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APUSH PRESIDENTS MATCHING ACTIVITYNAME: _______________________________________PRESIDENTNo. (#)DESCRIPTIONwas impeached by Radical Republicans in Congress during ReconstructionEra of Good Feelings; warned Europeans to stay out of the Western Hemispherepurchased the Louisiana Territory from France, believed America’s future was in agricultureannexed Texas, initiated and won the Mexican-American Warfirst president to die in office; nicknamed “Tippecanoe”; log cabin campaignfirst one-term president; lost favor after the Alien and Sedition Acts were passedarranged for the Gadsden Purchase; signed the Kansas-Nebraska Actpresident during the stock market crash of 1929, disbanded the Bonus Army Marchwas assassinated by Charles Guiteau, a self-proclaimed Stalwart Republican and proponent of political machinespresident during World War 1, proposed the Fourteen Points; last of the progressive presidentsnegotiated the Panama Canal Treaty and used “Big Stick Diplomacy” when dealing with foreign powers; “The Rough Rider”removed Cherokee tribes from the southeast, ended the National Bank, co-founded the Democrat Party; “Old Hickory”nicknamed “His Accidency” after his predecessor was assassinated; 1st vice president to become president after the death of a sitting president; disowned by his own political party (Whigs)famed Union general from the Civil War; had a presidency marred with scandals by his cabinet membersnicknamed “The Little Magician;” president during the Panic of 1837; co-founder of the Democrat Partypresident during the War of 1812warned of foreign entanglements, sectionalism, and bipartisan politics during his farewell addressaccused of participating in a “Corrupt Bargain” with Henry Clay to become presidentgeneral during the Mexican-American War; nicknamed “Old Rough and Ready”ended US involvement in Vietnam and resigned before he could be impeached from the Watergate Scandalsigned the Civil Rights Act of 1964; “The Great Society”; escalated US involvement in VietnamUS general during WWII; escalated Cold War tensions with Mutually Assured Destruction; signed Korean War armisticepresident during the 1st part of the 1920s; he kept it cool and deregulated businessknown for his trust-busting and child labor reforms; one of the progressive presidents; later joined the Supreme Courtdeclared a “War on Terrorism” after 9/11 attacks; oversaw invasion of Iraqproponent of the “trickle down” theory; his election marked a surge of conservativism in the US; oversaw end of Cold Warpresident during the Iran Hostage Crisis; peanut farmer background; human rights advocate; works with Habitat for Humanityintroduced the New Deal programs during the Great Depression; oversaw US involvement in WWII until his death in 1945assumed the presidency after the assassination of James Garfieldbecame president as a result of the Compromise of 1877 and his promise to end military reconstructionhis election led to the secession of the south and the start of the Civil War; was assassinated in April 1865was heavily criticized after he pardoned Richard Nixon;was impeached after news broke out about his sexual misconduct with a former White House aide; played the saxophonepresident when the Soviet Union fell; oversaw the Persian Gulf War against Saddam Husseinbecame president after the death of Zachary Taylor; oversaw the Compromise of 1850; the last Whig presidentpresident when southern states seceded; sent General Lee to end John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry; Dred Scott decisiononly president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office; president during the Gilded Agereal-estate business mogul; “fake news”; highest cabinet turnover rate in history; accused of illegal ties to RussiaRepublican president who promised a “return to normalcy” after WWI; died in officeended US involvement in WWII and oversaw the beginning of the Cold War; only president to use nuclear weapons in warBay of Pigs invasion; Cuban Missile Crisis; civil rights advocate; assassinated in 1963last of the Gilded Age presidents; oversaw the Spanish-American War and beginning of American imperialism; assassinatedpresident during the Wounded Knee Massacre; oversaw the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the McKinley Tariffthe first African-American president; oversaw passage of the Affordable Care ActUS PRESIDENTS LISTGeorge WashingtonJohn AdamsThomas JeffersonJames MadisonJames MonroeJohn Quincy AdamsAndrew JacksonMartin Van BurenWilliam Henry HarrisonJohn TylerJames K. PolkZachary TaylorMillard FillmoreFranklin PierceJames BuchananAbraham LincolnAndrew JohnsonUlysses S. GrantRutherford B. HayesJames A. GarfieldChester ArthurGrover ClevelandBenjamin HarrisonWilliam McKinleyTheodore RooseveltWilliam H. TaftWoodrow WilsonWarren G. HardingCalvin CoolidgeHerbert HooverFranklin D. RooseveltHarry TrumanDwight EisenhowerJohn F. KennedyLyndon B. JohnsonRichard NixonGerald FordJimmy CarterRonald ReaganGeorge H.W. BushBill ClintonGeorge W. BushBarack ObamaDonald J. Trump ................
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