AP US History
Presidential Outlines
Below are the due dates for your remaining presidential outlines. These outlines will be
due every other week. Generally they are due on Mondays, unless school is closed, in
which case they are due on Tuesday. Please remember that no outlines will be accepted
late. The only exception is if you are absent from school the day the outline is due. If
this occurs, it will be your responsibility to get it to me the day you return to school.
Remember to keep all of your outlines together in a safe place, as they will be excellent
review sheets for the AP exam.
Presidents Due Date
Jackson 9/26
Polk 10/11
Lincoln 10/24
Johnson 11/07
T. Roosevelt 11/21
Wilson 12/05
FDR (Domestic) 12/19
FDR (Foreign) 1/09
Truman 1/23
Eisenhower 2/06
JFK 2/27
LBJ 3/12
Nixon 3/26
Reagan 4/16
AP United States History
Presidential Outlines
For each president assigned (many will be skipped) you are expected to complete in outline form the
following information. Be sure to include dates, explanatory information and other details you feel will be
useful. Be thorough, but be concise.
I. President‟s Full Name and Term(s) of Office
II. Political Party of the President
III. Overview of the Presidency – 3-4 sentences that summarize the role the president played in
shaping United States History. (major challenges, precedents, etc.)
For example: George Washington‟s administration was focused on setting up and defining the
new government and enforcing its sovereignty over the states. He also needed to establish United
States standing in world affairs. His presidency empowered the federal government to enforce the
law, set up the United States Economy, and set long term traditions in foreign policy such as „no
entangling alliances.‟
IV. Major Domestic Happenings during the administration. List and define each event on the list.
Make sure to list these events chronologically.
For example:
Judiciary Act (1789) – one of the first laws passed by Congress under the new Constitution. It
organized the US Supreme Court and established lower federal courts throughout the country.
Or….
Judiciary Act (1789) – one of the first laws passed by Congress
- Organized the US Supreme Court and other federal courts
V. Foreign Policy decisions during this administration. List and define each event on the list. Make
sure to list these events chronologically.
*** For Wars, explain the causes and the results. Do not explain specific battles unless they are listed.
1. George Washington
Domestic
Judiciary Act
Alexander Hamilton‟s financial program + First Bank of US
Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
Cotton Gin invented
Whiskey Rebellion
Washington‟s Farewell address
Foreign
Washington‟s Proclamation of Neutrality
Genet Affair
Jay Treaty with England
Pinckney Treaty with Spain
3. Thomas Jefferson
Domestic
Revolution of 1800
Marbury v. Madison
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Slave Trade Outlawed
Foreign
War with Tripoli
Chesapeake Leopard Affair
Embargo Act
Non-intercourse Act
4. James Madison
Domestic
Battle of Tippecanoe
Construction of the Cumberland Road
Hartford Convention
Second Bank of US chartered
Bonus Bill Vetoed
Foreign
War of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
5. James Monroe
Domestic
Beginning of Era of Good Feelings
McCulloch v. Maryland
Financial Panic of 1819
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay‟s American System
Gibbons v. Ogden
Erie Canal Opened
Foreign
Rush-Bagot Agreement
Adams-Onis Treaty
Monroe Doctrine
7. Andrew Jackson
Domestic
Veto of the Maysville Road Bill
Webster-Hayne Debate
Nat Turner‟s Rebellion
Black Hawk War Begins
Worcester v. Georgia
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification
Veto of Bill to charter second Bank of US
Force Act
Battle of the Alamo
Texas War for Independence
Battle of San Jacinto
Trail of Tears
11. James K. Polk
Domestic
Manifest Destiny
Texas enters the Union
Wilmot Proviso
Mormons migrate to Utah
Seneca Falls Convention
Free Soil Party organized
California Gold Rush
Foreign
Slidell Mission
Mexican War Begins
Bear Flag Republic established in California
Oregon Treaty with England
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
16. Abraham Lincoln
Domestic
Civil War Begins - Fort Sumter
First Battle of Bull Run
Homestead Act
Legal Tender Act
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Gettysburg + Gettysburg Address
Battle of Vicksburg
Wade Davis Bill
Sand Creek Massacre
Sherman‟s March to the Sea
Surrender at Appomattox
Freedmen‟s Bureau established
President Lincoln Assassinated
Foreign
Trent Affair
17. Andrew Johnson
Domestic
Presidential Reconstruction
Black Codes established
13th Amendment Ratified
The Grange Organized
Ku Klux Klan Organized
Civil Rights Bill Vetoed
Tenure of Office Act
Military Reconstruction Act
Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson
14th Amendment Ratified
