Transcript of There have been 44 presidents of the United States. Can you remember them all? .
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- There have been 44 presidents of the United States. Can you
remember them all? http://smartsongs.org/presidents-rap-2
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- Federalist (2 terms) Commander in chief Continental army
revolutionary war Constitutional Convention Philadelphia 1787
Helped establish federal government
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- Federalist (1 term) Negotiated Treaty of Paris to end Amer.
Revolution
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- Democratic-Republican (2 terms) Drafted Declaration of
Independence Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon Bonaparte Sent out
the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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- Democratic-Republican (2 terms) Helped draft Constitution
(supported ratification) opposed Federalist party Was not in favor
of strong central government Urged Congress to support War of 1812
(after British seizure of U.S. cargo ships and sailors)
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- Democratic-Republican (2 terms) Era of Good Feelings president
Monroe Doctrine warned that Western Hemisphere was no longer open
for colonization Missouri Compromise (slave / free states)
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- Democratic-Republican (1 term) Envisioned a modernized
transportation system (roads, canals, trains, etc.) Helped
formulate the Monroe Doctrine
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- Democratic-Republican (2 terms) Military leader in War of 1812
with Britain Advocate of union between states Trail of Tears,
Indian Removal Spoils system
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- Democratic (1 term) Free soil advocate Fought for independent
treasury Establish first state-wide political machine
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- Whig (1 month: died of pneumonia in office) Military leader
Treaty negotiator Northwest & Indian Territories
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- Whig (finished Harrisons term) Florida statehood Texas annexed
Log Cabin Bill: land offered to settlers for $1.25 / acre Advocate
for states rights and later Confederacy
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- Democratic (1 term) Gained Oregon territory Prevailed in
Mexican-Amer. War, established statehood for Texas Acquisition of
Mexican land (New Mexico, Arizona, California) Expansionist, states
right advocate
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- Whig (1 year, died in office of illness) Commanded U.S. forces
in Mexican War Nationalist (rather than states rights advocate)
Southern slaveholder Urged settlers west to press for statehood --
this set the stage for Compromise of 1850
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- Whig (finished Taylors term) Called for enactment of Compromise
of 1850 Sent Commodore Perry to open trade with Japan
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- Democratic (1 term) Kansas-Nebraska Act (popular sovereignty)
Gadsden Purchase (parts of Arizona and New Mexico acquired from
Mexico)
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- Democratic (1 term) Dred Scott case (slaves not citizens,
cannot sue for freedom) South Carolina seceded from Union 1860
Civil War stage set First transatlantic cable laid Crisis of
disunion, sent reinforcements to Fort Sumter
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- Republican (1 term, assassinated by J.Wilkes Booth in office)
Faced with Civil War, defeated Confederates Emancipation
Proclamation Gettysburg Address
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- Democratic (finished Lincolns term) Reconstruction of South
Presidential pardons Political battle with Radical Reps. who
impeached him for violation of Tenure of Office Act (acquitted by 1
vote) Civil Rights Act 1866 (13, 14, 15 amendments radical Reps.
enact)
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- Republican (2 terms) Leader of Union army Civil War Radical
Reconstruction, promoted voting rights, prosecuted KKK Ran
government in military style
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- Republican (1 term) Discontinued military control of South) ---
Reconstruction ended Won election with a tie-breaking congressional
commission
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- Republican (6 months, assassinated) Second president to be
assassinated Tried to do away with spoils system (reform)
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- Republican (finished Garfields term) Civil Service Commission
(govt. positions based on merit and exams) First federal
immigration law enacted
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- Democrat (2 terms) Interstate Commerce Act end RR problems
(1887) Reduced number of federal employees Only to serve two
non-consecutive terms
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- Republican Sherman Anti-Trust Act limiting business monopolies
First president to win Electoral College but lose popular vote
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- Democratic Repealed free coinage (restoring Treasurys gold
reserves) Expanded Monroe Doctrine (European powers forbidden to
colonize OR interfere in any Amer. Interest in Western hem.)
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- Republican (1 term, started 2 nd term assassinated 2 months in)
Annexed Hawaii Reformed Civil Service Spanish-American War (USS
Maine sunk, gained control of Cuba, Philippines, PR, Guam) U.S.
troops to China (Boxer Rebellion)
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- Republican (finished McKinleys term, elected 2 nd term) Trust
buster, Sherman Anti-Trust Act (break up RRs and monopolies)
Corollary to Monroe Doctrine, imperialist Panama Canal, Speak
softly carry big stick Conservationist Ran again as Bull Moose
Party, Progressive
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- Republican Love law (chief justice of S.C.) better at law than
presidency Progressive leadership: Direct election of senators, set
RR rates based on Interstate Commerce Commission Generated union
support for national causes Helped strengthen federal courts to
shape national policy
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- Democratic (2 terms) Progressive: anti-trust modifications,
banking reform, implemented small federal income tax, limited
powers of Wall Street, established central banking system WWI (1 st
president involved in global conflict), Treaty of Versailles,
League of Nations, 14 points
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- Republican (1 term died in office) Oversaw signing of peace
treaties end of WWI Pushed to establish Veterans Bureau Established
federal budget system (restored high tariffs to protect Amer.
