The Presidents

The Presidents is a documentary that gives brief summaries of American Presidents. It aired right atter the 2016 election.

## Transcript

* George Washington: First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
* John Adams: First president to live in the White House.
* Thomas Jefferson: Doubled the size of our country.
* James Madison: Led us through the War of 1812.
* James Monroe: Didn't want European power to seek colonies in the U.S.
* John Quincy Adams: First president to be son of a former president.
* Andrew Jackson: The people's president and a frontier common man.
* Martin Van Buren: First president born an American citizen.
* William Henry Harrison: Died a month after his inauguration.
* John Tyler: First vice president to assume the presidency. Ended the war with the Indians.
* James K. Polk: Looked to Western expansion,
* Zachary Taylor: Man of the army who dealt with the slavery issue in new territories. Was nicknamed Rough and Ready.
* Millard Fillmore: Last Whig president and signed the Compromise of 1850.
* Franklin Pierce: Tried to do his best but when looking at his presidency, historians aren't impressed. Liked to drink.
* James Buchanan: The one bachelor we've ever seen. Despite his efforts, the country drifted towards Civil War.
* Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator. Saved the Union but paid for it later. Honest Abe. Signed the law that freed the slaves.
* Andrew Johnson: First vice president to succeed to the presidency due to an assassin's bullet. Was impeached during federal reconstruction.
* Ulysses S. Grant; Was a Union general in the Civil War.
* Rutherford B. Hayes: Won the presidency by just one electoral vote.
* James A. Garfield: Victim of an assassin's bullet just four months after taking office.
* Chester A. Arthur: Signed the Civil Service Act. Changed pants several times a day.
* Grover Cleveland: The only president to serve two terms not in a row.
* Benjamin Harrison: Grandson of 9th President William Henry Harrison.
* William McKinley: Was president when the 20th century arrived.
* Theodore Roosevelt: The youngest person to ever become president. Fought in the Spanish American War and built a canal.
* William Howard Taft: Biggest man in the presidency. Got stuck in a tub.
* Woodrow Wilson: President during World War I. Kept sheep on his lawn. Thought a League of Nations was great.
* Warren G. Harding: Under his administration, a lot of scandals occurred. Promised normalcy to everyone.
* Calvin Coolidge: President during the Roaring Twenties. Didn't say much. Taught one and all frugality.
* Herbert Hoover: Promised a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage, but then had the nation counting pennies.
* Franklin D. Roosevelt: The only president to serve more than two terms. Led the U.S. through the Great Depression and World War II.
* Harry S. Truman: Dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and preached civil rights.
* Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commanded in World War II. His slogan was "I Like Ike".
* John F. Kennedy: Last president to be assassinated.
* Lyndon B. Johnson: Signed the Civil Rights Act but had to deal with the Vietnam War. Declared a war on poverty.
* Richard Nixon. Ended the Vietnam War and the first president to visit China. Had to quit after Watergate.
* Gerald Ford: The only president to become president or vice president without getting elected. Moved the nation forward past Watergate and was known for embarrassing trips.
* Jimmy Carter: President during an energy crisis. Was a peanut farmer and fought for human rights with all his might.
* Ronald Reagan: Said "Tear Down This Wall!" and then the wall fell. Liked jellybeans.
* George H.W. Bush: Freed a nation in Desert Storm.
* Bill Clinton: Last president of the 20th century. President through the millennium. There was a chance that his wife Hillary would be a president too.
* George W. Bush: Second president to be son of a former president. Strengthened Homeland Security when faced with the devastation of the 9/11 attacks.
* Barack Obama: First to be elected of African descent. Called for hope and change.
* Donald Trump: First president with zero political or military experience. Made the jump from businessman to POTUS.
* Who's next?