The Presidents (1877-2017)

Term in office 1933 – 1945, Democrat, New Deal, Fireside Chats

Term in office 1897 – 1901, Republican, The beginning of US Imperialism, Supported high tariffs

1993 – 2001, Democrat, The “New Camelot” presidency, USS Cole attacked by terrorists

Democrat 1977-81, First Camp David Accords, Superfund, Iranian hostage crisis

Term in office 1945 – 1953, Democrat, “The Buck Stops Here,” Fired General MacArthur

Republican, Illegal immigration a key issue, Make America Great Again, Focus on the economy

Term in office 1913 – 1921, Democrat, “The Professor comes to Power,” 14 Points

Annexation of Hawaii, “Remember the Maine”, Boxer Rebellion

Containment of communism, V-E and V-J Day, Marshall Plan, Berlin Air Lift, NATO

Watergate Scandal, Woodstock Music Festival, Est. the EPA, Vietnam War continues

Dollar Diplomacy, 16^th Amendment (Income Tax)

1969-1974, “I am not a crook,” 1st President to establish relation with Communist China

Term in office 1881 – 1885, Republican, Gilded Age President, Roscoe Conkling Stalwart

MLK Jr. and Robert F Kennedy assassinated, Vietnam War escalates, Great Society

Term in office 1885 – 1889, 1893 – 1897, Democrat, Gilded Age President, “Bachelor President”

Term in office 1929 – 1933, Republican, Was blamed for the Great

Term in office 1889 – 1893, Republican, Built up US Navy, Supported the McKinley Tariff

September 11^th Terrorist Attacks, Hurricane Katrina, Patriot Act, “Axis of Evil”

Term in office 1989 – 1993, Republican, “No New Taxes,” Gulf War

Term in office 1909 – 1913, Republican, Trustbuster, Later became Supreme Court Justice

Term in office 2009 – 2017, Democrat, “Change”

Panama Canal, Amendment to the Monroe Doctrine, Pure Food and Drug Act, Conservationist

Increases tariffs w/ McKinley Tariff Act, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Billion Dollar Congress

Farm debt continues to increase, Dawes Plan loans money to Germany to rebuild/pay reparations

Term in office 1963 – 1969, Democrat, “Civil Rights Acts of 1964, 1965, 1968”

Four-term President, Supports US Isolationism / Neutrality, WWII

14 Points, League of Nations rejected by the American people, WWI

DOT.COM boom (Rise of the Internet), Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, Monica Lewinsky scandal

1901 – 1909, Republican, The “Bully Pulpit” President, Speak softly and carry a big stick

Bay of Pigs Invasion fails, Cuban Missile Crisis, Freedom Riders, Birmingham church bombing

Term in office 1923 – 1929, Republican, “The Business of America is Business,”

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Three Mile Island incident, Energy Crisis, Panama Canal Treaty

Economic Bailouts, Fall of the Stock Market, Home Foreclosures, Affordable Care Act

Served 2 non-consecutive terms, Est. Interstate Commerce Act, 1893 Depression

Evil Empire Speech (USSR), Supply Side Economics, Iran –Contra Hearings, “Black Monday”

Term in office 1921 – 1923, Republican, “The Dark Horse Candidate,” Teapot Dome Scandal

“Black Tuesday,” No direct relief, Construction of the largest concrete dam in the U.S.

Operation Desert Storm and Shield, End of the Cold War (Fall of the USSR)

Ends Korean War, Suez Crisis, U2 Spy Plane incident

Reconstruction ends with the Compromise of 1877, Era of Jim Crow Laws, Industrial Revolution

Pardons President Nixon, OPEC Crisis

Assassinated by Charles Guiteau, Spoils System, Sparked Pendleton Civil Service Act

Term in office 1974 – 1977, Republican, First non-elected President of the US