His election angers the South and leads to the start of the Civil War
Andrew Johnson
Led the Reconstruction of the South; first President to be impeached
Ulysses S. Grant
Former Commanding General of Union forces in the Civil War; administration plagued by scandals and corruption
Rutherford Hayes
Removed federal troops from the South; the end of the Reconstruction
James Garfield
Assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker in 1881
Chester Arthur
Elected President of the United States upon the assassination of Garfield
Grover Cleveland
Served two non-consecutive terms; vetoed numerous pension grabs
Benjamin Harrison – Signed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and Sherman Antitrust Act
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