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Presidents of the United States

  • George Washington

    George Washington
    Washington was the first person that was elected to be president og the United StatesWashington's .He had been one of the Founding Fathers of the nation.He worked as a surveyor for several years.Washington's style of governance, such as his desire to conciliate between opposing factions, and his attention to the separation of powers, left a definite mark on American politics.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence , he also was the third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia . As a public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades.
  • James Madison

    James Madison
    Madison won the 1808 presidential election by a wide margin. securing nearly 70 percent of the electoral votes. It was a remarkable victory, considering the poor public opinion of the Embargo Act of 1807.He was also known as the Father of the constitution .
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809. Lincoln was chosen as a candidate for the elections in 1860 for different reasons. Among these reasons were that his views on slavery were less extreme than those of other people who wanted to be candidates. During his presidency Lincoln became well-known because of his large stovepipe hat. He used his tall hat to store papers and documents when he was traveling.
  • James Monroe

    James Monroe
    He was elected the fifth president of the United States in 1817. He is remembered for the Monroe Doctrine, as well as for expanding U.S territory via the acquisition of Florida from Spain. Monroe, who died in 1831, was the last of the Founding Fathers.
  • John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States. He was also the eldest son of President John Adams, the second U.S. president.He possessed the temperament of his father.. As president, John Quincy failed to develop the political relationships needed even among members of his own party to effect significant change. It didn't help that his political opponents were set on making him a one-term president.
  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson was the 7th President of the United States who served in office on March 4, 1829.Andrew Jackson belonged to the Democrat Political Party. He was 61 years old when he was inaugurated as the 7th president. John C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren stood as Vice presidents.
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    Lincoln and the Civil War

    After Lincoln's election in 1860, seven States formed the Confederate States of America. When the United States refused to surrender Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, the Confederates attacked the fort, beginning the American Civil War. Later, four more states joined the Confederacy for a total of eleven. In his whole period as President, he had to rebuild the Union with military force and many bloody battles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krGocwNLW8Q
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    World War 1

    The U.S. was an independent power and did not officially join the Allies. It closely cooperated with the Allies militarily but acted alone in diplomacy. The U.S. made its major contributions in terms of supplies, raw material and money, starting in 1917. American soldiers under General John Pershing, Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), arrived in large numbers on the Western Front in the summer
  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover
    Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States (1929–1933), whose term was notably marked by the stock market crash of 1929 and the beginnings of the Great Depression.
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    Great Depression in the United States

    The Great Depression was a worldwide economic depression that lasted 10 years. Its kickoff was “Black Thursday," October 24, 1929. That's when traders sold 12.9 million shares of stock in one day, triple the usual amount. Over the next four days, stock prices fell 23 percent in the stock market crash of 1929. But the Great Depression really started in August when the economy contracted.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only U.S. president to be elected four times. He led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II.
  • Harry S. Truman

    Harry S. Truman
    Sworn in as the 33rd president after Franklin Delano Roosevelt's sudden death, Harry S. Truman presided over the end of WWII and dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.
  • Jhon F. Kennedy

    Jhon F. Kennedy
    He was selected as pressident of the United States in 1960 .He was the 35th president of United States of America.He also was the youngest person ever to be elected president.He was credited in starting the Peace Corp.
  • George H. W. Bush

    George H. W. Bush
    The 41st president of the United States, George H.W. Bush served as vice president under Ronald Reagan. He is the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd president.Bush finally reached the White House's top seat in 1989; he won the 1988 election against Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis, becoming the first sitting vice president to be elected president since 1837. During his nomination acceptance speech at the 1988 Republican National Convention
  • George W. Bush

    George W. Bush
    George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States. He led his country's response to the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and initiated the Iraq War in 2003.
  • Barack Obama

    Barack Obama
    Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, and the first African American to serve in the office. First elected to the presidency in 2008, he won a second term in 2012.
  • Donald Trump

    Donald Trump
    Billionaire real estate mogul and former reality television personality Donald Trump is the 45th president of the United States.