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Most Important American Presidents

President

Term

Party

Major Events

George Washington

1789-1797

None




John Adams

1797-1801

Federalist




Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809

Democratic-Republican

Promoted Rights of People over Strong Federal Government

James Madison

1809-1817

Democratic-Republican


Andrew Jackson

1829-1837

Democrat



James K. Polk

1845-1849

Democrat



Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865

Republican



William McKinley

1897-1901

Republican



Theodore Roosevelt

1901-1909

Republican



Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921

Democrat



Franklin D. Roosevelt

1933-1945

Democrat


Harry Truman

1945-1953

Democrat




Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961

Republican



John F. Kennedy

1961-1963

Democrat


Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969

Democrat



Richard Nixon

1969-1974

Republican




Ronald Reagan

1981-1989

Republican





America At War Review Guide




French & Indian War

American Revolution

War of 1812

Dates









Presidents

x

x




Causes

Imperial Rivalry


Land









Important Military Events

Braddocks Defeat







Defeat of Tecumseh



Treaty









Terms




No Recognition of Native American Rights

No territorial Gain



Importance


1st Modern Democracy














Mexican War

Civil War

Spanish American War

Dates









Presidents






William McKinley

Causes










Important Military Events

Mexico City









Treaty



Appomattox

Paris

Terms









Importance

Reopen Slavery Expansion















World War I

World War II

Dates






Presidents






Causes






Important Military Events

Belleau Wood




Leyte Gulf



Treaty





Terms







Importance









Korean War

Vietnam War

Dates






Presidents






Causes







Important Military Events

Chinese Enter the War








Treaty



Paris Accords

Terms



U.S. Withdrawl



Importance

Distrust of American Government




U.S. Foreign Policy Positions

Foreign Policy Position

Time Frame

Person or Event Responsible For

Explanation of Policy & Why It Was Needed

Neutrality

1789-1812




In response to the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the ongoing European confrontation between England and France.

Manifest Destiny

1840-1850

Louis Sullivan coined the term. James K. Polk followed it during his Presidency




Big Stick Diplomacy

1900-1917







Isolationism

1918-1941

American Veterans of World War I







Containment

1947-1973






Massive Retaliation/

Brinkmanship



1953-1960






Détente

1969-1980



Decrease the risk of nuclear war by economic and cultural exchanges with Communist nations. Corrupt communism with Capitalism


Important U.S. Treaties, Deals, & Alliances

Treaty/Date

Nations Involved

Provisions/Significance

Jay Treaty

1795




Failed to Settle Problems of Payment of Debts owed before Revolution, impressments, & their occupation of forts in the Northwest Territory.

Pinckney’s Treaty

1795

Spain




Louisiana Purchase

1803







Adams-Onis Treaty

1819




U.S. acquisition of Florida, settled western boundary of Louisiana territory.

Monroe Doctrine

1823

Europe & Latin America




Webster-Ashburton

1842

England




Roosevelt Corollary

1904







Washington Conference

1920




Limited the building of battleships in the countries involved to 5:5:3 ration in tonnage.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

1928

15 Nations




Atlantic Charter

1941

England




Truman Doctrine

1947







NATO

1949












African American Leaders




Time Period

Message

Supporters/Represented

Methods

Significance

Frederick Douglas

1838-1880




Anti-Slavery Societies

American Slaves



Speeches, Writings,

Public Appearances




Most important black Abolitionist leader


Booker T. Washington

1880-1915

Accept Social & Political Inequality in exchange for economic equality.

Rural Southern Blacks

Wealthy, white Industrialists




Speeches, Writings, Public Appearances


Raised money for black schools in the south


WEB du Bois

1900-1950

Talented 10th must lead fight for Equality

Must have political & social equality to achieve economic equality



Intellectuals

Urban Northern Blacks

White Progressives


Speeches, Writings, Public Appearances

NAACP




Challenged B.T. Washington

Founded NAACP




Marcus Garvey

1920’s

Black Self-sufficiency

Opposed Integration

Expand black economic power by owning businesses


Urban Northern Blacks

Speeches, Writings, Public Appearances

Create economic and cultural ties to Africa




Formed Black Star Shipping Line


Martin Luther King

1954-1968

Non-violent Civil Disobedience

Jim Crow must end

Arouse white sense of justice


Southern Church-going Communities

White Northern Liberals

All Religious Groups


Speeches, Writings, Public Appearances,

Demonstrations




Responsible for passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965

Malcom X

1960-1965

Violence justified when used for Self-Defense

Northern Urban Black Youth


Speeches, Writings, Public Appearances

Militant Speeches,

Confrontations with white establishment



Spoke for the frustrations of Black Ghetto and attacked de facto racism in the north



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