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AP US History – Presidents Timeline w/ Events & Themes | AP US History – Presidents Timeline w/ Events & Themes | ||
== Washington administration == | |||
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|Election year | |Election year | ||
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|President | |President | ||
|Notes / Events/ Themes | |Notes / Events/ Themes | ||
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|1788-89 | |1788-89 | ||
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> representing the entire nation | > representing the entire nation | ||
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== Early Republic: Adams to Monroe == | |||
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|Election year | |||
|Term Start Year | |||
|President | |||
|Notes / Events/ Themes | |||
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|1796 | |1796 | ||
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> maintain sectional balance between North and South in Senate | > maintain sectional balance between North and South in Senate | ||
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== Antebellum == | |||
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|Election year | |||
|Term Start Year | |||
|President | |||
|Notes / Events/ Themes | |||
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|1824 | |1824 | ||
|1825 | |1825 | ||
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>> does nothing to stop it, especially after Lincoln’s election (Nov. 1860) up to leaving office in March, 1861 | >> does nothing to stop it, especially after Lincoln’s election (Nov. 1860) up to leaving office in March, 1861 | ||
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== Lincoln, Civil War, Reconstruction == | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Election year | |||
|Term Start Year | |||
|President | |||
|Notes / Events/ Themes | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1860 | |1860 | ||
|1861 | |1861 | ||
|Lincoln | |Abraham Lincoln | ||
|Rise of Lincoln’ political career | |Rise of Lincoln’ political career | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1864 | |1864 | ||
| | |1865-1865 | ||
|Lincoln | |Abraham Lincoln | ||
|<nowiki>- “western” Republican – from Illinois</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- “western” Republican – from Illinois</nowiki> | ||
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See concepts chart for more on Lincoln’s war strategies | See concepts chart for more on Lincoln’s war strategies | ||
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|1865 | |1865 | ||
| | |Andrew Johnson assumes office | ||
| - border state politician | |||
|- | - Democrat | ||
>Lincoln wanted a Democrat on the ballot to appeal to pro-War democrats) | |||
> ruled as a border state Democrat | > ruled as a border state Democrat | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1868 | |1868 | ||
| | |1869 | ||
|Grant | |Ullysses S. Grant | ||
|<nowiki>- war hero, elected easily</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- war hero, elected easily</nowiki> | ||
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|1872 | |1872 | ||
| | |1873 | ||
|Grant | |Ullysses S. Grant | ||
|<nowiki>- lost popularity bc of corruption in his government</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- lost popularity bc of corruption in his government</nowiki> | ||
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> the scandal contributed to the Panic of 1873, which led to loss of public support | > the scandal contributed to the Panic of 1873, which led to loss of public support | ||
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=== Gilded Age, Industrialization, Immigration === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Election year | |||
|Term Start Year | |||
|President | |||
|Notes / Events/ Themes | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1876 | |1876 | ||
| | |1877 | ||
|Hayes | |Hayes | ||
|<nowiki>- Republican, Civil War general, supporter of Reconstruction</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- Republican, Civil War general, supporter of Reconstruction</nowiki> | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1880 | |1880 | ||
| | |1881-1881 | ||
|Garfield | |James Garfield | ||
| | | - Republican, Civil War general | ||
- promoted civil | - promoted civil service reforms | ||
- assassinated during his 1<sup>st</sup> year as President by man who claimed he had been denied a political appointment | - assassinated during his 1<sup>st</sup> year as President by man who claimed he had been denied a political appointment | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1881 | |1881 | ||
