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William McKinley

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1897-1901 Republican VP: Garett Hobart -Dingley Tariff Act 1897 (Counteracted Wilson Gorman) -Annexation of Hawaii 1898 -Spanish American, cuban, Phillipine war 1898 - Open Door Policy 1899 to benefit the US when trading with China bc everyone thought china would collapse after boxer rebellion

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1901-1909 VP: Charles Fairbanks Republican -Panama Canal 1904 - Roosevelt Corollary and stated that US could get involved in Latin American affairs (prompted by Venezuela) if they acted badly 1904 -Antitrust Policies - Meat Inspection Act -Panic of 1907 -Gentleman's Agreement 1907 - Conservation Acts

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1909-1913 VP: James Sherman Republican -Payne Aldrich Tariff which decreased tariffs in 1909 -Mann Elkins Act in 1910 expanded ICC powers -Dollar Diplomacy expanded US economic powers -Antitrust Policy -Webb Keyon Liquor shipment

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1913-1921 VP: Thomas R Marshall Democrat -Underwood Tariff to reduce tariffs and create income tax 1913 -Federal Reserve Act 1913 establish a bank -Federal Trade Comission to establish the Federal Trade Commission 1914 to ensure just practices in marketplaces -Clayton Anti Trust strengthened Sherman antitrust act 1914 -Child Labor Laws -Relations with Mexico after MExican revolution but refused to recognzie new gov of mexico & Tampico==bad and germany said they would side with Mexico if US was involved in WWI -WWI -Adamson Act 1916 8 hour workday - 19th amendment passed!

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1921-1923 VP: Calvin COolidge Republican -Teapot DomeScandal effect of no alcohol - League of Nations which ended it - Budget Bureau which placed restraints of federal expenditures -Debs Pardon , Socialist -Civil Rights - Tariff; emergency tariff raised duties a lot for war efforts

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1923-1929 VP: Charles Gates Dawes Republican -IMmigration Act of 1924 by reducing immigration and excluded Japenese while preventing Italians and Jewish ppl -Tax Reductions but led to Great Depression - Commercial Aviation starts -Farm RElief Vetoes - tried fixing economy but didn't work --Kellog Briand Pact 1928 to renounce war as a means of settling disputes - Veterans Bonus

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1929-1933 VP: Charles Curtis Republican - Agricultural Market Act which created a Federal Farm Board but didn't really work -Hawley Smoot Tariff 1930 which placed the emergency tariff act of 1921 and all trade suffered but Hoover hoped it would protect farmers from outside trade -Prohibition so enacted the National Commission on Law Observance known as Wickersham Comission which showed alcohol enforcement didn't work -GREAT DEPRESSION! from 1. Surplus in agricultural products 2. lack of credit 3. High tariffs discouraged world trade 4. Higher wages stunted purchasing powers - Bonus March for veterans after promised by Coolidge - Norris LaGUardia Act -20th lame duck amendment ratified!

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1945-1953 Democrat VP: Alben William Barkley - Conclusion of WWII and ordered atomic strikes - Nuremberg Trials -Untied Nations start and Israel created! - Truman Doctrine and Cold War against Communism - European Recovery Program - 1948 creation of ISrael - Korean War - H Bomb beginning creation - Red Scare - Taft Hartley Act to curb labor rights provided by Wagner Act of 1935 - Fair Deal which achieved housing help, minimum wage up, social security up -22nd term which limited future prez to two terms in office

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1933-1945 VP: John Nance Garner 1933-1941 Henry Agard Wallace 1941-1945 Democrat -New Deal to establish welfare by 1. response to banking crisis 2. infastrucure Civilian Conservation COrps 3 Agricultural Adjustment acts 4.federal Emergency Relief for poor 5. National Industrial Recovery to create Public Works administration and improve working conditions - Good Neighbor Policy which replaced Dollar Diplomacy by withdrawing US troops from Haitti, repudiated Platt Amendment which said US could intervene in Cuba, increased payments to Panama for Canal - WWII - 21st amendment which repealed liquor

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1953- 1961 VP: Richard Nixon REpublican - Conclusion of Korean War - Cold War and Eisenhower Doctrine : asserted the right to aid any country threatened by Communism in area near Middle East - Fall of McCarthy! - Civil Rights: Civil Rights Act 1960 - Interstate Highway System - St. Lawrence Seway

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1961-1963 VP: Lyndon B Johnson Democrat - Bay of Pigs invasion when CIA helped cuban exiles invade Cuba to spark uprising to topple Fidel Castro Communist regime but US never helped - Alliance for Progress: Build on the good neighbor policy -Peace Corps! - Vietnam: If kennedy reelected, he would end vietnam war -Civil Rights freedom fighters rising up and MLK - Berlin Crisis - - Cuban Missle Crisis - Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963 which banned to end atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons -SPace program - 23 amendment to let DC ppl vote - Assassination

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1963-1969 Hubert Humphrey Democratic - War on Poverty: Economic Opportunity act to create jobs, Work Study Program, Head Start Program - Civil Rights; CR Act 1964 barred discrimination & voting rights act 65 outlawed literacy tests and fg couold promote voter registration, CR Act of 1968 voted discrimitory housing - Medicare and Medicaid - Water Quality Act of 1965 & Clean Water Restoration Act 1966, Clean Air Act 1965, Air Quality Act 1967 - Vietnam war -Pueblo Incident -Dominican Republic - 24th amendment which outlawed poll tax and 25th amendment which provided the prez to fill a vacancy in vice president

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1969-1974 VP: Agnew then Ford -Vietnam War by reducing US involvement by widening down the war -Seabed Treaty to ban nuclear weapons from the ocean floor in international waters -chemical weapons treaty to destroy piles of chemical and biological weapons SALT Agreement to limit to two missle sites each - Wage Price Controls - Law and Order: Organized Crime Control Act which authorized severe penalties for dangerous special offenders, Drug Abuse Control act which reduced penalties for simple possession but increased penalties for trafficking, Criminal Justice Act - Environmental Protection Act - 26th amendment which lowered voting from 21 to 18 - Watergate!, impeachment and resignation :OO

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1974-1977 Nelson Rockefeller Republican - Nixon Pardon - Clemency for Draft evaders - Communist victory in Southeast Asia - Mayaguez Incident - Helsinki Agreement - Whip Inflation Now - Consumerism - Energy - Extension of Voting Rights - Assassination Attempt

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1977-1981 Walter Mondale Democrat - Pardon of Draft Evaders - Energy - THREE MILE ISLAND! - Environmental Protection - SOcial Welfare for food stamps - Human Rights - Panama Canal Treaty which gave panama back the canal - Camp David Accords - Afghanistan - American Hostages in Iran - Carter Doctrine

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1981-1989 REpublican VP: George Bush - Assassination Attempt - Reaganomics which means economics were bad - Social Security - Terrorism - Iran Contra Scandal

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1989-1993 Republican Danforth Qualyle - Tried to end taxes - Saving and Loan Crisis - Nicaragua - Invasion of Panama - Collapse of Communism - Cold War yields - Persion Gulf War - Exxon Valdez - American Disabilities Act - Clean Air Act

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1993-2001 Albert Gore Democrat - Scandals & Immpeachment - White Waters - Paula Jones

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2001-2009 Richard CHeney Republican - Tax Cuts - Environment - 9/11 - Afghanistan

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2009-2017 Democrat Joe Biden - American Stimulus or Recovery Act - Environment BP Deepwater Blowout - Healthcare

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2017-2021 VP: Mike Pence REpublican - Insurrection - Impeachment - Racism

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