Clausen 1 Christopher Clausen Mrs. Brubaker AP US History 1-6-13 APUSH President Project 1.

George Washington: April 30, 1789-March 4, 1797 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. 1st president of the United States 2. Established a court system with the Judiciary Act of 1789 3. 1st Bank 4. Ended Whiskey Rebellion ii. Failures: 1. Whiskey Rebellion b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Pickney Treaty 2. Jays Treaty ii. Failures: 1. The Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 c. Great president: Washington was the first president and he set the precedents for the rest of the presidents. 2. John Adams: March 4, 1797-March 4, 1801 a. Domestic Policy i. Failures: 1. Alien and Sedition Acts 2. Naturalization Act b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. XYZ Affair 2. French Revolution 3. Organized the Marine Corps.

c. Average president: Adams had more foreign achievements than domestic achievements. There were more failures in the United States than foreign countries during his presidency. 3. Thomas Jefferson: March 4, 1801-March 4, 1809 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Louisiana Purchase 2. Louis and Clark Expeditions ii. Failures: 1. Cut army and navy b. Foreign Policy: i. Failures 1. Embargo Act c. Average: Jefferson had some good and bad things about his presidency. He did acquire a ginormous amount of land. But Jefferson placed the embargo act which did hurt the United States economy tremendously. 4. James Madison: March 4, 1809-March 4, 1817 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Marbury vs. Madison b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 2. Macons Bill No.2 3. Cadore Letter of 1810 c. Average: Like Adams, Madison had more foreign affairs than domestic affairs. The Non-Intercourse Act was a really good call for Madison though. 5. James Monroe: March 4, 1817-March 4, 1825 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. War of 1812 2. Era of Good Feelings 3. The Missouri Compromise 4. The American System ii. Failures: 1. The Panic of 1819 b. Foreign Policy i. Achievements: 1. Acquired Spanish Florida 2. Monroe Doctrine 3. Rush-Bagot Treaty

c. Near Great: Monroe had a ton of good achievements during his presidency. There were successful compromises and he acquired a good chunk of land for Manifest Destiny. 6. John Q. Adams: March 4, 1825-March 4, 1829 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. The American System ii. Failures: 1. The Tariff of Abominations b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Set up many trade affairs c. Below Average: John Q. Adams had a lot of corruption between him and the House which made him a below average president. 7. Andrew Jackson: March 4, 1829-March 4, 1837 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Indian Removal 2. The American System 3. Pushed the limits of presidency 4. Compromise of 1833 5. Force Bill ii. Failures: 1. The Spoils System 2. The Eaton Affair 3. Nullification Crisis b. Foreign Policy: i. Failures: 1. Revolt against Mexico c. Near Great: Even though Jackson was somewhat ruthless with his Indian removal acts, he pushed the boundaries of what a president can do and he did what he was supposed to do. 8. Martin Van Buren: March 4, 1837-March 4, 1841 a. Domestic Policy: i. Failures: 1. Did not get the annexation of Texas 2. Panic of 1837 b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Maine and Canada crisis c. Average: Van Buren was an average president. He did not really do anything special and had a couple domestic failures.

9. William Henry Harrison: March 4, 1841-April 4, 1841 a. No rating 10. John Tyler: April 4, 1841-March 4, 1845 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Annexation of Texas b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Webster-Ashburton treaty of 1842 c. Below Average: Tyler was an accidental president. The only good thing he did was annex Texas. 11. James K. Polk: March 4, 1845-March 4, 1849 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Walker Tariff of 1846 2. Independent Treasury Act of 1846 ii. Failures 1. Wilmot Proviso b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. War with Mexico 4. Treaty of New Granada c. Above Average: Pol helped America reach Manifest Destiny. Polk was a major expansionist and he succeeded with his expansionist ideas. 12. Zachary Taylor: March 4, 1849-July 9, 1850 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Compromise of 1850 b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty c. Average: Taylor just did a normal presidency. He had his ups and downs as a president. 13. Millard Fillmore: July 9, 1850-March 4, 1853 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Fugitive Slave Act 2. Signed Compromise of 1850 b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements:

1. Enforced Monroe Doctrine 2. Enforced American Foreign System c. Average: Fillmore was just another one of those presidents that just slid by. He was sort of an accidental president. 14. Franklin Pierce: March 4, 1853-March 4, 1857 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Kansas-Nebraska Act ii. Failures: 1. Bleeding Kansas b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Gadsden Purchase ii. Failures: 1. Tried to acquire Cuba c. Below Average: i. Pierce made a couple of mistakes in his term. He tried to acquire Cuba which was not going to happen. The time of Bleeding Kansas and the problem with popular sovereignty. 15. James Buchanan: March 4, 1857-March 4, 1861 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Popular Sovereignty ii. Failures: 1. Dred Scot Decision 2. Bleeding Kansas b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Popular Sovereignty ii. Failures: 1. Cuba 2. Central America c. Below Average: Buchanan just did not do a good job of helping the north with the abolitionist movement. 16. Abraham Lincoln: March 4, 1861-April 15, 1865 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Victory of Civil War 2. Responded to Secession 3. American Economy 4. Homestead Act of 1862 5. Morrill Land Grant of 1862 ii. Failures:

1. Emancipation Proclamation b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Naval Blockade c. Great: Even though he did not officially plan to free the slaves, Lincoln did indeed help free the slaves in the southern states. Lincoln also helped bring the Union back into unity. 17. Andrew Johnson: April 15, 1865-March 4, 1869 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Black suffrage 2. Reconstruction ii. Failures: 1. Impeached b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Received Alaska from Russia c. Below Average: Johnson was below average due to the fact that he was impeached, though he was not kicked out of office. A good thing that came from Johnsons presidency was the acquisition of Alaska. 18. Ulysses S. Grant: March 4, 1869-March 4, 1877 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Won Civil War 2. Peace Policy ii. Failures: 1. Credit Mobilier 2. Reconstruction 3. Panic of 1873 b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Alabama ii. Failures: 1. Annexing Santo Domingo 2. Cuba c. Below Average: Grant had many failures in both domestic and foreign affairs. He also was caught up in a couple scandals which brought him a bad name. 19. Rutherford B. Hayes: March 4, 1877-March 4, 1881 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Civil Service Reform 2. Indian Bureau ii. Failures

1. Reconstruction b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. 1868 Burlingame Treaty 2. Transoceanic Railroad c. Above Average: Hayes was a better president than most due to his Indian polices and foreign policies. 20. James A. Garfield: March 4, 1881-September 19, 1881 a. No Rating 21. Chester A. Arthur: September 19, 1881-March 4, 1885 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Mogrel Tariff of 1883 2. Renovated White House 3. Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act b. Foreign Policy: i. Failure: 1. Chinese Exclusion Act c. Average: Arthur was one of those presidents that was never known. He was more famous for his foreign failure with the Chinese Exclusion Act. 22. Grover Cleveland: March 4, 1885-March 4, 1889, March 4, 1893-March 4, 1897 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 ii. Failures: 1. Womens Rights 2. Economic Crisis b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Frelinghuysen-Zavala Treaty c. Average: Cleveland was an average president both times he was elected. He had many failures during his presidency. He especially was not an advocate for womens rights. 23. Benjamin Harrison: March 4, 1889-March 4, 1893 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. McKinley Tariff of 1890 2. Sherman Silver Purchase Act 3. Land Revision Act ii. Failures: 1. Sherman Anti-Trust Act b. Foreign Policy:

i. Achievements: 1. Pan American Conference c. Above Average: Harrison was president during the start of the Gilded Age. That era was a time of corruption and greed. 24. William McKinley: March 4, 1897-September 14, 1901 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Gold Standard Act 2. Dingley Tariff Act ii. Failures: 1. Erdman Act b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Spanish-American War 2. Paris Peace Treaty 3. Filipino Revolt 4. Boxer Rebellion c. Average: McKinley was an average president. He had more foreign achievements than domestic achievements. 25. Theodore Roosevelt: September 14, 1901-March 4, 1909 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. ICC 2. Conservationist 3. Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 ii. Failures: 1. Elkins Act b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Panama Canal 2. Philippines c. Near Great: Roosevelt was a good president. He took what mattered to him and to his country and made it better for his country. 26. William Howard Taft: March 4, 1909-March 4, 1913 a. Domestic Policy: i. Failures: 1. Payne-Aldrich Tariff b. Foreign Policy: i. Failures: 1. Peace Bill c. Below Average: Taft was a very bad president. He did not do much and what he did actually do was never significant.

27. Woodrow Wilson: March 4, 1913-March 4, 1921 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Espionage and Sedition Acts 2. 4-Minute Men ii. Failures: 1. Food Administration b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. World War I 2. 14 Point Plan ii. Failures: 1. 14 Point Plan c. Great President: Woodrow Wilson built his success off of Roosevelt. He helped the United States win WWI. He also had his amazing 14 Point plan. Unfortunately, his plan was tossed aside for the Treaty of Versailles. 28. Warren G. Harding: March 4, 1921-August 2, 1923 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 2. Johnson Immigrant Quota Act of 1921 ii. Failures: 1. Gambling problem 2. Himself b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act c. Failure: Harding was a bad president overall. He had a very bad problem with smoking and gambling. He did not really care for his country. 29. Calvin Coolridge: August 2, 1923-March 4, 1929 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Revenue Acts of 1924 2. Revenue Acts of 1926 ii. Failures: 1. Immigration Act of 1924 b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Kellogg-Briand Pact 2. Good Neighbor Policy c. Near Great: Coolridge was a loveable man. He cherished his work and made peace with a lot of Indian tribes and the people of the United States of America.

