA
    2. Education college at Harvard
    3. Any military service head of the War and Ordnance Board
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) leader of the American Revolution
    5. Family members Children: John Quincy Adams, Charles Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, Susanna Adams, Abigail Adams Smith
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. was a senior diplomat in Europe.

  • Special session

    John Adams calls in for the 1st special session of Congress to talk about the mounting crisis in French-American relations.

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    Passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress, aimed to limit the influence of immigrants and suppress dissent against the government

  • Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

    Asserting states' rights and arguing that states had the power to nullify unconstitutional federal laws.

  • Peace Treaty with France

    The US successfully negotiated a peace treaty with France in 1800, ending the naval conflict and improving relations between the two countries

  • Midnight Judges

    Adams appointed a significant number of Federalist judges to federal courts, a move aimed at ensuring Federalist influence in the judiciary after Thomas Jefferson won the presidency in the 1800 election.
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    Thomas Jefferson

    1. Where he is from Shadwell, VA
    2. Education College of William & Mary in Williamsburg
    3. Any military service providing militia soldiers as replacements for the Virginia regiments of the Continental Army.
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) governor of Virginia
    5. Family members Children: Martha Jefferson Randolph, Madison Hemings · More
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. President of the American Philosophical Society

  • Tripoli declares war

    Tripoli declares war on the United States by cutting down the flagpole at the U.S. consulate.

  • William C.C. Claiborne

    appointed governor to the new territorial governor of Mississippi.

  • Jefferson addresses Congress

    Jefferson first addresses to the newly made seventh Congress of the United States in writing and is read aloud by the House clerk.

  • The United States and Britain convene

    The United States and Britain make a convention about the Jay's Treaty of 1794 to talking about some of the issues about details in the treaty.

  • Naturalization laws repealed

    The required length of residency reverts from fourteen years to five years.

  • War with Tripoli

    War with Tripoli is now officially recognized, authorizing the arming of merchant ships to ward off attacks.

  • Excise taxes repealed

    Taxes on items like whiskey are repealed

  • Enabling Act

    Establishing procedures under which territories organized under the Ordinance of 1787 can become a state.

  • Washington incorporated

    Congress officially incorporates Washington as a city, empowering Jefferson to appoint the mayor.

  • Ohio becomes a state

    Ohio officially becomes the seventeenth state of the Union.
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    James Madison

    1. Where he is from Belle Grove
    2. Education College of New Jersey, aka Princeton University,
    3. Any military service colonel and commander of the Orange County Regiment, Virginia Militia.
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) organized the Democratic–Republican Party
    5. Family members Mom: Eleanor "Nelly" Rose Madison
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. elected to the State Assembly and the Virginia Convention

  • Refurbish White House

    $12,000 goes into the refurbishing for the White House.

  • 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.

  • Secretary of Treasury

    Madison persuades Albert Gallatin to remain secretary of treasury in the face of strong congressional opposition and discord within Madison's cabinet.

  • Trade wars

    Madison accepts a French offer to stop confiscation of American supplies and ships. In February 1811, he declares a halt in trade with Britain unless the Orders are repealed

  • West Florida tensions

    Madison calls for renewal of an act authorizing the President to call out 100,000 militiamen

  • Fletcher v. Peck

    John Marshall overrules state legislation in Fletcher v. Peck, finding attempts to rectify the Yazoo land fraud scheme a violation of contract rights

  • Cadore letter

    The Cadore letter notifies the American minister in France that the Decrees of Berlin and Milan will be repealed

  • Presidential vetoes

    Madison vetoes two bills of Congress, one granting land in the Mississippi Territory to a Baptist congregation and the other incorporating an Episcopal church in Washington, D.C.

  • Nonintercourse with Britain

    Madison reestablishes nonintercourse with Britain. Meanwhile, the French continue their seizure of American ships.

  • Bank of the United States

    The Bank of the United States closes. Treasury Secretary Gallatin urges Congress to extend its charter but fails to convince members concerned with the large British interest in the Bank.

  • Secretary of State

    After Madison dismisses Secretary of State Robert Smith, James Monroe accepts Madison's offer of the cabinet position.

