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WILLIAM MCKINLEY ▶
The first to campaign using
advertising techniques, McKinley
won the 1896 election promising
to tax foreign goods.THEODORE
ROOSEVELT ▶
A reformer, Roosevelt
promised a “Square
Deal” for all. The
teddy bear is named
after Roosevelt,
who refused to
shoot a bear on
a hunting trip.◀ CALVIN COOLIDGE
Coolidge believed the
government should not
control too many aspects
of people’s lives. A man
of few words, he was
nicknamed “Silent Cal”.DWIGHT
EISENHOWER ▲
Known as “Ike”,
Eisenhower launched
the race between the
USA and Russia to
explore outer space.GEORGE BUSH ▲
George Bush became
president in 1989. From
1990–91, he led an
alliance of troops in the
Gulf War, in response to
Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.JOHN F KENNEDY ▲
In 1961, “JFK” became the youngest
elected US president, aged 44. Kennedy’s
leadership inspired hope. His assassination
in 1963 left the country shattered.RICHARD NIXON ▲
In 1974, Nixon became the only
president to resign, because of his
involvement in the Watergate scandal
(illegal spying in the opposition
party’s headquarters).BARACK OBAMA ▲
The 44th president of the
USA, Obama was the first
African-American to hold
the office and served for
two continuous terms.George Washington 1789–97
John Adams 1797–1801
Thomas Jefferson 1801–09
James Madison 1809–17
James Monroe 1817–25
John Quincy Adams 1825–29
Andrew Jackson 1829–37
Martin Van Buren 1837–41
William Harrison 1841
John Tyler 1841–45
James Knox Polk 1845–49
Zachary Taylor 1849–50
Millard Fillmore 1850–53
Franklin Pierce 1853–57
James Buchanan 1857–61
Abraham Lincoln 1861–65
Andrew Johnson 1865–69
Ulysses S Grant 1869–77
Rutherford Hayes 1877–81
James Garfield 1881
Chester Arthur 1881–85
Grover Cleveland 1885–89
Benjamin Harrison 1889–93
Grover Cleveland 1893–97
William McKinley 1897–1901
Theodore Roosevelt 1901–09
William Taft 1909–13
Woodrow Wilson 1913–21
Warren Harding 1921–23
Calvin Coolidge 1923–29
Herbert Hoover 1929–33
Franklin D Roosevelt 1933–45
Harry Truman 1945–53
Dwight Eisenhower 1953–61
John F Kennedy 1961–63
Lyndon B Johnson 1963–69
Richard Nixon 1969–74
Gerald Ford 1974–77
James Carter 1977–81
Ronald Reagan 1981–89
George Bush 1989–93
William Clinton 1993–2001
George W Bush 2001–09
Barack Obama 2009–17
Donald Trump 2017–present
BILL CLINTON ▲
A long period of economic growth meant
that, despite allegations of scandals, Bill
Clinton always remained popular.216_217_Presidents.indd 217 03/01/19 12:11 PM