most important presidents lindsey redden 3 rd /4 th grade presentation
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Most Important Presidents
Lindsey Redden
3rd/4th Grade Presentation
George Washington
• First President of the United States
• One of the “Founding Fathers”
• One of the Pres. On Mount Rushmore
Thomas Jefferson
• 3rd President
• Writer of the Declaration of Independence
• One of the Pres. On Mount Rushmore
Abraham Lincoln
• 16th President
• “Honest Abe”
• Tallest President
• One of the presidents on Mount Rushmore
Theodore Roosevelt
• 26th President
• Youngest President
• First to travel outside the U.S.
• One of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore
Herbert Hoover
• 31st President
• President during the Great Depression
• Known for “Hoovervilles”
• 1st President to donate his salary to charity
Franklin Roosevelt
• 32nd President
• Served longer than any other President
• Contracted Polio while in office
Dwight Eisenhower
• 34th President
• First President able to fly an Airplane
• Served in Both World Wars
• Held no other Political Office
John F. Kennedy
• 35th President
• “JFK”
• Only Catholic President Elected
• Fist President to serve in the Navy
• Youngest President to die in office
Richard Nixon
• 37th President
• Known for the “Watergate Affair”
• First President to Volunteer to leave office
Ronald Reagan
• 40th President
• Oldest President to leave office
• In office with space shuttle “Challenger” went down
William Jefferson Clinton
• 42nd President• In Office when
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) went into effect
• 2nd President to almost be impeached
George W. Bush II
• 43rd President
• In office 9-11-01 when World Trade Centers were attacked
• Began conflicts with Iraq