Industries / imposed immigration limits) 1 st president elected
after women had right to vote
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- Republican (2 terms, finished Hardings term, reelected) Revenue
Act (reduced personal income taxes) Signed bill granting full
citizenship to Native Americans Dedicated Mt. Rushmore National
Memorial Weak leadership led to stock market crash and Great
Depression
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- Republican (1 term) Great Depression Appointed commission for
National Parks and National Forests, (Boulder) Hoover Dam Emergency
Relief and Construction Act (first federal unemployment assistance
program) Volunteerism (attitude cost him a second term in
office)
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- Democratic (3 terms, started 4 th term died of polio in office)
Great Depression, WWII, New Deal, Fireside Chats, Wagner Act (labor
unions supported), Social Security (retirement benefits) WWII
neutrality, Pearl Harbor day live in infamy, declared war on Japan,
D-Day invasion turned tide of war in Allies favor Founded March of
Dimes Two term limit established after his 12 years in office
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- Democratic (2 terms, finished FDRs and reelected) WWII, atomic
bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan Cold War, supported Marshall
Plan (help rebuild post war Europe) Dept. of Defense, U.S. Air
Force, CIA, National Security Council, desegregation of U.S. Armed
Forces 2 Points Program Fair Deal, UN, NATO, Korean War
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- Republican (2 terms) Commander of Allied Forces D-Day (national
hero), negotiated cease-fire to end Korean War Cold War, New and
Fair Deal Programs, Dept. of Health, Education, Welfare Military to
Little Rock Arkansas for desegregation, Established interstate
Highway System for rapid nationwide military movement One Nation
Under God, In God We Trust
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- Democratic (1 term, assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald) Create
Peace Corps. & Alliance for Progress (helping developing
countries with ed. And health care) Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis,
Partial Test Ban (limit nuclear testing) Equal rights Ask what you
can do for your country Youngest president to be elected and to die
in office
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- Democratic (2 terms, finished JFKs and reelected) Cold War,
Vietnam, Great Society Programs (Medicare, Social Security, Head
Start) Civil Rights Act 1964 outlawed racial segregation, Voting
Rights Act, National Endowment for Humanities & Arts Pushed for
man to moon landing Awarded Silver Star for U.S. Navy Service
WWII
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- Republican (2 terms, resigned during second term)
Vietnamization, Dtente, Negotiated cease fire with North Vietnam to
end war (1973) Improved relations with China and USSR, treaty to
limit nuclear weapons Anti-crime legislation, integration of public
schools, end draft, initiation of NASAs space shuttle program
Resigned after Watergate Scandal (criminal charges)
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- Republican (finished Nixons term) Succeeded a president who
resigned, task of healing nation to restore lost faith Tax
Reduction Act, Education for Handicapped Children Act, special
education Pardoned Nixon Escaped two attempted assassinations (both
by women)
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- Democratic (1 term) Executive Order (amnesty for Vietnam draft
evaders) Energy and Education departments Price controls on
domestic petroleum, inflation, recession, Camp David Accords
(Israel and Egypt) SALT II, Iranian Hostage Crisis
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- Republican (2 terms) Reaganomics (supply-side economics),
created 16 million jobs to reduce inflation, reduced nuclear
missiles Record 525 electoral votes (most in history), Iran-Contra
Affair (scandal Iranian arms sold to Contras in Nicaragua to help
against communists, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall Berlin Wall
down, reunification of Germany Supported anti-communist regimes in
Africa, Asia and Central America, appointed 1 st women OConnor to
Sup. Court
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- Republican (1 term) Berlin Wall down, USSR dissolved, end of
communist bloc and Cold War (after 40 years) Noriega ousted from
Panama, allied coalition to stop Iraqs Saddam Hussein from invading
Kuwait (Persian Gulf War) Increased unemployment benefits,
Americans with Disabilities Act, Clean Act Act reauthorized
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- Democratic (2 terms) Low inflation, high home ownership,
reduced crime rate, low unemployment, Family and Medical Leave Act,
Brady Bill (must wait 5 days for handgun purchase), peacekeeping
forces in Bosnia, impeached for Lewinsky scandal (acquitted),
Whitewater scandal Appointed more women to cabinet positions than
any other president
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- Republican (2 terms) No Child Left Behind), tax relief,
increased pay for military, 9/11 terrorist attack, invasion in
Afghanistan (topple Taliban and find Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin
Laden of Iraq), Saddam Hussein killed, no UN support since no
evidence of weapons of mass destruction, war continues, USA Patriot
Act, Department of Homeland Security, increased funding for Science
and Institutes of Health, Medicare Act, Enron and Tyco sandals,
bailouts, global warming, anthrax, econ. problems
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- Democratic (2 terms) Electoral college win 365 votes, address
global warming, control conventional weapons, health care, public
accountability in use of federal funds, increased tax credits for
low-income workers welfare reform, subsidies for child care,
monitor racial profiling, mandate videotaping of homicide
interrogations, labor, education First African-American
President