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American President “Project”
Part 1 New Republic through the Civil War
Review and Outline Key Points of Each of the Following Presidents
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Polk, Johnson, Grant
Election Issues (Third party issues, disputations, close or landslide)
Domestic Issues
Foreign Policy Issues
Legacy- ideas they are known for
George Washington 1789-1797Washington Administration (Dates)
First President-
Election landslide, very popular
Domestic Issues
Political party develops- Federalists and Republicans- splits cabinet
Whiskey Rebellion-farmers in Penn resent paying taxes on whiskey-protest,
Washington marches to suppress...
Foreign Policy: = issues and ideas supported by the president related to international relations
Treaties with Indians
War in Europe- Washington wants to keep US out- Neutrality
Jay Treaty (1794)- Brits seize American Ships-Washington sends Jay (Supreme Court Justice) to settle dispute- not perfect but important to save American neutrality
Pinckney Treaty with Spain- regarding trade down the Mississippi River- issue of New Orleans, belonging to Spain- (1795)
Legacy: (What specific achievements does pres leave behind?)
First president sets example
Uses and strengthens power of president-chief executive
Voluntary 2 term limit
Farwell Address- warns:
Against foreign entanglements treaties and wars
Against the problems that come with partisan divisions (political parties) / Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
Party: Democratic-Republicans
Election:
Against Adams- and Burr
Very close-
Tie between Burr andJeffersonvote in electoral college
Settled in the House of Representatives- largely due to the 3/5ths Compromise- Slave states) and Alexander Hamilton supporting Jefferson.
“The Revolution of 1800”
1804Second Election a Landslide
Domestic Issues:
"Wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another"
Pro-strong state Governments
Wanted less government control
Reduced government employees
Reduced the Army and Navy
Marbury vs Madison- John Marshal Court
Adams appointed a number of Federalist judges before he left office and Jefferson overturned did not enforce their appointments. (Case was decided by John Marshall Federalist Chief Justice- established the independent power of the supreme court)
Foreign Policy:
Louisiana Purchase- from Napoleon- $15 million
Sponsored the Louis and Clark Expedition
Sent troops to Fight the Barbary states (Libya-Tripoli)
War in Europe:
Wanted to remain neutral- supported the Embargo- suspended all trade with Europe
Due to the attacks on American ships from both France and Britain, impressments of American sailors
Legacy:
Republican- views; Agrarian Ideal- small farmer represents America
State’s right’s advocate- will be remembered by John C. Calhoun- and revered.
Scholar president
Legacy of democratic ideals-
James Madison
/ Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
/ Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Part 2 ImperialRepublic through World War II
McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson, Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt
Election Issues (Third party issues, disputations, close or landslide)
Domestic Issues
Foreign Policy Issues
Legacy- ideas they are known for
William McKinley/ Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
/ Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Part 3 Cold War to the Present
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Ronald Reagan, G. H. W. Bush
Election Issues (Third party issues, disputations, close or landslide)
Domestic Issues
Foreign Policy Issues
Legacy- ideas they are known for
Harry S. Truman/ Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
/ Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
/ Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan / George Herbert Walker Bush
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