| | |1881-1885 | ||
|Arthur | |Chester Arthur assumes office | ||
| | | - Panic of 1884 led to public discontent and election of Cleveland | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1884 | |1884 | ||
| | |1885 | ||
|Cleveland | |Cleveland | ||
|<nowiki>- only president to serve two, non-consecutive terms</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- only president to serve two, non-consecutive terms</nowiki> | ||
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|1888 | |1888 | ||
| | |1889 | ||
|Harrison | |Benjamin Harrison | ||
| | | - Republican, grandson of President William Henry Harrison | ||
- reformer, enacted meat inspection law, banned lotteries (considered gambling) | - reformer, enacted meat inspection law, banned lotteries (considered gambling) | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1892 | |1892 | ||
| | |1893 | ||
|Cleveland | |Grover S. Cleveland | ||
|<nowiki>- campaigned on reducing the tariff rates</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- campaigned on reducing the tariff rates</nowiki> | ||
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|1896 | |1896 | ||
| | |1897 | ||
|McKinley | |William McKinley | ||
Hard money (gold) | * Hard money (gold) advocate | ||
* Attempt to support blacks in south | |||
* Spanish American war: US Imperialism | |||
Attempt to support blacks in south | |||
Imperialism | |||
|<nowiki>- raised tariffs via Dingley Tariff of 1897</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- raised tariffs via Dingley Tariff of 1897</nowiki> | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1900 | |1900 | ||
| | |1901-1901 | ||
|McKinley | |William McKinley | ||
|<nowiki>- McKinley hugely popular following Span-Am war, easily reelected</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- McKinley hugely popular following Span-Am war, easily reelected</nowiki> | ||
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- McKinley shot in 1901, succeeded by VP Theodore Roosevelt | - McKinley shot in 1901, succeeded by VP Theodore Roosevelt | ||
|- | |- | ||
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=== Progressive Era === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Election year | |||
|Term Start Year | |||
|President | |||
|Notes / Events/ Themes | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
|1901 | |1901 | ||
|Theodore Roosevelt | |Theodore Roosevelt | ||
* reformer, aggressive executive branch | |||
* progressive | |||
* Bully Pulpit | |||
* trust busting | |||
* Clean Food & Drug Act | |||
* conservationist | |||
* Muckrakers | |||
Clean Food & Drug Act | * Panama Canal | ||
* "Commissions" | |||
Muckrakers | |||
Panama Canal | |||
|<nowiki>- NY Republican, known as “TR” and “Teddy”</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- NY Republican, known as “TR” and “Teddy”</nowiki> | ||
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|1904 | |1904 | ||
| | |1905 | ||
|Theodore Roosevelt | |Theodore Roosevelt | ||
|<nowiki>- won landslide election, 1904</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- won landslide election, 1904</nowiki> | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1908 | |1908 | ||
| | |1909 | ||
|William Howard Taft | |William Howard Taft | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1912 | |1912 | ||
| | |1913 | ||
|Woodrow Wilson | |Woodrow Wilson | ||
* progressive | |||
* federal powers, regulation | |||
* low tariff / income tax | |||
* racist policies | |||
* promises to stay out of WWI | |||
|<nowiki>- southern Democrat, progressive</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- southern Democrat, progressive</nowiki> | ||
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|1916 | |1916 | ||
| | |1917 | ||
|Woodrow Wilson | |Woodrow Wilson | ||
* WWI | |||
WWI | * suppression of dissent | ||
* League of Nations (fail) | |||
|<nowiki>- won 2</nowiki><sup>nd</sup> term promising to keep US out of WWI | |<nowiki>- won 2</nowiki><sup>nd</sup> term promising to keep US out of WWI | ||
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|1920 | |1920 | ||
| | |1921 | ||
|Warren Harding | |Warren Harding | ||
* Return to normalcy | |||
Return to normalcy | * pro-business | ||
* reduced taxes | |||
* economic recovery | |||
|<nowiki>- Ohio Republican, elected on pro-business, tax reform agenda (lowered taxes)</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- Ohio Republican, elected on pro-business, tax reform agenda (lowered taxes)</nowiki> | ||
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- died in office during the scandals, including a personal scandal over an affair | - died in office during the scandals, including a personal scandal over an affair | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
