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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln Read The Emancipation Proclamation. Gave the Gettysburgh Address. -
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Presidential Timeline
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Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Andrew Johnson issues the Proclamation of Amnesty. Andrew Johnson is empeached but is not convicted. -
Ulysses s. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill allowing for the redemption of gold for paper dollars. Grant negotiated the treaty of London to reolve conflict with Great Britian. Grant pushed through ratification of the 15th admendment. -
Rutherford B. Hayes
He fought on behalf of Civil Rights. Hayes sent troops out to break up riots during the Railroad Strike of 1877. Hayes ended the Reconstruction Era. -
Chester A. Arthur
Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act which reduced the suspension of Chinese immigration to 10 years. Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Act. Arthur signed a bill giving funds to the first steel vessel for the navy. -
Crover Clevelend
Clevelend passed the Presidential Succession Act. Clevelend passed the Interstate Commerce Act. Grover Clevelend repealed the Tenure of Office Act. -
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison passed the McKinley Tariff Act to raise duties on most imports. Harrison passed the Sherman Antitrust Act which outlawed everything in restraint of trade or commerce. Harrison passed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act that required the government to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver every month. -
William Mckinley
McKinley signed the Dingley Tariff which was the highest proctective tariff of that time. McKinley ratifies the Treaty of Paris which ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. McKinley declared war on Spain. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt signs for the construction of the Panama Canal to begin. Theodore Roosevelt organizes the forest service. Theodore Roosevelt is awarded with the Nobel Prize for Peace because he mediated an end to the Russo-Japanese War. -
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson passes the Underwood-Simmons Tariff which reduces duties on imports for the first time in 40 years. Woodrow Wilson passes the Federal Reserve Act which sets up the Federal Reserve banking system. Wilson signed the Treaty of Versailles which ended WWl.
