Famous Presidents of the USA

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Famous Presidents of the USA

• An overview of their terms in office

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Choose a president
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OOPS! Franklin wasnt a president!
Benjamin Franklin was never a US president.
However, He and Alexander Hamilton are the only
two figures on modern American paper currency
that were not presidents.
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George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the
United States. He is well known for many reasons.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was the 16th President and was known
mostly for his command of the country during the
civil war.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt was the 32nd president. He was known
for his prowess in combating the Great Depression.
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Harry Truman
As the 33rd president of the USA, Truman was
known as the president who used the Atomic Bomb
against Japan.
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George Vs. King George
Washington also commanded the Revolutionary War
against the British. He established the precedent
of a two term limit to all presidents. (However,
this did not become law until the 20th
century.) He was also famous for the Legend that
he could not tell a lie, even when he cut down
his fathers cherry tree. Finally, he is featured
on the one dollar bill.
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Lincoln and the Union

• Lincoln is often credited with freeing the
  African American slaves by means of the Civil
  War.
• He is also known for his famous speeches, such as
  the Emancipation Proclamation.
• The Myth that was credited to him was one of
  walking 5 miles in the snow to return a nickel
  that a storekeeper gave him accidentally.

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Fighting the Japanese and Germans

• FDR was also known for being a strong president
  in the time of World War II.
• He created a program that softened the pressure
  of the Great Depression called the New Deal.
• He was also unable to use his legs.

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Truman Vs. Soviets

• Truman was known for being President at the
  beginning of the Cold War.
• He was seen as soft spoken, until nuclear weapons
  were developed.
• He is the president that the Chicago Daily
  Tribune claimed lost his reelection to Dewey,
  when he actually won.