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George H. W. Bush
- 41st
- stabilizing US military in Middle East during Persian Gulf War
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George W. Bush
- 43rd
- 9/11/01 terror attacks, declared war on terrorism, invaded Afghanistan/Iraq
- No Child Left Behind/Medicare laws enacted
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James E. Carter
- 39th
- Dept. of Education, Dept. of Energy, national energy policy
- Human rights and advocate for peace
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Bill Clinton
- 42nd
- "New Democrat"
- NAFTA(North American Free Trade Agreement)
- impeached then acquitted
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Ulysses S. Grant
- 18th, military commander North civil war
- wrote terms of surrender for south to end civil war
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Thomas Jefferson
- 3rd
- author of Declaration of Independence
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John F. Kennedy
- 35th
- led America through Cuban Missile Crisis, created Peace Corps, Civil Rights Movement advocate
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Abraham Lincoln
- 16th
- led US through Civil War, helped abolish slavery
- assassinated
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Richard Nixon
- 37th
- only pres. to resign, was facing impeachment (Watergate), desegregation would improve education, approved space shuttle program
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Barack Obama
- 44th
- first African American pres, economic stimulus pckg, American Recovery and Investment Act
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
(FDR)
- 32nd
- only pres. elected >2 terms, WWII, New Deal Coalition which united labor unions and started Social Security
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Theodore Roosevelt
- 26th
- Progressive Movement and Republican Party, negotiated the end of the Russo-Japenese War=Nobel Peace Prize
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George Washington
- 1st
- "Father of our Country", leader of American army in American Revolutionary war against England, only president elected unanimously
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