Presidents-8th grade final exam

His election angers the South and leads to the start of the Civil War

Led the Reconstruction of the South; first President to be impeached

Former Commanding General of Union forces in the Civil War; administration plagued by scandals and corruption

Removed federal troops from the South; the end of the Reconstruction

Assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker in 1881

Elected President of the United States upon the assassination of Garfield

Served two non-consecutive terms; vetoed numerous pension grabs

• Grover Cleveland
• • William McKinley – President during the Spanish American War; Panic of 1893
• • Theodore Roosevelt – Rise of Progressivism; promised Americans a Square Deal; conservation
• • William Taft – Brought numerous antitrust cases to court
• • Woodrow Wilson – President during World War I and establishment of the League of Nations
• • Warren Harding - Presidency plagued by scandals; died in office.
• • Calvin Coolidge – Emphasized thrift in government and conservative principles
• • Herbert Hoover – In office when stock market crashed and the economy collapsed.
• •Franklin D. Roosevelt – Led the country during World War II; instituted the New Deal during the Great Depression
• • Harry S. Truman – Authorized the use of the atomic bomb against Japan
• • Dwight D. Eisenhower – Supreme commander of the Allied troops in Europe during WWII; president during the Suez crisis
• • John F. Kennedy – President during the Bay of Pigs and Cuban missile crisis; assassinated while in office
• • Lyndon Johnson – Created the Great Society; president during the Vietnam War
• • Richard Nixon – Involved in the Watergate scandal; first president to resign from office
• • Gerald Ford – Granted pardon to the former president and Vietnam draft evaders and deserters
• • Jimmy Carter – President during the Iran Hostage Crisis and a struggling economy
• • Ronald Reagan – Know for his large tax cuts and increased military defense spending
• • George H. W. Bush – President during the First Gulf WarBill Clinton – President during the OK City bombing and the Second Gulf War; second president to be impeached
• • George W. Bush – President during the September 11th terrorist attacks; orders troops to invade Afghanistan and Iraq
• • Barack Obama – Health care reform; first African-American president