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|1896
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|1897-1900
|1897-1900
|McKinley, William
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|1901 assumed office
|1901 assumed office
|1909-1905
|1909-1905
| rowspan="2" |Roosevelt, Theodore (TR)
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|1908
|1908
|1909-1913
|1909-1913
|Taft, William Howard
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|1912
|1912
|1913-1917
|1913-1917
| rowspan="2" |Wilson, Woodrow
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|1920
|1920
|1921-1923
|1921-1923
|Harding, Warren
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* economic recovery from panic of 1920/21
* recovery from WWI
* "return to normalcy"
** reducing taxes and regulations from the War
** focusing on economy not regulations/
** isolationist
* "Teapot Dome scandal" (Alaska land deal corruption)
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* economy
* scandal
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|1923 assumed office
|1923 assumed office
|1923-1925
|1923-1925
| rowspan="2" |Coolidge, Calvin
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|1928
|1928
|1929-1933
|1929-1933
|Hoover, Herbert
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* 1929 Stock Market crash
* Smoot-Hawley Act (tariffs)
* bank failures, etc.
* lame duck period
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* Great Depression starts
* inability to deal with it economically and politically
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|1932
|1932
|1933-1937
|1933-1937
| rowspan="4" |Roosevelt, Franklin (FDR)
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* Great Depression/ New Deal
* Great Depression/ New Deal
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* economic regulation
* economic regulation


* Fireside chats
* Fireside chats (radio talks)
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* "Nothing to fear but fear itself"
* "Nothing to fear but fear itself"
* had poor economic response (NRA didn't work, didn't solve the depression), but had a very strong political response (public opinion, perception of dealing it, doing something, etc)
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|1941-1944
|1941-1944
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* war footing, preparation without official entry to the war
* Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941
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|1945 assumed office
|1945 assumed office
|1945-1949
|1945-1949
| rowspan="2" |Truman, Harry S.
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* Truman doctrine
* Truman doctrine
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|1952
|1952
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| rowspan="2" |Eisenhower, Dwight
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* ends Korean War
* ends Korean War
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|1960
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|Kennedy, John F (JFK)
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* Bay of Pigs
* Bay of Pigs
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|1963 assumed office
|1963 assumed office
|1963-1965
|1963-1965
| rowspan="2" |Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ)
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* 1964 Civil Rights law
* 1964 Civil Rights law
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|1968
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|Nixon, Richard M.
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* escalates bombing of N. Vietnam
* escalates bombing of N. Vietnam
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|1974
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|Ford, Gerald R.
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* Nixon pardon
* Nixon pardon
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|1977-1981
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|Carter, Jimmy
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* inflation / stagflation / gas crisis
* inflation / stagflation / gas crisis
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|1980
|1981-1985
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* Reaganomics
* Reaganomics
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|1988
|1989-1993
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|Bush, Herbert Walker (HW Bush)
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* Collapse of Soviet Union / "peace dividend"
* Collapse of Soviet Union / "peace dividend"
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|1992
|1992
|1993-1997
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|2001-2005
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|2009-2013
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| rowspan="2" |Obama, Barack
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|2017-2021
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|Trump, Donald
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|Biden, Joe
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Revision as of 23:40, 30 May 2022

Timeline of American Presidents w/ major events/ themes for each administration

Election year Admin years President Big Events Major themes
>> prior yrs to do
1896 1897-1900 McKinley, William
1901 assumed office 1909-1905 Roosevelt, Theodore (TR)
1904 1905-1909
1908 1909-1913 Taft, William Howard
1912 1913-1917 Wilson, Woodrow
1916 1917-1921
1920 1921-1923 Harding, Warren
  • economic recovery from panic of 1920/21
  • recovery from WWI
  • "return to normalcy"
    • reducing taxes and regulations from the War
    • focusing on economy not regulations/
    • isolationist
  • "Teapot Dome scandal" (Alaska land deal corruption)
  • economy
  • scandal
1923 assumed office 1923-1925 Coolidge, Calvin
1924 1925-1929
1928 1929-1933 Hoover, Herbert
  • 1929 Stock Market crash
  • Smoot-Hawley Act (tariffs)
  • bank failures, etc.
  • lame duck period
  • Great Depression starts
  • inability to deal with it economically and politically
1932 1933-1937 Roosevelt, Franklin (FDR)
  • Great Depression/ New Deal
  • economic regulation
  • Fireside chats (radio talks)
  • "Nothing to fear but fear itself"
  • had poor economic response (NRA didn't work, didn't solve the depression), but had a very strong political response (public opinion, perception of dealing it, doing something, etc)
1936 1937-1941
  • social security and other
1940 1941-1944
  • war footing, preparation without official entry to the war
  • Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941
1945 died in office
1945 assumed office 1945-1949 Truman, Harry S.
  • Truman doctrine
  • Cold War starts
1948 1949-1953
  • Korean War
1952 1953-1957 Eisenhower, Dwight
  • ends Korean War
  • Eisenhower doctrine
1956 1957-1961
  • "missile gap"
  • 1957 recession / crisis of confidence
  • Suez Canal crisis (US non-intervention)
  • 1950s "normalcy"
1960 1961-1963 Kennedy, John F (JFK)
  • Bay of Pigs
  • Berlin Wall Crisis
  • Cuban Missile Crisis
  • special forces/ Vietnam
1963 assumed office 1963-1965 Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ)
  • 1964 Civil Rights law
1964 1965-1969
  • Tonkin Gulf Incindent
  • Vietnam escalation/ ground troops
1968 1969-1973 Nixon, Richard M.
  • escalates bombing of N. Vietnam
  • Vietnamization/ US troops withdrawal 1971
  • Detente / opening up of China
  • economic regulation/ inflation
  • Detente
1972 1974 resigned
  • bombing of Cambodia, Laos
  • 1973 Oil Crisis
  • Watergate
  • Watergate
1974 1974-1977 Ford, Gerald R.
  • Nixon pardon
  • inflation
1976 1977-1981 Carter, Jimmy
  • inflation / stagflation / gas crisis
  • loss of US international leadership
  • Iran Hostage Crisis
  • deregulation
  • "Malaise" (Crisis of Confidence) speech
1980 1981-1985 Reagan, Ronald
  • Reaganomics
  • Cold War escalation ("star wars, military spending, etc.")
  • optimism
  • American cultural hegemony
  • deregulation / Wall Street
  • Vietnam Memorial / Vets/ POW MIA
1984 1985-1989
  • Talks w/ Russians
1988 1989-1993 Bush, Herbert Walker (HW Bush)
  • Collapse of Soviet Union / "peace dividend"
  • Gulf War
  • denuclearization of former Soviet republics
  • "New World Order"
1992 1993-1997 Clinton, Bill
1996 1997-2001
2000 2001-2005 Bush, George W (GW Bush)
2004 2005-2009
2008 2009-2013 Obama, Barack
2012 2013-2017
2016 2017-2021 Trump, Donald
2020 2021- Biden, Joe
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