  • Morrill Tariff

    Searching for a way to finance the war, the House of Representatives passes the Morrill Tariff and excise taxes (sponsored by Senator Morrill of Vermont).
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    James Monroe

    1. Where he is from Westmoreland County, Virginia
    2. Education College of William and Mary (graduated 1776)
    3. Any military service enlisted in the Third Virginia Infantry
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Secretary of State
    5. Family members children: liza Kortright (1786–1835), James Spence (1799–1800), Maria Hester (1803–1850)
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. elected governor in 1799

  • Mississippi becomes a state

    Mississippi becomes the twentieth state in the Union.

  • Jackson, Florida and Spain

    The President repudiates Jackson and orders that Pensacola be handed back to Spain.

  • Anglo-American Convention

    British and American diplomats meet at the Anglo-American Convention and conclude a treaty resolving some, but not all, of the outstanding issues from the War of 1812

  • Illinois becomes a state

    Illinois is admitted as the twenty-first state of the Union.

  • Alabama becomes a state

    Alabama becomes the twenty-second state of the Union.

  • The Panic of 1819

    A sharp decline in real estate values and a severe credit contraction inflates the currency and causes imports and prices to fall.

  • The Transcontinental Treaty

    Resolved in February after the conclusion of negotiations dating back to July 1818. The treaty transfers the Florida's from Spain to the United States for $5 million, and advances the U.S. border across Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.

  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    Under Chief Justice John Marshall, the United States Supreme Court rules against the state of Maryland in McCulloch v. Maryland. In a unanimous decision, the Court finds that states cannot tax federal agencies.

  • Maine becomes a state

    Maine is admitted as the twenty-third state of the Union.

  • Monroe reelected

    Monroe secures reelection as President of the United States, receiving 231 electoral votes
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    John Quincy Adams

    1. Where he is from Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts
    2. Education Harvard College (graduated 1787)
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Ambassador and also as a member of the United States Congress
    5. Family members Children: George Washington Adams, John Adams II, Charles Francis Adams Sr., Louisa Catherine Adams
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. Retired and Built a Farm

  • Captain Porter Court-martialed

    Captain David Porter, a perennial thorn in the side of the United States Navy, is court-martialed for overstepping his powers when he chooses to land 200 troops at Fajardo, Puerto Rico, in November 1824.

  • Tennessee Legislature nominates Jackson

    The Tennessee legislature nominates Andrew Jackson their presidential challenger for the 1828 election.

  • Erie Canal Completed

    The first passage on the 363 mile-long Erie Canal is completed from Lake Erie to New York City, linking the Atlantic and trans-Atlantic marketplaces with growing agricultural production in the Northwest states.

  • Military Training Manuals Created

    Military standardization and integration of Union and state militias is a foremost concern during the Adams administration.

  • Jefferson and Adams Die

    Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, founding fathers and former Presidents, both die.
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    Andrew Jackson

    1. Where he is from Waxhaws
    2. Education N/A
    3. Any military service major general in the Regular Army of the United States
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) American lawyer
    5. Family members Andrew Jackson Jr
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. retirement at The Hermitage.

  • Indian Removal Act

    Congress passes the Indian Removal Act, sanctioning the forcible relocation of Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Seminole tribes to land allotments west of the Mississippi river.

  • Peggy Eaton Affair

    Jackson reshuffles his cabinet following the divisive and ongoing “Peggy Eaton Affair.” The woman's first husband supposedly committed suicide after discovering her dalliance with Tennessee senator John Eaton, whom Jackson later names secretary of war.

  • French spoliation claims

    The French government agrees to a treaty settling spoliation claims by the United States dating back to the Napoleonic Wars. France agrees to pay $5 million but initially declines to make the payment.

  • Jackson wins reelection

    Running on the Democratic ticket, Jackson wins reelection to the presidency, soundly defeating Henry Clay and William Wirt. Jackson scores an impressive victory, amassing 219 electoral votes to Clay's 49.

  • Ordinance of Nullification

    A South Carolina state convention adopts the Ordinance of Nullification, an decree nullifying congressional acts involving duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities.

  • Jackson commissions Edmund Roberts

    Jackson commissions Edmund Roberts as a “special agent” of the United States to negotiate commercial trade treaties abroad.

