8th grade final exam - Presidents

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

Signed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and Sherman Antitrust Act

President during the Spanish American War; Panic of 1893

Rise of Progressivism; promised Americans a Square Deal; conservation

Brought numerous antitrust cases to court

President during World War I and establishment of the League of Nations

Presidency plagued by scandals; died in office.

Emphasized thrift in government and conservative principles

In office when stock market crashed and the economy collapsed.

Led the country during World War II; instituted the New Deal during the Great Depression

Authorized the use of the atomic bomb against Japan

Supreme commander of the Allied troops in Europe during WWII; president during the Suez crisis

President during the Bay of Pigs and Cuban missile crisis; assassinated while in office

Created the Great Society; president during the Vietnam War

Involved in the Watergate scandal; first president to resign from office

Granted pardon to the former president and Vietnam draft evaders and deserters

President during the Iran Hostage Crisis and a struggling economy

Know for his large tax cuts and increased military defense spending

President during the First Gulf WarBill Clinton – President during the OK City bombing and the Second Gulf War; second president to be impeached

President during the September 11th terrorist attacks; orders troops to invade Afghanistan and Iraq

Health care reform; first African-American president