Part 4

Becoming a Force in the World: Lincoln to Hoover

IN THIS PART …

Get a good look at the first of the greatest of all our presidents, Abraham Lincoln, and his valiant attempts to save the union and to end slavery in the United States.

Follow Lincoln’s successors who set the foundation for the country to become an economic and military power. Some were successful, such as Presidents Arthur, Cleveland, and Harrison; others failed. The failures include our first president to be impeached, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant, a great war hero. Both their presidencies were smeared by corruption and scandals.

Interesting fact!, You may be surprised to discover how a candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes, lost the presidential election and still became president of the U.S.

Discover the presidents who turned the U.S. into a world power. There was William McKinley, an imperialist, who enlarged the U.S. by annexing Hawaii and winning the Spanish American War. Who can forget about Teddy Roosevelt? He not only gave us the Panama Canal and was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but he also established the tradition of protecting the average American from the excesses of big business. Woodrow Wilson is famous for saving democracy in Europe by entering World War I and reforming the country back home.

Find out which presidents served in the 1920s. One, Warren G. Harding, was immoral; one, Calvin Coolidge, preferred sleeping to work; and the final one, Herbert Hoover, even though a great human being and humanitarian, reacted too little too late to the Great Depression.