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President George Washington
Born 1732-1799
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army -
President Thomas Jefferson
Born: 1743-1826
Gained the Lousiana Purchase of 800,000 square miles for $15 Million -
President Andrew Jackson
Born: 1767-1845
Showed the rise of the common man
US Senator
President during the Trail of Tears
Removed Native Americans east of the Mississippi -
President James K. Polk
Born: 1795-1849
Aquisition of California and New Mexico from the Mexican-American War which greatly increased America's size
Claimed Oregan Territory after a treaty with England
Key figure in the Manifest Destiny -
President Abraham Lincoln
Born: 1809-1865
Served during the Civil War
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in Ford's Theatre on April 14 -
President Theodore Roosevelt
Born: 1858-1919
Earned title of Trust Buster
Created many national parks to preserve wildlife -
President Woodrow Wilson
Born: 1856-1924
Led America during WWI
Wanted America to join the League of Nations -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Born: 1882-1945
Elected to 4 terms
Served during the Great Depression
Created the New Deal program -
President Harry S. Truman
Born: 1884-1972
Dropped Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Born: 1890-1969
Supreme Allied Commander during WWII -
President John F. Kennedy
Born: 1917-1963
US Senator
Assassinated in Dallas, Texas at 12;30pm on Novermberr 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald -
President Richard Nixon
Born: 1913-1994
Watergate Scandal
Resigned from office on August 9, 1974