Foreign
Purchase of Alaska
26. Theodore Roosevelt
Domestic
Newlands Reclamation Act
Anthracite Coal Strike
Square Deal
United States Forest Service
Hepburn Act
Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Administration
Gentleman‟s Agreement
Foreign
Platt Amendment
Panama and Big Stick Diplomacy
Construction of the Panama Canal Begins
Roosevelt Corollary
Noble Peace Prize
Great White Fleet
28. Woodrow Wilson
Domestic
16th and 17th Amendments Ratified
Federal Reserve Act
Underwood Tariff
Smith-Lever Act
Clayton Anti-trust Act
Adamson Act
Keating-Owens Act
Selective Service Act
Espionage and Sedition Acts
18th Amendment Ratified
Schenck v. US
19th Amendment Ratified
Foreign
Moral Diplomacy
Proclamation of Neutrality
Lusitania Sinks
Sussex Pledge
Zimmerman Note
US enters World War I
Jones Act
Wilson‟s Fourteen Points
Armistice ending World War I
Paris Peace Conference and Versailles Treaty
Ratification Battle and Speaking Tour
32. Franklin D Roosevelt – Domestic
National Banking Holiday
New Deal and Three R‟s
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Industrial Recovery Act
Gold Repeal Resolution
21st Amendments Ratified
Civilian Conservation Corps established
Farm Security Administration established
Securities and Exchange Commission
Reciprocal Trade Act
Huey Long‟s Share the Wealth Program
Indian Reorganization Act
Coughlin‟s National Union for Social Justice
Federal Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
Works Progress Administration
Schechter v. US
Wagner Act
Social Security Act
Court Packing Scheme
Fair Labor Standards Act
Second Agricultural Adjustment Act
Conscription Act
National War Labor Board established
Executive Order 9066 - Japanese Interment
War Production Board established
Korematsu v. United States
GI Bill
FDR Dies
FDR – Foreign Policy
Good Neighbor Policy
Tydings-McDuffe Act
Pan-American Conference
Neutrality Acts of 1935-1937 (Cash and Carry)
World War II Begins
Neutrality Act of 1939
Destroyer for Military Bases Exchange
Four Freedoms Address
Lend Lease Program
Atlantic Charter
Attack on Pearl Harbor
US enters World War II
US invades North Africa
Teheran Conference
D-Day
Yalta Conference
33. Harry Truman
Domestic
National Security Act
Taft-Hartley Act
Selective Service Act
Alger Hiss Convicted
McCarthy Accusations
McCarran Internal Security Act
Foreign
Potsdam Conference
United Nations Charter
Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Cold War Begins
Containment Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Blockade + Airlift
NATO organized
NSC-68
Korean War Begins
34. Dwight D Eisenhower
Domestic
Army-McCarthy Hearings
Brown v. Board of Education
Federal Highway Act
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Little Rock Nine
Greensboro Sit-Ins
Farewell Address
Foreign
End of Korean War
SEATO formed
Suez Crisis
Sputnik in Orbit
Eisenhower Doctrine
U2 Incident
35. John F Kennedy
Domestic
New Frontier Domestic Program
CORE Freedom Rides
James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi
James Hood and Vivian Malone enter University of Alabama
The Feminine Mystique is Published
Equal Pay Act
March on Birmingham
March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.‟s “I Have a Dream Speech”
JFK‟s Assassination and Warren Commission
Foreign
Peace Corps
Alliance for Progress
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Berlin Wall Built
US troops to Vietnam
Cuban Missile Crisis
36. Lyndon B Johnson
Domestic
The Great Society
War on Poverty
Economic Opportunity Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Freedom Summer
March on Selma
Voting Rights Act
Medicare and Medicare established
HUD established
Malcolm X assassinated
Watts Riot
Black Power Movement
NOW created
Black Panthers created
RFK assassinated + MLK assassinated
Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Foreign
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Escalation of the War in Vietnam
TET offensive
37. Richard M Nixon
Domestic
Silent Majority Speech
Kent State and Jackson University Protests
26th Amendment Ratified
Pentagon Papers published
Watergate Break-in
Vice President Agnew Resigns
Roe v. Wade
AIM and Wounded Knee Incident
„Saturday Night Massacre‟
US v. Nixon
Nixon Resigns
Foreign
Vietnamization
My Lai Massacre revealed and Lt. William Calley court-martialed
US troops invade Cambodia
Nixon Doctrine
Detente
Nixon visits China
Arab-Israeli War and Oil Embargo
40. Ronald Reagan
Domestic
Reagan Revolution
Religious Right
Neo-Conservatives
Economic Recovery Tax Act and Reaganomics
US Budget and Downsizing
Deregulation
Understanding AIDS mailed to 107 million households
Budget Deficit and National Debt
Foreign
Reagan Doctrine
SDI (Star Wars) and Military Spending
US troops ordered to Lebanon
Invasion of Grenada
Iran- Contra Scandal
US Bombs Libya
Gorbachev comes to power in USSR- Announces Glasnost and Perestroika
INF Treaty Signed