APUSH Presidents and Policies

George Washington (1789-1797)

-No Party- Domestic Policies: Adopted the Bill of Rights in 1791, centralized the bank, Whiskey Rebellion Foreign Policies: Tariff of 1789 and French Revolution, Jay and Pinckney Treaty

Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: "Bull Moose" Progressive Party, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments, Federal Reserve Act of 1913, Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914, Prohibition Movement Foreign Policies: Zimmerman Telegram, Lusitania, Fourteen Points, League of Nations

Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: "Fair Deal," Civil Rights, National Health Care, Federal Aid to Farmers Foreign Policies: Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945), Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, NATO

Barack Obama (2009-2017)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: $787 billion "Stimulus Package," Affordable Health Care Act ("Obamacare") Foreign Policies: Withdrew American troops from Afghanistan

John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Alliance for Progress, Baker v. Carr (1962) Foreign Policies: Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), Peace Corps, Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty of 1963

Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Amnesty Plan of 1865, Military Reconstruction Plan of 1867, Tenure of Office Act, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment Foreign Policies: Purchase of Alaska, Suez Canal

James Buchanan (1857-1861)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), Panic of 1857, inflation due to gold rush, Lincoln-Douglas debates Foreign Policies: Suez Canal

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Income Tax Cut, Westbury v. Sanders (1964), Civil Rights Acts of 1964, 1965 and 1968, Immigration Act of 1965, Anti-Poverty Act (1964) Foreign Policies: Vietnam War, Operation Rolling Thunder, search and destroy

Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Knights of Labor, Haymarket Riot, Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Foreign Policies: Treaty of Peace and Amity, Triple Alliance

James K. Polk (1845-1849)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Manifest Destiny, Wilmot Proviso of 1846 Foreign Policies: Mexican-American War, Treaty if Guadalupe Hidalgo, Oregon Territory, Mexican Cession

Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: New England Emigrant Aid Company, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 Foreign Policies: Crimean War (1854-1856), Canadian Reciprocity Treaty of 1854

Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Panic of 1837 led to no Bank of the United States, land speculation Foreign Policies: Caroline steamer ship

Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Pullman Strike, American Federation of Labor Foreign Policies: Wilson-Gorman Tariff (1894)

Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Second Bank of the United States, Whig Party, Spoils System, Compromise Tariff of 1833 Foreign Policies: Indian Removal Act of 1830, Trail of Tears, Texas Revolution, Bureau of Indian Affairs

Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Stagflation, United States v. Wheeler (1978) Foreign Policies: Panama Canal Treaty (1977), Camp David Accords: Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty (1979), Iran Hostage Crisis (1979), boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: The Great Depression, Agricultural Adjustment Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Fair Labor Standards Act, America First Committee, Tennessee Valley Authority, Social Security Administration Foreign Policies: Atlantic Charter, Neutrality Acts, Lend-Lease Act, Japanese-American Internment, Yalta Conference

Bill Clinton (1993-2001)

-Democratic- Domestic Policies: Whitewater Scandal, controlled inflation, record low unemployment Foreign Policies: NAFTA, improved relations with Russia

John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)

-Democratic-Republican- Domestic Policies: "Corrupt Bargain," highways and canals, Erie Canal Foreign Policies: Tariff of Abominations (1828), Cherokee Nation conflict

James Madison (1809-1817)

-Democratic-Republican- Domestic Policies: "War Hawks," Battle of Tippecanoe Foreign Policies: War of 1812, Treaty of Ghent

Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

-Democratic-Republican- Domestic Policies: Marbury v. Madison (1803), ratified the 12th Amendment Foreign Policies: Louisiana Purchase, Embargo Act of 1807

James Monroe (1817-1825)

-Democratic-Republican- Domestic Policies: McCullough v. Maryland (1819), Missouri Compromise, American System, National Bank Foreign Policies: Adams-Onis Treaty (1819), Monroe Doctrine

John Adams (1797-1801)

-Federalist- Domestic Policies: Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, John Marshall is Chief Justice, Judiciary Act of 1801 Foreign Policies: XYZ Affair

Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: 15th Amendment, Transcontinental Railroad, Credit Mobilier, Panic of 1873 Foreign Policies: Rebellion in Cuba

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: 22nd Amendment, Civil Rights Movement, Civil Rights Commission (1957), Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) Foreign Policies: Suez Crisis, Eisenhower Doctrine (1957), U-2 spy plane

Donald Trump (2017-Present)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act Foreign Policies: Blocked immigrants of Middle Eastern origin

Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Billion-Dollar Congress, Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890), Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1913, Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890) Foreign Policies: McKinley Tariff Act of 1890

Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Bull Market, Agricultural Marketing Act, "Black Tuesday," "Hoovervilles," National Origins Immigration Act (1929), Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bonus Army Foreign Policies: Hawley-Smoot Tariff, Worldwide Depression, "Good Neighbor Policy"

Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Civil War, calls for 75,000 militia, Morrill Tariff, Land-Grant Act of 1862, Homestead Act, Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 Foreign Policies: Trent Affair, Battle of the Rams (1863)

Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Compromise of 1877 -> End of Reconstruction Foreign Policies: Balkan revolutions

William McKinley (1897-1901)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Depression of 1893 Foreign Policies: Spanish-American War, Annexation of Hawaii, Boxer Rebellion

Richard Nixon (1969-1974)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: First moon landing, Environmental Protection Agency (1970), 26th Amendment, Energy Crisis (1972), Watergate Scandal Foreign Policies: War Powers Act, Vietnamization, Detente, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

James A. Garfield (1881-1881)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Half-breeds and stalwarts Foreign Policies: Organized a Pan-American conference with Latin American states

Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: McNary-Haugen Bill, mechanization of farms Foreign Policies: American troops in Dominican Republic and Haiti, Allied War Debts, Dawes Plan

Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883 Foreign Policies: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Gerald Ford (1974-1977)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Presidential pardon of Nixon, Milliken v. Bradley (1974) Foreign Policies: OPEC Crisis, Helsinki Accords (1975)

Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Sandra Day O'Connor (first female in Supreme Court), Reaganomics (supply-side), Iran-Contra Hearings, "Black Monday" Foreign Policies: Reagan Doctrine, release of American hostages in Iran, Evil Empire Speech

George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Savings and Loans Scandal, Anita Hill scandal Foreign Policies: Invasian of Panama, Operation Desert Shield, Fall of the Berlin Wall, Tiananmen Square Uprising

Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Square Deal, Coal Strike of 1902, Elkins Act of 1903, Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act, Muckrakers, Panic of 1907 Foreign Policies: Dominican Republic Crisis, Panama Canal, Gentlemen's Agreement with Japan, Portsmouth Treaty (1905)

William Howard Taft (1909-1913)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Standard Oil Company, 16th Amendment against Federal Income Tax (1913) Foreign Policies: Dollar Diplomacy

George W. Bush (2001-2009)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Tax cuts, return of federal surplus with tax returns, No Child Left Behind, Department of Homeland Security, 2008 recession Foreign Policies: Rejection of Kyoto Global Warming Treaty, September 11th attacks, Patriot Act Legislation

Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)

-Republican- Domestic Policies: Teapot Dome Scandal Foreign Policies: Washington Naval Conference, Fordney-McCumber Tariff (1922)

Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)

-Whig- Domestic Policies: California Gold Rush, California Republics Foreign Policies: Conflict with Britain in Central America (Monroe Doctrine)

Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)

-Whig- Domestic Policies: Compromise of 1850 (delayed Civil War), popular sovereignty, Fugitive Slave Law Foreign Policies: Cuban declaration of independence, Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

William Henry Harrison (1841-1841)

-Whig- Domestic Policies: First to die in office, "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" Foreign Policies: Fought in Battle of Tippecanoe and Battle of the Thames

John Tyler (1841-1845)

-Whig- Domestic Policies: Opposed Whig Party policies, used Presidential Veto against Whig domestic policies Foreign Policies: Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842), annexation of Texas in 1845