1. Presidential Review

2. Mrs. Kane’s students should use this presentation to prepare for the United States History and Government exam. This program highlights several presidents, their actions and programs that have affected our history.
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3. Thomas Jefferson 3rd President served 1801 -1809
Father of the Declaration of Independence
Acquired the Louisiana Territory this purchase almost doubled the size of the U.S. and opened up the Northwest for exploration and settlement
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4. Jefferson Presidency
Jefferson was the first president to serve in the new national capital, the District of Columbia
He knew the country must be unified if it was to grow
Jefferson wanted to remain neutral,he passed the Embargo Act (Americans couldn’t trade with foreign nations) in an attempt to end wars between England and France

5. Abraham Lincoln. 16th President served 1861 - 1865
Worked for preservation of the Union “My paramount object is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.”
He was unable to do this and 11 Southern states seceded from the Union
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6. Lincoln Presidency
The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 announced that all slaves in the Confederate states were free
His Reconstruction Plan was designed to reunite all of the states, not punish the South
Lincoln was killed by an assassin’s bullet before he could rebuild the nation

7. Theodore Roosevelt 26th President served 1901 - 1908
Roosevelt was considered a trustbuster for his fight against the abuses of big business
Fought in Cuba in the Battle of San Juan Hill

8. T. Roosevelt Presidency
The Teddy Bear was named after him because of his work in preserving the environment (he designated 150 million acres as National parks and monuments)

9. Roosevelt Presidency
Roosevelt’s Open Door Policy in China opened up trade in Asia
The U.S. paid the Republic of Panama $10 million for the right to build the Panama Canal
Big Stick Policy the U.S. would act as a police power in Latin America to keep the European powers out

10. Woodrow Wilson 28th President served 1913 – 1921
Issued a Proclamation of Neutrality for the U.S. at the beginning of World War I ( he wanted our country to stay out of the war in Europe

11. Wilson Presidency
President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany to “keep the world safe for democracy”
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The Sinking of the Lusitania (a British ship that was torpedoed by Germans, U.S. citizens were killed)
Zimmerman Note - a letter that asked Mexico to help Germany if the U. S. and Germany went to war

12. Wilson Presidency
President Wilson developed Fourteen Points to plan for permanent world peace with the hope that the world would never have to go to war again.
He proposed the League of Nations a place for countries to settle disputes in a peaceful way.
He attended the Paris Peace Conference and helped develop the Treaty of Versailles which ended the war and changed the map of Europe.

13. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd President served 1933 - 1945
He was the only President to serve three terms of office
Promised a New Deal for Americans during the Great Depression

14. Roosevelt’s Plan for Relief - Recovery - Reform
Declared a bank holiday,Emergency Banking Act, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Employed young people to build roads, plant trees, work on flood control
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Built Hoover, Grand Coulee and Bonneville Dams

15. F.D Roosevelt Presidency
Recovery
WPA - Work Progress Administration
$4 Billion to put the unemployed to work
Major construction projects were started and actors, artists and musicians were employed
Reform
National Labor Relations Act
The government encouraged workers and employers to discuss wages and working conditions
Social Security Act 1935
Pensions for the elderly, unemployment compensation and disability benefits

16. Harry S. Truman 33rd President served 1945 - 1953
took office after the death of FDR
Made the difficult decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima in 1945

17. Truman Presidency Truman’s Fair Deal
More people enrolled in Social Security
Increased minimum wage
Built public housing projects
Had a strong civil rights position
Guided the U.S. through the beginning of the Cold War
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