|1921 | |||
|Calvin Coolidge | |Calvin Coolidge | ||
* “prosperity” | |||
* "the business of American is business" | |||
|<nowiki>- New Hampshire Republican</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- New Hampshire Republican</nowiki> | ||
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- lowered tax rates | - lowered tax rates | ||
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|1924 | |||
|1925 | |||
|Calvin Coolidge | |||
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|- | |- | ||
|1928 | |1928 | ||
| | |1929 | ||
|Herbert Hoover | |Herbert Hoover | ||
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> Hoover ordered the Army to expel of the Bonus Army, impoverished WWI veterans who were protesting/squatting in DC, the move was very unpopular | > Hoover ordered the Army to expel of the Bonus Army, impoverished WWI veterans who were protesting/squatting in DC, the move was very unpopular | ||
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== FDR/ New Deal/ WWII == | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Election year | |||
|Term Start Year | |||
|President | |||
|Notes / Events/ Themes | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1932 | |1932 | ||
| | |1933 | ||
|Franklin Roosevelt | |Franklin Roosevelt | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1936 | |1936 | ||
| | |1937 | ||
|FDR reelected | |FDR reelected | ||
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|1940 | |1940 | ||
| | |1941 | ||
|FDR reelected | |FDR reelected | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|1944 | |1944 | ||
| | |1945-1945 | ||
|FDR reelected | |FDR reelected | ||
|died in office 1945 | |died in office 1945 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
|1945 | |||
|Harry Truman | |Harry Truman | ||
|<nowiki>- assumes FDR’s term</nowiki> | |<nowiki>- assumes FDR’s term</nowiki> | ||
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|1948 | |1948 | ||
| | |1949 | ||
|Harry Truman | |Harry Truman | ||
|relection was unexpected ("Dewey Defeats Truman" headlines) | |relection was unexpected ("Dewey Defeats Truman" headlines) | ||
- unpopular second term | - unpopular second term | ||
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== Cold War to 1970s == | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Election year | |||
|Term Start Year | |||
|President | |||
|Notes / Events/ Themes | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1952 | |1952 | ||
|1953 | |||
|Dwight Eisenhower | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |||
|1956 | |||
|1957 | |||
|Dwight Eisenhower | |Dwight Eisenhower | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |1960 | ||
|1961-1963 | |||
|John F. Kennedy | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
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|1963 | |||
|Lyndon B. Johnson | |||
| | | | ||
| | |- | ||
|1964 | |||
|1965 | |||
|Lyndon B. Johnson | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1968 | |||
|1969 | |||
|Richard M. Nixon | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |||
|1972 | |||
|1972-1973 | |||
|Richard M. Nixon | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |||
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|1973 | |||
|Gerald Ford | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1976 | |||
|1977 | |||
|James "Jimmy" Carter | |||
| | | | ||
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|} | |||
== 1980s to Current == | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Election year | |||
|Term Start Year | |||
|President | |||
|Notes / Events/ Themes | |||
|- | |||
|1980 | |||
|1981 | |||
|Ronald Reagan | |||
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|- | |||
|1984 | |||
|1985 | |||
|Ronald Reagan | |||
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|- | |||
|1988 | |||
|1989 | |||
|George H.W. Bush | |||
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|- | |- | ||
|1992 | |||
|1993 | |||
|Bill Clinton | |||
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|- | |||
|1996 | |||
|1997 | |||
|Bill Clinton | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |||
|2000 | |||
|2001 | |||
|George H. Bush | |||
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|- | |||
|2004 | |||
|2005 | |||
|George H. Bush | |||
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|- | |||
|2008 | |||
|2009 | |||
|Barack Obama | |||
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|2012 | |||
|2013 | |||
|Barack Obama | |||
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|2016 | |||
|2017 | |||
|Donald Trump | |||
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|2020 | |||
|2021 | |||
|Joseph Biden | |||
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