  • Korean Ambassadors visit

  • Jackson terminates national debt

    Jackson announces he will terminate the national debt, freeing the United States of foreign and domestic obligations beyond the reserves of the Treasury.

  • Soil Conservation Service

  • Texas declares independence

    In Washington, D.C., the delegates of the people of Texas officially and unanimously declare their independence.
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    Martin Van Buren

    1. Where he is from Kinderhook, New York
    2. Education Claverack College
    3. Any military service he became involved in the Bank War
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Lawyer
    5. Family members Abraham (1807–1873), John (1810–1866), Martin (1812–1855), Winfield Scott (1813), Smith Thompson (1817–1876)
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. supported fight in civil war

  • The Panic of 1837

    The Panic of 1837 begins in New York when banks first suspend payments of specie. Following the collapse of credit facility, banks can no longer redeem currency notes in gold and silver.

  • Van Buren opposes the annexation of Texas

    Van Buren announces his opposition to the annexation of Texas, primarily to make possible the ensuing peace with Mexico but also to alleviate abolitionist concerns at home.

  • Van Buren calls special session

    Van Buren calls for a special session of Congress. As a proponent of laissez-faire, he feels no obligation toward public welfare but worries about the government's own financial situation.

  • Canadian militia seizes Caroline

    Britain orders the Canadian militia to seize the American steamship Caroline, which had been supplying Canadian rebels, on the Niagara River. One American is killed, and several are wounded.

  • Arbitration commission

    Van Buren agrees on the principle of forming an arbitration commission to settle disputed claims with Mexico.
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    William Harrison

    1. Where he is from Berkeley plantation
    2. Education Hampden-Sydney College
    3. Any military service major general in the Army during the War of 1812
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) US Minister
    5. Family members Elizabeth Bassett , John Cleves Symmes , Lucy Singleton , William Henry
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. death

  • Harrison dies of pneumonia

    Harrison dies of pneumonia only one month after his inauguration, making him the first President to die while in office.
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    John Tyler

    1. Where he is from Virginia
    2. Education College of William and Mary
    3. Any military service War of 1812
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) vice president
    5. Family members Mary , Robert , John , Letitia, Elizabeth (1823–1850), Anne Contesse
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. Governor of Virginia

  • Tyler's cabinet resigns

    Tyler's entire cabinet, with the exception of Secretary of State Daniel Webster, resigns after Tyler vetoes a second bill for the establishment of a National Bank of the United States.

  • Commonwealth v. Hunt

    The Massachusetts Supreme Court establishes the legality of labor unions, including the right for workers to strike, in the case of Commonwealth v. Hunt.

  • Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    The signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty normalizes U.S.-British relations by adjusting the Maine-Brunswick border, settling boundary issues around western Lake Superior, and resurveying numerous smaller borders.

  • The Democrats gain majority

    In the congressional elections, the Democrats gain a majority over the Whigs in the House of Representatives, while at the same time defending their majority in the Senate.

  • The Texas Annexation Treaty

    The Texas Annexation Treaty is signed by the United States and the Republic of Texas.
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    James K. Polk

    1. Where he is from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
    2. Education University of North Carolina
    3. Any military service Tennessee militia
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Governor of Tennessee
    5. Family members n/a
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. retired Nashville Tennessee.

  • Discouraging Mexican invasion

    General Zachary Taylor receives orders from Polk to move his troops from Fort Jesup in Louisiana to a position “on or near the Rio Grande” in Texas to discourage a Mexican invasion.

  • Manifest Destiny

    New York Jacksonian Democrat, John L. O'Sullivan, accuses opponents of Texas annexation of “limiting our greatness and checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.

  • The Naval Academy opens

    Under the direction of Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, the Naval Academy opens at Annapolis, Maryland.

  • Texas becomes a state

    Texas is admitted as a slave state, making it the twenty-eighth state in the Union.

