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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address and read his speech at a cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln ended the Civil War. He also abolished slavery in the South. -
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson did many things throughout his presidency and one of those things was that he signed the Civil Rights Bill. He created the federal civil rights along with this signing. Johnson also bought Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867. -
Ulysses Grant
Ulysses Grant acomplished numerous feats including the signing of the Amnesty Act 1872. Grant then signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875. Grant also passed the Inflation Bill on April 14, 1874. -
Rutherford Hayes
One thing that Rutherford Hayes did was that he issued an Executive order that forabde Federal office holders from taking part in party politics and protecting them from receiving party contributions. Hayes signed the Bill Requirement for Black Rights. Hayes also the Bill Allowing Women Attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. -
James Garfield
James Garfield had many accomplishment during his presidency. One of these was that he attemted to reestablish Independence of Presidency. Garfield started the work of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. -
Chester Arthur
Something that Chester Arthur did was he signed the Tarriff Act of 1883. Arthur signed the Edmund Act the banned bigamists and polygamists from voting and holding office. His Administration also enacted the first General Federal Immigration law. -
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland signed an act creating the Interstate Commerce Commission. He angered railroad investors by ordering an investigation of western lands they held by Government grant. Cleveland passed a bill in 1886 that wiould require the Government to coin unlimited amounts of silver, inflating the currency. -
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was the one to pass the Sherman Antitrust Act. He also passed the Dependent and Disability Pension Act. Harrison lifted the tariff from imported sugar and sugar growers in the United States. -
William McKinley
On June 16, 1897, William McKinley annexed the republic of Hawaii to the United States. McKinley reformed the Civil Service administration to make it more flexible in critical areas. While William was in office the Gold Standard Act was passed where the United States was placed on the gold standards. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Aside from being an outdoorsman Theodore Roosevelt was a good president. He issued a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Roosevelt made the White House the center of the news every day, providing interviews and photo oppurtunities. -
William Taft
William Taft improved the postal service. Another thing William did was that he strengthed the Interstate Commerce Commission. Taft also passed the Sixteenth Amendment. -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson passed the Federal Reserve Act in late 1913. He passed the Adamson Act during his presidency also. Wilson took America to World War I as a war to make "the world safe fo democracy". -
Warren Harding
Warren Harding had many accomplishments during his presidency. One of those was that he was part of the anti-lynching movement. Harding singed a series of bills and amendments passed by Congress into law that regulated the farm industry. -
Calvin Coolidge
On June 2, 1924, Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted full U.S. citizenship to all American Indians, while permitting them to retain tribal land and culture rights. Coolidge signed the Radio Act 1927, which assigned regulation of radio to the newly created Federal Radio Commission. During Coolidge's presidency the United States expirienced the period of rapid economic growth known as the "Roaring Twenties".