30. Herbert Hoover: March 4, 1929-March 4, 1933 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Boulder Canyon Project Act 2. Improve Indian Conditions 3. The White House Conference on Health and the Protection of Children of July 1929 ii. Failures: 1. Start of the Great Depression b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Lausanne Conference c. Near Great: Hoover cared more about his country and people more than himself. He took on projects for children and the Indians. 31. Franklin D. Roosevelt: March 4, 1933-April 12, 1945 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. New Deal 2. CCC 3. AAA 4. NIRA 5. SALT 6. Social Security Act 7. WWII ii. Failures: 1. Economic Collapse b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. WWII c. Great: Roosevelt had much success with his presidency. He accomplished many things and was a great president overall. 32. Harry S. Truman: April 12, 194-January 20, 1953 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Executive Reorganization Act of 1939 2. Fair Deal 3. Employment Act of 1946 4. Anti-Communism 5. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) ii. Failures: 1. Internal Security Act b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements:

1. Start of Cold War ii. Failures: 1. Bombings in Japan 33. Great President: Truman was a great president. He had a ton of domestic achievements that helped the United States during World War II and the start of the Cold War. 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower: January 20, 1953-January 20, 1961 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 2. McCarthy Era 3. Modern Republicanism b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Korean War 2. Cold War ii. Failures: 1. Indochina 2. Middle East c. Average: Eisenhower was an average president. He did average things. 35. John F. Kennedy: January 20,1961-November 22, 1963 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Civil Rights 2. Wanted Equality for all people b. Foreign Policy: i. Failures: 1. Bay of Pigs 2. Cuban Missile Crisis 3. Cold War c. Great: Kennedy was great due to the fact that he wanted equal rights for all citizens. Unfortunately he was assassinated for his decision. 36. Lyndon B. Johnson: November 22, 1963-January 20, 1969 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. The Great Society 2. Many new Bills and Acts to help the society 3. Civil Rights Act ii. Failures: 1. CAA b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Outer Space Treaty ii. Failures:

1. The Vietnamese War 2. Cuba c. Above Average: Johnson was a good president. He wanted to fix the United States. He set out to create the Great Society. His major flop was the Vietnamese War. He angered everyone with his decision. 37. Richard Nixon: January 20, 1969-August 9, 1974 a. Domestic Policy: i. Failures: 1. Watergate 2. Impeached b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Retreating from Vietnam ii. Failures: 1. The Big 3 c. Failure: Nixon was a horrible president. He was caught in his own scandal at Watergate. He cared more about foreign affairs than his own country. 38. Gerald Ford: August 9, 1974-January 20, 1977 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Pardoning Richard Nixon 2. Ford Administration Team ii. Failures: 1. Stagflation 2. Energy Crisis 3. Buyouts b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Cold War 2. Soviet Union 3. End of Vietnam War 4. Administrating the CIA c. Average: Ford was an average president. He pardoned Nixon, the last failure president. He also got the troops out of Vietnam. 39. Jimmy Carter: January 20, 1977-January 20, 1981 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Emergency Natural Gas Act ii. Failures: 1. Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax 2. Malaise Speech 3. Own Scandals b. Foreign Policy:

i. Achievements: 1. Panama Canal 2. Camp David Accords 3. NSC 4. Mutual Defense Treaty ii. Failures: 1. Iran 2. Oil c. Average: Carter set out to be a really great and outstanding president. But his image and some scandals brought him down. 40. Ronald Reagan: January 20, 1981-January 20, 1989 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Cut taxes 2. Lower debts 3. Federal Reserve 4. Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization 5. TEFRA 6. AIDS ii. Failures: 1. The Great Inflation b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. SDI 2. SALT II 3. START 4. Reagan Doctrine ii. Failures: 1. Lebanon c. Above Average: Reagan was a good president. He did many things for the country and for foreign affairs. 41. George Bush: January 20, 1989-January 20, 1993 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. S&L Industry 2. Americans with Disabilities Act 3. Clean Air Act b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Panama 2. End of Cold War 3. German Unification 4. Persian Gulf War 5. New World Ordeal

c. Near Great: Overall, George Bush was a near great president. He created Acts to help out American society and way of living. 42. William Clinton: January 20, 1993-January 20, 2001 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. NAFTA 2. AFDC ii. Failures: 1. Republican Scandals 2. Lewinsky Affair 3. Impeachment b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. NATO c. Average: Like Bush, Clinton wanted to do well for his country. But scandals and an affair brought him his downfall. 43. George W. Bush: January 20, 2001-January 20, 2009 a. Domestic Policy: i. Achievements: 1. No Child Left Behind Act b. Foreign Policy: i. Achievements: 1. Axis of Evil ii. Failures: 1. Afghanistan 2. Baghdad c. Average: Bush had a couple foreign affairs that are still problems today. He was the one who sent troops to Afghanistan and now we are having problems in todays society.