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Woodrow Wilson
Born on 12/28/1856 and Died on 2/3/1924 -
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5 Presidents
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Warren Harding Born
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Calvin Coolidge born
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Herbert Hoover birth
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Franklin D. Roosevelt born
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Woodrow Wilsons Accomplishments
During his presidential campaign in 1912, Wilson had pledged three primary reforms on business, tariffs, and banking. These eventually became known as the "New Freedom." The results of his efforts were the passage of the Federal Trade Act, the Underwood Tariff Act, and the creation of the Federal Reserve System. -
Start WW Presidency
28th President -
Warren Harding Presidency start
29th President -
Herbert Hoover Presidency start
31st President -
End of WW Presidency
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Warren Hardings Accomplishments
Rejected the League of Nations and signed a separate peace treaty with Germany and Austria after WWI. Signed the first federal child welfare program and dealt with striking mining and railroad workers in the 1921 Blair Mountain miner war and Great Railroad Strike of 1922 -
Warren Harding Death
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Warren Harding Presidency ends
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CC Presidency start
30th President -
WW Death
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Calvin Coolidge Accomplishments
Signed the Immigration Act restricting southern and eastern European immigration.
Signed the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted full U.S. citizenship to all American Indians while permitting them to retain tribal land and cultural rights.
Opposed US entry into the League of Nations and supported the flawed Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war between nations.
Tried to establish a dialogue with the emerging nations of Latin America and improve strained relations with Mexico. -
Herbert Hoover Accomplishments
Promoted public works efforts such as the Hoover Dam.
Canceled private oil leases on government lands
.Issued the Hoover-Stimson doctrine refusing to recognize the Japanese conquest of Manchuria.
Presided over the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression and initiated government economic recovery programs in the spirit of public-private partnerships that met with limited success.
Bacon-Davis Act requiring a maximum eight-hour day on construction of public buildings -
Herbert Hoover Presidency ends
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CC Presidency ends
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Calvin Coolidge death
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency starts
32nd President -
Franklin D Roosevelt Accomplishments
Established Social Security, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), all of which last to this day.
Drastically decreased unemployment from 25% to 2%.
Supported the case for intervention in WWII through the Destroyers for Bases Agreement and Lend-Lease Act supplying ships and armament to the Allied forces
Led the US into WWII after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and formulated strategy as part of the "Big Three" -
Franklin D. Roosevelt died
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency ends
He died during his presidency -
Herbert Hoover Death
