presidents time line

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  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    he was the 16 president. he helped free african american slaves in the south. and therefor starting the end of the cival war by signing the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • Andrew Johnson

    Andrew Johnson
    Andrew Johnson was the 17th president. opposed the Emancipation Proclamation. became president because Lincoln was assinated the night of April 14, 1865
  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant
    the 18 president. Though he had some success pushing through ratification of the 15th Amendment. also he establishing the National Parks Service.
  • Rutherford B. Hayes

    Rutherford B. Hayes
    he was the 19 president. Hayes was the first president to take the oath in the White House. he was also the first president to have a typewriter and a telephone there.
  • James A. Garfield

    James A. Garfield
    He was the 20th president. Garfield managed to initiate reform of the Post Office Department. He recommended a universal education system funded by the federal government, in part to empower African Americans.
  • grover cleveland

    grover cleveland
    He was the 24th president. he was opposed to women’s suffrage. He was the only president to deliver his inaugural addresses without notes up to that point.
  • 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.
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt
    Passed the Sherman Antitrust Act to maintain economic liberty. Helped solve disputes over Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Morocco. Settled a coal strike.
  • william howard taft

    william howard taft
    Improved the performance of the postal service. Passage of the Sixteenth Amendment. Sought to further the economic development of undeveloped nations in Latin America and Asia through the method he termed "Dollar Diplomacy."
  • woodrow wilson

    woodrow wilson
    Signed the Adamson Act. Passage Federal Reserve Act in late 1913. Wilson took America into World War I.