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1 The USA HIGHER EDUCATION Alyona Garkusha Group 201 Institute of Social Pedagogics and Corrective Educaton Berdyansk, 2011

2 The Presidents of the USA

3 George Washington 1789-1797 George Washington - first president of the United States. He led the liberation struggle against the British for American independence. He was among those who wrote the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence. Washington has laid and built the White House. When he had finished his second term of George Washington as president of the United States, to him were endless delegation to agree to an exception to be elected for a third term, but Washington refused. The American people honor its first president. The capital of the United States named in his honor. In addition, there is Washington, the monument to Washington, his name is given to streets, squares and ships.

4 John Adams 1797-1801

5 Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 Thomas Jefferson - Third President of the United States, a prominent figure in the War of Independence, the author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). He was widely known as one of the main founders of the doctrine of separation of church and state. Jefferson spent by Congress several very important laws - banning the slave trade and the exploitation of slave labor, to teach American Indian tribes to civilization, holding impeachment (disbelief) to the highest office in the U.S., etc. He managed to raise the prestige of America throughout the world by refusing to wars of aggression, refusal to pay tribute to other nations for unimpeded navigation and commerce in the Mediterranean

6 James Madison 1809-1817

7 James Monroe 1817-1825

8 John Quincy Adams 1825-1829

9 Andrew Jackson 1829-1837

10 Martin Van Buren 1837-1841

11 William Harrison 1841-1841

12 John Tyler 1841-1845

13 James K. Polk 1845-1849

14 Zachary Taylor 1849-1850

15 Millard Fillmore 1850-1853

16 Franklin Pierce 1853-1857

17 James Buchanan 1857-1861

18 Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln. His presidency was about the Civil War (1861-1865). The great humanist, he struggled all his life for the freedom of the individual against oppression andenslavement of other nations, against slavery and the slave trade. His ruthless war has made America a symbol of freedom for all mankind. In America, people flocked to thepursuit of happiness and freedom on Capitol Hill is the Lincoln Memorial, which built 1914-1922, respectively. Composite building symbolizes the Union. President Lincoln called the city, ships, streets, etc. Quotations from his speeches are engraved on the pediment of many buildings, monuments and stone slabs on the streets ofWashington and other U.S. cities

19 Andrew Johnson 1865-1869

20 Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877

21 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881

22 James Garfield 1881-1881

23 Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885

24 Grover Cleveland 1885-18891893-1897

25 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893

26 William McKinley 1897-1901

27 Teddy Roosevelt 1901-1909

28 William Howard Taft 1909-1913

29 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

30 Warren G. Harding 1921-1923

31 Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929

32 Herbert Hoover 1929-1933

33 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945 The only U.S. president who was elected four times president of America, was FranklinDelano Roosevelt. Thanks to the reforms of Roosevelt ended the Great Depression. Hewas the initiator of the anti- Hitler coalition. He remained in the memory of many generations of Americans as the greatest president. Franklin Roosevelt was a champion of democracy. In Washington on Capitol Hill created a wonderful unique memorial to Roosevelt. Memorialconsists of four parts, which displays all the years of Roosevelt

34 Harry Truman 1945-1953

35 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961

36 John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 He was the first president of the Catholic. He is a participant of the war, was seriously wounded. John Kennedy has taken many steps to make America could really help many less developed countries: created the Peace Corps, the organization of the Alliance for Progress, etc. He imitated Abraham Lincoln advocated the equal rights of African Americans, supported Martin Luther King. John Kennedy was assassinated November 22, 1963 in Dallas (Texas). He is the most popular U.S. president in the second half of XX century.

37 Writer's Box|LinksURLs|Fractals|3Bs|Note|Freedom|Search|CatInHat Writer's BoxLinksURLsFractals3BsNoteFreedomSearchCatInHat Kennedy - Lincoln Similarities Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost their children while living in the White House. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both were shot in the head. Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln. Both were assassinated by Southerners. Both were succeeded by Southerners. Both successors were named Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth, was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in 1939. Both assassins were known by their three names. Both names are comprised of fifteen letters Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse. Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater. Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

38 Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969

39 Richard Nixon 1969-1974

40 Gerald Ford 1974-1977

41 Jimmy Carter 1977-1981

42 Ronald Reagan 1981-1989

43 George H. Bush 1989-1993

44 Bill Clinton 1993-2001

45 George W. Bush 2001 -2009

46 Barack H. Obama 2009-

47 The End


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