Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu 21. stol. INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.

SIGNIFICANT PRESIDENTS

GEORGE WASHINGTON the commmander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War – served as the first President of the United States of America Father of this country

JOHN ADAMS American politician the second president of the US two terms – being the first Vice President one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States

THOMAS JEFFERSON the third presidentof the US the principal author of the Declaration of Independence – 1776 one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the US

JAMES MADISON American politician and philosopher Father of the constitution – principal author of the document

JAMES MONROE his administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida – 1819 the Missouri Compromise (1820) – Missouri was declared a slave state the admission of Maine as a free state

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS American diplomat served in senate and House of Representatives member of the Federalist, Democratic- Republican, National Republican, Anti- Masonic and Whig parties

ANDREW JACKSON military governor of Florida (1821) Commander of the American forces at the battle of New Orleans (1815) eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy

MARTIN VAN BUREN before his presidency – he served as the eighth Vice President, the tenth Secretary of the State under Andrew Jackson the first president from New York

WILLIAM HENRY HARISSON the ninth president American military officer and politician the oldest president elected until Ronald Regan in 1980 died on his thirty-second day in office – the shortest tenure in the US presidental history

JOHN TYLER, Jr. the tenth President of the United States the first to succeed to the office following the death of a predecessor

JAMES KNOX POLK born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina mostly lived in and represented the state of Tennessee served as a Speaker of the House and Governor of Tennessee

ZACHARY TAYLOR American military leader known as „Old Rough and Ready“ 40-year military career in the U.S. Army

ABRAHAM LINCOLN served as the 16th president - from March 1861 his assassination in April 1865 led his country through its greatest internal crisis - the American Civil War - preserving the Union and ending slavery before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war the only American president elected to more than two terms, he was often referred to by his initials, FDR won his first of four presidential elections in 1932, while the United States was in the depths of the Great Depression

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963

RONALD REAGAN born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s began a career as an actor, first in films and later television, appearing in 52 movie productions and gaining enough success to become a household name though largely a B film actor, two of his most notable roles are in Knute Rockne, All American and Kings Row

BILL CLINTON William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) - the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 was the third-youngest president; He became president at the end of the Cold War, and as he was born in the period after World War II, he is known as the first Baby Boomer president Cold War his wife - Hillary Rodham Clinton - is currently the United States Secretary of State she was previously a United States Senator from New York, and also candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 both are graduates of Yale Law School

BARACK OBAMA the 44th and current President of the United States the first African American to hold the office previously served as the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008

INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky. Tato výuková prezentace byla pořízena z finančních prostředků hrazených Evropským sociálním fondem a rozpočtem České republiky.