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United States Independence Declaration
Independence is accepted without opposing votes -
George Washington
First President of the U.S. Laying the foundation for the presidency (and before that, defeating the British). -
Thomas Jefferson
Acquiring the Louisiana Territory (and, before his presidency, drafting the Declaration of Independence). -
James Monroe
Monroe officially recognized the countries of Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico, all of which had won independence from Spain. -
Andrew Jackson
The Specie Circular was issued to restrain excessive land speculation and curtail the enormous growth of paper money in circulation -
Millard Fillmore
Though Fillmore personally opposed slavery, he saw the Compromise as necessary to preserving the Union and enforced its strong Fugitive Slave Act during his presidency. -
Abraham Lincoln
The 'Emancipation Proclamation' was issued and was approved of by Lincoln. It 'threatened' to free all the slaves in the States and it freed all the slaves in the Confederacy. -
Rutherford B. Hayes
Pronounced the necessity of creating an American controlled canal in Panama -
James Garfield
Garfield had begun to see education rather than the ballot box as the best hope for improving the lives of African Americans -
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison defeated the incumbent President Grover Cleveland in the election of 1888. However, in his bid for re-election in 1892, Harrison was defeated by Cleveland making it the only time an incumbent president was defeated by a former president. -
William McKinley
McKinley was the first president to ride in an automobile while in office. After he was shot, he was transported to the hospital in an electric ambulance. -
Theodore Roosevelt
As President, Roosevelt adopted an aggressive foreign policy, but he also saw America as deserving a role as a global peacemaker. -
Woodrow Wilson
The Seventeenth Amendment was formally adopted on May 31, 1913. Wilson had been president for almost three months at the time. The amendment provided for the direct election of senators. Prior to its adoption, Senators were chosen by state legislatures. -
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COLD WAR
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others). -
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Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam
Fidel Castro used military force to overthrow Fulgencio Batista and rule Cuba. the Soviet Union began building nuclear missile bases in Cuba to protect it from future attacks. In response, Kennedy 'quarantined' Cuba, warning that an attack on the US from Cuba would be seen as an act of war by the Soviet Union. -
John F Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president, negotiated the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and initiated the Alliance for Progress. He was assassinated in 1963 -
John F Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president, negotiated the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and initiated the Alliance for Progress. He was assassinated in 1963 -
Ronald Reagan
During his service, the economy improved and the Cold War ended. He is particularly remembered for his economic reforms and recovery acts as well as his anti-communist stance on foreign policy. He stimulate the economy, created more jobs, and strengthened the nation's defenses. -
Barack Obama
Obama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” President Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia sign the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). This is an agreement to reduce the stockpile of nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia.