  • Mormon migration to Utah

    The Mormon migration to Utah, led by Brigham Young, begins.
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    Zachary Taylor

    1. Where he is from Orange County, VA.
    2. Education N/A
    3. Any military service lieutenant in the War of 1812.
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) N/A
    5. Family members son in law
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. President of the Confederate States of america

  • Zachary Taylor dies

    Zachary Taylor dies of “cholera morbus,” making him the second President to die in office and vaulting Vice President Millard Fillmore into the White House.
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    Millard Filmore

    1. Where he is from Summer Hill, NY.
    2. Education N/A
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) US Lawyer
    5. Family members Son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. ran for president again in 1856

  • Fillmore supports Compromise of 1850

    Fillmore announces his support of the compromise. He sends a message to Congress recommending that Texas be paid to abandon claims to part of New Mexico and that the Wilmot Proviso, which states that all land acquired from the Mexican War be closed to slavery, be overturned.

  • California becomes a state

    California becomes a state

  • Fugitive Slave Bill

    Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Bill, prohibiting individuals from aiding runaway slaves, and threatening fines and imprisonment to those who do. Escaped slaves will be returned to their owners, denied a jury trial, and prevented from testifying on their own behalf.
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    Franklin Pierce

    1. Where he is from Hillsborough
    2. Education Bowdoin College.
    3. Any military service brigadier general in the Mexican-American War.
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) member of the U.S. Senate and representative.
    5. Family members brotther
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. retired

  • Pierce's son killed

    Franklin Pierce and his family are struck by tragedy. A train wreck kills the Pierces' eleven-year-old son, Benjamin, the only surviving child of his marriage.

  • Treaty of Kanagawa

    After nearly three centuries of Japanese isolation, Commodore Matthew Perry first ordered to Japan by President Fillmore -- signs the Treaty of Kanagawa, marking the beginning of the Pacific nation's trade with the rest of the world.

  • Canadian Reciprocity Treaty

    The Canadian Reciprocity Treaty opens the U.S. market to Canadian agricultural products, including timber and fish. In return, the United States gets new commercial rights in Canadian waters and on the Great Lakes.

  • Republican Party founded

    Coinciding with the further disintegration of the Whig Party, the Republican Party is founded in Jackson, Michigan. Its membership is composed of Whigs, Free-Soilers, and northern Democrats angry at the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, specifically, and concerned with the prospect of expanding slavery.

  • Nationality laws amended

    Nationality laws are changed so that all children born abroad to U.S. parents are guaranteed American citizenship.
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    James Buchanan

    1. Where he is from Cove Gap, PA
    2. Education Dickinson College
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Member of U.S. representative, U.S. Senate
    5. Family members N/A
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. Retired and went cold

  • Mountain Meadow Massacre

    The Mountain Meadow Massacre in Utah results in the deaths of roughly 140 people. Paiute Indians and the Mormon Militia, incited by Mormon fanatic John D. Lee, kill emigrants heading for California.

  • Kansas Elects Free-State Legislature

    Kansas elects a free-state legislature under Governor Robert J. Walker. Elections occur under supervision, with thousands of fraudulent pro-slavery votes rejected.

  • Lecompton Constitution Defeated

    The Lecompton Constitution loses by an overwhelming vote, with 10,226 voting against the constitution and only 138 for it.

  • Congress Votes on Admitting Kansas

    The Senate votes to accept Kansas into the Union under the Lecompton Constitution after it has already been rejected in Kansas. The House votes to resubmit the Constitution to popular vote.

  • English Bill Passed

    Congress passes the English Bill after Representative William Hayden English (Democrat-Indiana) strikes a compromise between the House and Senate bills on the admission of Kansas to the Union.
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    Abraham Lincon

    1. Where he is from Larue County, KY
    2. Education N/A
    3. Any military service Was in the military while the Black Hawk War in 1832 was happening
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Member of the U.S. representative
    5. Family members his son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. death

  • Confederate Congress adopts Confederate Constitution

    The Confederate Congress unanimously adopts the Confederate Constitution, which declares the sovereignty of states and forbids the passage of any bill which outlaws slavery.

  • Major Anderson surrenders

    Out of supplies and after thirty-three hours under attack, Major Robert Anderson of Fort Sumter surrenders. The federal outpost is evacuated the next day.

  • Virginia secedes

    In response to Lincoln's decision to use force in South Carolina, Virginia secedes from the nation, followed by three other upper Southern states: North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas.

  • Arkansas secedes

    Arkansas secedes from the Union.

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    The Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, marks a grave defeat for the Union. General Lee and his Confederate troops defeat General Burnside. Union losses number more than 12,600, while Confederate casualties rise to 5,300.

