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George Washington
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1789-1797
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INTRODUCTION
George Washington (1732-99) _______ (be) commander in chief of the
Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served
two terms as the first U.S. president, from 1789 to 1797. The son of a
prosperous planter, Washington was raised in colonial Virginia. As a young
man, he ___________ (work) as a surveyor then _________(fight) in the French
and Indian War (1754-63). During the American Revolution, he led the colonial
forces to victory over the British and ________(become) a national hero. In
1787, he was elected president of the convention that _______ (write) the
U.S. Constitution. Two years later, Washington became America’s first
president. Realizing that the way he ____________(handle) the job would
impact how future presidents __________ (approach) the position, he __________(hand)
down a legacy of strength, integrity and national purpose. Less than three
years after leaving office, he _____(die) at his Virginia plantation, Mount
Vernon, at age 67.
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Thomas Jefferson
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1801-1809
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Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), author of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S.
president, ______ (be) a leading figure in America’s early development.
During the American Revolutionary War (1775-83), Jefferson ________(serve) in
the Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress and was governor of
Virginia. He later served as U.S. minister to France and U.S. secretary of
state, and was vice president under John Adams (1735-1826). Jefferson, who ________(think)
the national government should have a limited role in citizens’ lives, was
elected president in 1800. During his two terms in office (1801-1809), the
U.S. ________ (purchase) the Louisiana Territory and Lewis and Clark ________
(explore) the vast new acquisition. Although Jefferson ________ (promote)
individual liberty, he was also a slaveowner. After leaving office, he
retired to his Virginia plantation, Monticello, and ________ (help) found the
University of Virginia
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Abraham Lincoln
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1861-1865
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Abraham Lincoln, a self-________ (teach) lawyer,
legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the
United States in November 1860, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War.
Lincoln ________ (prove) to be a shrewd military strategist and a savvy leader:
His Emancipation Proclamation ________ (pave) the way for slavery’s
abolition, while his Gettysburg Address stands as one of the most famous
pieces of oratory in American history. In April 1865, with the Union on the
brink of victory, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer
John Wilkes Booth; his untimely death ________ (make) him a martyr to the
cause of liberty, and he is widely ________(regard) as one of the greatest
presidents in U.S. history
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Andrew Jackson
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1829-1837
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Born in poverty,
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) had become a wealthy Tennessee lawyer and rising
young politician by 1812, when war ________ (break) out between the United
States and Britain. His leadership in that conflict ________(earn) Jackson
national fame as a military hero, and he would become America’s most
influential–and polarizing–political figure during the 1820s and 1830s. After
narrowly losing to John Quincy Adams in the contentious 1824 presidential
election, Jackson ________(return) four years later to win redemption,
soundly defeating Adams and becoming the nation’s seventh president
(1829-1837). As America’s political party system ________(develop), Jackson
became the leader of the new Democratic Party. A supporter of states’ rights
and slavery’s extension into the new western territories, he ________(oppose)
the Whig Party and Congress on polarizing issues such as the Bank of the
United States. For some, his legacy is ________ (tarnish) by his role in the
forced relocation of Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi.
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Ulysses Grant
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1869-1877
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Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) ________(command) the
victorious Union army during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and ________(serve)
as the 18th U.S. president from 1869 to 1877. An Ohio native, Grant ________(graduate)
from West Point and fought in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). During
the Civil War, Grant, an aggressive and determined leader, was given command
of all the U.S. armies. After the war he ________ (become) a national hero,
and the Republicans ________(nominate) him for president in 1868. A primary
focus of Grant’s administration was Reconstruction, and he ________(work) to
reconcile the North and South while also attempting to protect the civil
rights of newly freed black slaves. While Grant ________(be) personally
honest, some of his associates ________(be) corrupt and his administration
was tarnished by various scandals. After retiring, Grant ________(invest) in
a brokerage firm that ________(go) bankrupt, costing him his life savings. He
________(spend) his final days penning his memoirs, which were published the
year he ________ (die) and ________(prove) a critical and financial success.
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William McKinley
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1897-1901
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William McKinley ________(serve) in the U.S.
Congress and as governor of Ohio before running for the presidency in 1896.
As a longtime champion of protective tariffs, the Republican McKinley ________(run)
on a platform of promoting American prosperity and won a landslide victory
over Democrat William Jennings Bryan to become the 25th president of the
United States. In 1898, McKinley ________ (lead) the nation into war with
Spain over the issue of Cuban independence; the brief and decisive conflict ________
(end) with the U.S. in possession of Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam.
In general, McKinley’s bold foreign policy ________ (open) the doors for the
United States to play an increasingly active role in world affairs. Reelected
in 1900, McKinley was assassinated by a deranged anarchist in Buffalo, New
York, in September 1901.
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Grover Cleveland
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1885-1889
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Grover Cleveland
(1837-1908), who ________(serve) as the 22nd and 24th U.S. president, ________(be)
known as a political reformer. He is the only president to date who served
two nonconsecutive terms, and also the only Democratic president to win
election during the period of Republican domination of the White House that ________(stretch)
from Abraham Lincoln’s (1809-65) election in 1860 to the end of William
Howard Taft’s (1857-1930) term in 1913. Cleveland ________(work) as a lawyer
and then ________(serve) as mayor of Buffalo, New York, and governor of New
York state before assuming the presidency in 1885. His record in the Oval
Office was mixed. Not ________ (regard) as an original thinker, Cleveland ________(consider)
himself a watchdog over Congress rather than an initiator. In his second
term, he ________(anger) many of his original supporters and ________(seem)
overwhelmed by the Panic of 1893 and the depression that ________ (follow).
He ________(declin) to run for a third term.
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James Madison
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1809-1817
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James Madison
(1751-1836) _________(be) a founding father of the United States and the
fourth American president, serving in office from 1809 to 1817. An advocate
for a strong federal government, the Virginia-born Madison _________(compose)
the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights and _________(earn)
the nickname “Father of the Constitution.” In 1792, Madison and Thomas
Jefferson (1743-1826) _________(found) the Democratic-Republican Party, which
has been called America’s first opposition political party. When Jefferson _________(become)
the third U.S. president, Madison _________(serve) as his secretary of state.
In this role, he _________(oversee) the Louisiana Purchase from the French in
1803. During his presidency, Madison _________(lead) the U.S. into the
controversial War of 1812 (1812-15) against Great Britain. After two terms in
the White House, Madison _________(retire) to his Virginia plantation,
Montpelier, with his wife Dolley (1768-1849).
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Woodrow Wilson
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1913-1921
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Woodrow Wilson
(1856-1924), the 28th U.S. president, _________(serve) in office from 1913 to
1921 and _________(lead) America through World War I (1914-1918). An advocate
for democracy and world peace, Wilson often _________(rank) as one of the
nation’s greatest presidents. Wilson was a college professor, university
president and Democratic governor of New Jersey before winning the White
House in 1912. Once in office, he _________ (pursue) an ambitious agenda of
progressive reform that _________(include) the establishment of the Federal
Reserve and Federal Trade Commission. Wilson _________(try) to keep the
United States neutral during World War I but ultimately _________(call) on
Congress to declare war on Germany in 1917. After the war, he _________(help)
negotiate a peace treaty that _________(include) a plan for the League of
Nations. Although the Senate rejected U.S. membership in the League, Wilson _________(receive)
the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts
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