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George Washington
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* General in the French and Indian War; Head of the Continental Army
**Major Precedents:** -creating the Cabinet -establishing the State of the Union Address -creating Mr. President/staying humble -using veto in moderation -two terms for a president * Citizens' views on the French Revolution/Citizen Genet * Jay's & Pinckney's Treaty - (Jay's created peace with England, no more taking our ships; Pinckney's opened US trade use of the Mississippi.) * Judiciary Act of 1789 - (established SC and lower courts) * Tariff of 1789 - (first enacted by Congress to raise money) * Hamilton's fiscal policy created/Nt'l Bank of the US * Issued neutrality in foreign policy between the 1793 French/English war. * Intercourse Act - (regulate trade with Indians) * Whiskey Rebellion - (sent federal army to protest against whiskey tax, showed executive authority.) * Farewell Address - (stay out of foreign wars and political parties) |
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John Adams
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* XYZ Affair - (dealt with French taking our ships then we try to talk; created anti-French sentiment)
* Alien and Sedition Acts - curtailed freedom of speech for aliens * Midnight Judges * Election of 1800 created Twelfth Amendment - (party ticket) |
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Thomas Jefferson
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* Republican Agrarianism
* Marbury v. Madison - (dealt with midnight judges; writ of mandamus. Used judicial review as a precedent.) * Louisiana Purchase * Lewis & Clark Expedition (1804-1806) * Non-Importation Act --> Embargo Act - (no trade with foreign port) * Indian Resistance - (Five Civilized Tribes, the Prophet and Tecumseh) |
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James Madison
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* Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 - (opened up some ports)
* Macon's Bill #2 - (opened trade with all countries, warned Britain and France from doing anything stupid.) * War Hawks/War of 1812 - (War Hawks included Clay and Calhoun; Treaty of Ghent ended War of 1812) |
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James Monroe
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* "Era of Good Feelings"
* American System - (banks, tariffs, and roads; second charter of the Second Nt'l Bank in 1816) * Monroe Doctrine - (European shouldn't interfere in West Hemisphere) * Panic of 1819 - (aftermath of War of 1812 created depression until 1821) * Missouri Compromise - (Missouri is slave, Maine is free, created 36,30 slavery line) * Adams-Onis Treaty |
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John Quincy Adams
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* End of the Era of Good Feelings
* Election of 1824 - (ended with the Corrupt Bargain since no one had majority; Clay threw support behind Adams in exchange for the Secretary of State Chair. Andrew Jackson was resentful. Corrupt Bargain led to the splitting of the parties.) * Failed to enact American System * Tariff of Abominations in 1828 |
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Andrew Jackson
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* Spoils System
* Nullification Crisis - (Calhoun nullified Tariff of Abominations, Jackson came back with the Force Act, and they finally compromised with the Tariff of 1833.) * Cherokee Nation v. Georgia --> Cherokee Trail of Tears, Indian Removal Act * Specie Circular - (only gold/silver can be used to buy land) * Jackson's Bank Policies led to Panic of 1837 * Vetoed Second National Bank of the US |
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Martin Van Buren
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* Election of 1836 featured Whigs
* Stuck with Panic of 1837 - bad presidency |
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William Henry Harrison
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* Won Election of 1840, but then died.
* "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too" |
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John Tyler
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* Annexation of Texas in 1845
* Not really a Whig; entire Cabinet resigned. * "Oregon Fever" - fifty-four forty or fight! |
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James Knox Polk
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* Mexican War
* Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo * "Oregon Fever" - fifty-four forty or fight! * Wilmot Proviso |
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Zachary Taylor/Millard Fillmore
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* Taylor died a year into office, VP Millard Fillmore took over.
* Compromise of 1850 - (California was a free state, no slave trade in D.C., better fugitive slave law, popular sovereignty in territories, and Texas boundaries kept.) * Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan |
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Franklin Pierce
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* Kansas-Nebraska Act - (repealed Missouri Compromise, popular sovereignty)
* "Bloody" Kansas * Gadsden Purchase - (southern portion of Arizona and New Mexico) |
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James Buchanan
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* Election of 1856- Know-Nothing Party
* Dred Scott v. Sanford * John Brown's Raid of Harper's Ferry * Lecompton Constitution - (proslavery constitution written by Kansas governors) * Panic of 1857 - (lasted until 1858) |
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Abraham Lincoln
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* Southern Secession
* Civil War * Homestead Act - (free land for those willing to work it) * Emancipation Proclamation - (slaves in war-torn areas were free) * Freedmen's Bureau/10% Plan * Special Order 15 - (Sherman gave ''40 acres and a mule'' to freed blacks) * Assassinated in Ford's Theatre; Johnson takes over |