  • Arresting Confederates

    Johnson issues a proclamation offering rewards for the arrests of Jefferson Davis, Jacob Thompson, and Clement C. Clay, Jr.
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    Andrew Johnson

    1. Where he is from Raleigh, NC
    2. Education N/A
    3. Any military service Was in military during the Cold War
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Governor of Tennessee
    5. Family members son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. retire

  • Lincoln's funeral train departs

    Lincoln's funeral train departs from Washington, D.C., on its journey to Springfield, Illinois.

  • Johnson suspends Secretary Stanton

    Johnson suspends Secretary Stanton from his position and commissions Ulysses S. Grant as ad interim secretary of war.
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    Ulysses S. Grant

    1. Where he is from Point Pleasant
    2. Education N/A
    3. Any military service Junior officer in the Mexican-American War
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) He was general-in-chief.
    5. Family members second son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. went on business trips and travelled

  • Transcontinental railroad completed

    The first transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Point, Utah, through the work of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific track crews.

  • United States Weather Bureau established

    The United States Weather Bureau is established. Originally, the Bureau is part of the Signal Corps.

  • Fifteenth Amendment

    Black male suffrage becomes universal when the Fifteenth Amendment -- stipulating that no state shall deprive any citizen of the right to vote because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” -- is adopted with Grant's help and approval.

  • A new tariff is passed

    A new tariff is passed following debates about tariff reduction. The new law maintains most existing protectionist features.

  • Treaty of Washington

    The Treaty of Washington is signed between the United States and Britain, initiating friendly relations between the two nations.

  • Great Chicago Fire

  • The KKK in South Carolina

  • Grant reelected

  • Panic of 1873

  • Specie Resumption Act

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    Rutherford B. Hayes

    1. Where he is from Delaware, OH
    2. Education Kenyon College
    3. Any military service major in the 23rd Ohio Infantry in 1861
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Governor of Ohio
    5. Family members 3 sons
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. retire in ohio

  • Great Railroad Strike of 1877

  • Knights of Labor

  • Senate approves Customhouse appointment

  • Army Appropriations Bill

  • DNC nominates Winfield S. Hancock

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    James A. Garfield

    1. Where he is from Moreland Hills, OH
    2. Education Williams College
    3. Any military service Major general in the Union Army.
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Ohio State Senator
    5. Family members son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. death

  • Garfield Shot

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    Chester A. Arthur

    1. Where he is from Fairfield, VT
    2. Education Union College
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) James Garfield's Vice President
    5. Family members son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. returned back to new york

  • Guiteau Trial Begins

  • Star-Route Scandal

  • Chinese Exclusion Act vetoed

  • Civil Service Reform Act

  • Alaskan Government Act passes

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    Grover Cleveland

    1. Where he is from Caldwell, NJ
    2. Education N/A
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Mayor of Buffalo
    5. Family members N/A
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. Went back to new york

  • Vice President Thomas Hendrick dies

  • Cleveland vetoes military pensions

  • Statue of Liberty dedicated

  • Cleveland Signs Dawes Act

  • Cleveland addresses Congress

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    Benjamin Harrison

    1. Where he is from North Bend, OH
    2. Education Miami University
    3. Any military service Commissioned as a captain
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Indiana State Senator
    5. Family members grandfather
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. went back to Indianapolis and was still active in politics

  • Berlin Conference

  • First Pan-American Conference

  • Washington becomes a state

  • Dependent Pension Bill passed

  • Sherman Silver Purchase Act

  • McKinley Tariff

  • New Orleans lynchings

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    William McKinley

    1. Where he is from Niles, OH.
    2. Education Mount Union College
    3. Any military service was in the union Army in 1861
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Governor of Ohio
    5. Family members son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. death

  • First Boston Marathon

  • American defense in Cuba

  • Maine explodes

  • Civil war in Cuba

  • Spain declares war on the U.S.

