AHSGE SS REVIEW PRESIDENTS

Leader of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, British general Cornwallis surrendered to him at Yorktown, 1st president, gave Farewell Address

Many scandals in his presidency- most famous being Teapot Dome

He and his rugged individualism were blamed for the Great Depression

1st common man to be president as property owning restrictions for voting were lifted, "Old Hickory," spoils system, nullification crisis, Indian Removal Act, won battles at Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans before he was president during the War of 1812

led Rough Riders up San Juan Hill in the Spanish American War, Progressive President who signed into law the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act, prosecuted trusts under Sherman Anti-trust Act, was president when the Panama Canal was begun

1st Republican president, pres. during Civil War, against the expansion of slavery, his election caused southern states to secede from the Union, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg address, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

Primary author of the Declaration of Independence,authorized the Louisiana Purchase, sent Lewis and Clark to explore it

Was president during the Era of Good Feelings (one political party, national unity-nationalism, growth of nation), issued a doctrine stating that the Western Hemisphere is closed to further European colonization and the U.S. was in firm control of this side of the globe.

elected president 4 times, polio, New Deal, fireside chats, president for most of World War II (died before war's end)

president during WWI, Progressive president, wanted trusts dismantled by a strong central government (signed into law the Clayton Anti-trust Act), wanted League of Nations built into Treaty of Versailles, signed Federal Trade Act and Federal Reserve Act (organized nation's banking system)