US Presidents

President William Mckinley (1897-1901)

Mar 4, 1897

VP: Garret Hobart
Republican
Major Legislation:
Peace Settlement - Spain turned over to United States (1898)
Dingley Tariff - protected manufacturers from foreign trade (1897)
Gold Standard Act -banned silver and paper, now
only gold (1900)
Major Events:
Spanish American War - Independence for Cuba (1898)
Australian Nationhood is approved by Britain (1900)
He was assasinated in by Leon Czolgosz (1901)

President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

Sep 14, 1901

VP: Charles Fairbanks
Republican
Major Legislation:
Gentleman's Agreement - Restricts Japanese Immigration (1907)
Congress passed the Newlands National Reclamation Act (1902)
Major Events:
Albert Einstein published special theory of relativity (1905)
Immigration to US reaches a high (1907)

President William Howard Taft (1909-1913)

Mar 4, 1909

VP: James Sherman
Republican
Major Legislation: Signed the Publicity Act - required political parties to account for the money spent on federal campaigns (1910)
Established the Federal Children's Bureau - improving child abuse prevention, foster care, and adoption (1912)
Major Events:
California passed Web Allen Land Law (1913)
National Assocation for Colored people founded to fight for their rights (1909)
First Balkan War begins (1912)

President Woodrow Wilson (1913 - 1921)

Mar 4, 1913

VP: Thomas Marshall
Democrat
Major Legislation:
Clayton Antitrust Act - Allows government to regulate business (1914)
19th Amendment is ratified - extending the right of suffrage to women, (1919)
Major Events:
WWI begins (1914)
US enters WWI (1917)
Russian Revolution Begins (1917)

WWI ends (1918)

President Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)

Mar 4, 1921

VP: Calvin Coolidge
Republican
Major Legislation:
Passed Immigration Restriction Act of 1921 (the law that established the immigration quota system)
Signed the Sheppard-Tower Act (funded and provided federal oversight for state infant mortality programs and women's and children's health care) (1921)
Major Events:
King Tutanknamen's tomb is discovered in Egypt (1922)
The Ku Klux Klan had its largest membership ever and had become a formidable political force in many parts of the nation (1920)

President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)

Aug 2, 1923

VP: Charles Dawes
Republican
Major Legislation:
Kelly Act (1926) generate funds to pay for commercial mail transport by air.
Air commerce Act (1926) improve safety standards, including austere air and ground navigation aids.
Major Events:
First Olympic Winter (1924)
Gertrude Ederle swims English channel (1926)
Charles Lindbergh flies the Atlantic (1927)

President Herbert C. Hoover (1929-1933)

Mar 4, 1929

VP: Charles Curtis
Republican
Major Legislation:
Hawley- Smoot tariff (1930) Raised U.S tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods.
25th ammendment is passed (1933) establishes procedures for filling vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.
Major Events:
WW II (1930)
Hitler and Nazis take over Germany (1933)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Mar 4, 1933

Vice President: John Garner, Henry Wallace, Harry S, Truman
Democrat
Legislation:
Banking Act (1933) established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the U.S and imposed banking reforms
Agriculture Adjustment Act (1933) Reduces faming output and raises prices.
Neutrality Act (1935) defined American limits of neutrality with other nations.
Major events:
Gold Standard ends (1933)
Invasion of Poland (1939)

Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

Apr 12, 1945

Vice President: Alben Barkley
Democrat
Major Legislation:
Employment Act (1946) layed the responsibility of economic stability of inflation and unemployment onto the federal government.
Marshall plan (1948) U.S helps to rebuild Europe
Housing Act (1949) established a national housing agency and provided federal aid to slum clearance programs and low-cost housing projects.
Major Events:
Germany Surrenders(1945)(WW II)
Attack of Pearl Harbor (1941)
Korean War (1950-1953)

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

Jan 20, 1953

Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
Republican
Major Legislation:
Submerged Land Laws (1953) grants states title to all submerged navigable lands within their boundaries.
Refugee Relief Act (1953) admission of 214,000 imigrants into the U.S
Federal Aid Highway Act (1956), federal funding for construction
Major Events:
Supreme Court announces Brown v.Topeka ruling that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. (1954)
Rosa Parks is arrested in Alabama(1955)
Vietnam War (1957-1975)

President John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

Jan 20, 1961

V.P: Lyndon B. Johnson
Democrat
Major Legislation:
(April 17th of 1961) Cuba and The Bay of Pigs Invasion: Kennedy invaded Cuba, all troops were captured and Kennedy paid 53 million in food and medicine for the release of over 1,000 survivors.
(1961) Peace Corps: A program where Americans volunteered to help undeveloped countries.
Major Events:
(1957-1975) Space Race: USSR and US fight for supremacy in space exploration.
(1955-1968) African-American Civil Rights M.: Aiming to outlaw racism.

President Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

Nov 22, 1963

V.P: Hubert Humphrey
Democrat
Major Legislation:
(1965) Voting Rights Act: Outlawing Discrimination in voting, second civil rights bill.
Immigration Act of 1965: Changed US immigration policy toward Non-Europeans, 1st gen. immigrants in US quadrupled by 2007
Major Events:
(1955-1975) Vietnam War: Cold-War conflict fought in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
(20th-21st Century) Modern American Liberalism: Stood in opposition of modern American conservatism: Abortion Rights, Gay Rights, and so on.

President Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)

Jan 20, 1969

V.P: Spiro Agnew
Republican
Major Legislation:
(1970) U.S Environmental Protection Agency: Proposed by Nixon to protect human health and the environment
(1972) Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty: Between U.S & Soviet Union placing limitations on ABM systems
Major Events:
(1973) Oil Crisis: OAPEC announced an oil embargo, earlier that year they planned to "punish" the U.S for re-supplying Israel
(July 20th 1969) Apollo 11: 1st landing of Humans on the Moon, including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

President Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)

Aug 9, 1974

V.P: Nelson Rockefeller
Republican
Major Legislation:
(1975) Helsinki Accords: Final Act of Conference on Security and Co-Op. in Europe signing declaration in attempt to better relations between Communist bloc & the West
(1974) Proclamation 4311: This gave an unconditional pardon to Nixon for any crimes committed against U.S
Major Events:
(1947-1991) Cold War: Political and military tensions between East and Western Bloc, tensions lightened
(Dec. 1974) Vietnam War: Vietnamese invade Phuoc Long

President James E. Carter (1977-1981)

Jan 20, 1977

V.P: Walter Mondale
Democrat
Major Legislation:
(1977) Energy policy of the U.S: Issues of energy production, distribution, and consumption
(Sept. 1978) Camp David Accords: Two framework agreements in which were signed at the White House
Major Events:
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens: Major volcanic eruption in Washington, killing 57 civilians
(1979-1989) Soviet war in Afghanistan: Part of the Cold War, fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces and the Mujahideen group

President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)

Jan 20, 1981

V.P: George H.W. Bush
Republican
Major Legislation:
Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage economic growth through reductions in individual income tax rates)
Family Support Act 1988 (emphasize work, child support and family benefits, as well as on withholding the wages of absentee parents)
Major Events:
US bombs Libya in protest at Libyan sponsorship of terrorist organizations (1986)
Soviet Army begins withdrawing from Afghanistan (1988)

President George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)

Jan 20, 1989

V.P: James Danforth Quayle
Republican
Major Legislation:
Strategic Arms Reduction (1991)
Provided additional benefits for Unemployed Workers in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Major Events:
Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as a member of the Supreme Court of the United States (1991)
George H. W. Bush is televised falling violently ill at a state dinner in Japan, vomiting into the lap of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and fainting (1992)

President William J. Clinton (1993-2001)

Jan 20, 1993

V.P: Albert Gore Jr.
Democrat
Major Legislation:
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (To grant family and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances)
August 1993, Clinton signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (dealing with taxed and defecits)
Major Events:
First Official White House Website on October 21, 1994.
Rwandan Genocide (1994)

President George W. Bush (2001-2008)

Jan 20, 2001

V.P: Richard Cheney
Republican
Major Legislation:
The No Child Left Behind Act (2002)
Clear Skies Act of 2003, aimed at amending the Clean Air Act to Reduce Air Pollution through the use of Emissions Trading Programs
Major Events:
9/11 (2001)
NASA's MER-A (Spirit) lands on Mars (2004)

President Barack H. Obama (2009-Present)

Jan 20, 2009

V.P: Joe Biden
Democrat
Major Legislation:
Obama lifted restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research (2009)
Obamacare (2012)
Major Events:
Osama Bin Laden's Death (2011)
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit strikes down Illinois's ban on concealed weapons (2012)