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    Theodore Roosevelt

    1. Where he is from New York
    2. Education Harvard College
    3. Any military service Assistant secretary of the Navy
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Governor of New York
    5. Family members cousin
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. supported allied cause

  • Hay-Pauncefote Treaty signed

  • Newlands Reclamation Act

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Department of Commerce and Labor created

  • Northern Securities Co under federal prosecution

  • Revolt in Panama

  • Hay-Buneau-Varilla Treaty

  • Panama Canal Commission

  • American Tobacco Company created

  • Lochner v. New York

  • National Forest Service established

  • Mann Act

  • Clashes in Brownsville

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    William Taft

    1. Where he is from Cincinnati, OH.
    2. Education Yale University
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Civilian governor of the Philippines
    5. Family members father
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. became a author

  • Calling for the Sixteenth Amendment

  • Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act

  • Charges of conspiracy

  • Injunction on freight rates

  • The International Court of Arbitration

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    Woodrow Wilson

    1. Where he is from Staunton, VA.
    2. Education Johns Hopkins University
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Governor of New Jersey
    5. Family members daughter
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. retire

  • Ford's Model T

  • Wilson speaks on tariffs

  • Seventeenth Amendment

  • Completing the Panama Canal

  • Federal Reserve Act

  • Tensions at Tampico

  • Mother's Day established

  • Germany launches war on Belgium, France, and Britain

  • Federal Trade Commission established

  • Federal Trade Commission established

  • Literacy tests for immigrants approved

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    Warren G. Harding

    1. Where he is from Blooming Grove, OH.
    2. Education Ohio Central College.
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
    5. Family members N/A
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. death

  • Official end of war with Germany

  • Washington Naval Armament Conference

  • Harding suffers ptomaine poisoning

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    Calvin Coolidge

    1. Where he is from Plymouth Notch
    2. Education Amherst College
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Mayor of Northampton
    5. Family members son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. retired to be public speaker

  • Coolidge's first State of the Union

  • Soldiers' Bonus Bill passes

  • Scopes trial

  • Cancelling French debt

  • Court gives President right to remove

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    Herbert Hoover

    1. Where he is from West Branch, IA.
    2. Education Stanford University
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Director of the U.S. Bureau of Relief and Secretary of Commerce.
    5. Family members son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. did humanitarian efforts

  • Police raid New York birth control center

  • Agricultural Marketing Act

  • Black Thursday

  • Census report

  • Bootlegging bust

  • Bank panic begins

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    1. Where he is from Hyde Park, NY
    2. Education Harvard University
    3. Any military service Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) New York State Senator
    5. Family members cousin
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. death

  • Roosevelt declares a four-day “bank holiday”

  • Congress meets beginning

  • Tennessee Valley Act

  • London Economic Conference

  • American Federation of Labor boycott

  • Gold Reserve Act

  • Export-Import Bank

  • Home Owners Loan Act

  • Securities Exchange Act

  • Emergency Relief Appropriation

  • National Labor Relations Act

  • Social Security Act

  • Period: to

    Harry S. Truman

    1. Where he is from Lamar, MO
    2. Education N/A
    3. Any military service Missouri National Guard
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Vice President
    5. Family members N/A
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. Public Speaker

  • Germany surrenders

  • Hiroshima

  • Nagasaki

  • Japan surrenders

  • Truman Doctrine

  • Federal Employee Loyalty Program

  • National Security Act

  • Soviet Union blocks West Berlin

  • U.S. airlift to Berlin

  • Marshall Plan

  • Rosenberg execution

  • Period: to

    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    1. Where he is from Denison, TX
    2. Education Military Academy, West Point
    3. Any military service Supreme commander of allied forces.
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Supreme Commander of NATO
    5. Family members brother
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. became public speaker

  • Stalin dies

  • Price controls lifted

  • Refugee Relief Act of 1953

  • Secretary of Labor resigns

  • U.S. and Japan agree on rearmament

  • Brown v. Topeka Board of Education

  • Geneva Agreements of 1954

  • Democrats gain seats

  • First filming of press conference

  • Period: to

    John F. Kennedy

    1. Where he is from Brookline, MA
    2. Education Harvard University
    3. Any military service U.S. Navy in 1941
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Member of U.S. representative
    5. Family members brother
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. death

  • Bay of Pigs

  • An American in space

  • Kennedy meets with Khrushchev

  • End trade with Cuba

  • Kennedy shot in Dallas

  • Period: to

    Lyndon B. Johnson

    1. Where he is from Stonewall, TX
    2. Education Texas State University
    3. Any military service Lieutenant Commander
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Member of U.S. representative
    5. Family members N/A
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. retire in ranch

  • Johnson addresses Congress

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Twenty-Fourth Amendment ratified

  • Johnson’s Great Society

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  • Kennedy conspiracy rejected

  • Period: to

    Richard Nixon

    1. Where he is from Yorba Linda, CA
    2. Education Whittier College
    3. Any military service lieutenant commander in World War II.
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) U.S. representative.
    5. Family members N/A
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. writer

  • Men land on the moon

  • Selective Service Reform

  • Request for wage and price restraint

  • Emergency Employment Act

  • Watergate scandal

  • Period: to

    Gerald Ford

    1. Where he is from Omaha, NE
    2. Education University of Michigan
    3. Any military service lieutenant commander
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) U.S. representative.
    5. Family members N/A
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. writer

  • Ford addresses inflation

  • Tax hike and spending cuts

  • Democrats gain seats

  • Ford gives pardon to Nixon

  • Privacy Act of 1974

  • Period: to

    Jimmy Carter

    1. Where he is from Plains, GA
    2. Education Georgia Tech
    3. Any military service Lieutenant during the 50s
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Governor of Georgia.
    5. Family members son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. writer

  • Coal strike busted

  • Mediation at Camp David

  • China granted diplomatic status

  • A crisis of confidence

  • Approval ratings low

  • Fifty-two American hostages Released

  • Period: to

    Ronald Reagan

    1. Where he is from Tampico, IL
    2. Education Eureka College
    3. Any military service Captain in the army in 1945
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) N/A
    5. Family members brother
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. public speaker

  • Spending speech

  • Reagan shot in chest

  • Soviet grain embargo lifted

  • Reagan dismisses strikers

  • Cutting taxes

  • Negotiating with Soviet Union

  • Reagan delivers State of the Union

  • Reagan visits West Berlin

  • Gas tax increase

  • Recession ends

  • Period: to

    George H. W. Bush

    1. Where he is from Milton, MA
    2. Education Yale University
    3. Any military service Bomb pilot in WWII.
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Vice President
    5. Family members son
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. public speaker

  • Bank Bail-Out Plan Introduced

  • Tiananmen Square Massacre

  • Berlin Wall Falls

  • New Anti-Drug Law

  • New Taxes Proposed

  • Period: to

    Bill Clinton

    1. Where he is from Hope, AR
    2. Education Georgetown University
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Governor of Arkansas
    5. Family members half brother
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. public speaker

  • Family Medical Leave Act

  • Explosion at the World Trade Center

  • Navy attacks Baghdad

  • Clinton unveils healthcare plan

  • Vietnam trade embargo lifted

  • Clinton talks welfare reform

  • Death penalty

  • General Agreement on Tariffs approved

  • U.S. recognizes Vietnam

  • Battle of the budget

  • Period: to

    George W. Bush

    1. Where he is from New Haven, CT.
    2. Education Yale University
    3. Any military service Texas Air National Guard
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Texas Air National Guard
    5. Family members father
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. public speaker

  • Bush bans abortion aid

  • Attacking Iraq

  • Spy plane downed over South China Sea

  • Trillion dollar tax cut

  • 9/11

  • Enduring Freedom

  • Enron files bankruptcy

  • Bush delivers State of the Union

  • Bush-Putin nuclear treaty

  • Republicans gain seats

  • Period: to

    Barack Obama

    1. Where he is from Honolulu, HI.
    2. Education Columbia University.
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) Illinois State Senator.
    5. Family members Father
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. Obama Foundation

  • Stem cell research

  • Justice Sotomayor

  • Nobel Peace Prize

  • HIV travel ban

  • Haiti aid

  • School grants

  • Affordable Care Act

  • Budget funding for NASA

  • Justice Kagan

  • Budget Control Act

  • Period: to

    Donald Trump

    1. Where he is from New York
    2. Education Fordham University
    3. Any military service N/A
    4. Any previous offices held (Congress, VP, Governor, etc.) N/A
    5. Family members N/A
    6. Anything important he was part of before or after he left office. involved in politics

  • Women's March

  • Flynn resigns

  • UN Address

  • Trump officials plead in court

  • Tax bill signed