Download Presidents of the United States and Their Stances on Civil Rights and more Quizzes Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 18th DEFINITION 1 -Emancipation Proclamation -blacks saw him as friendly - approved 13th amendment/pushed for it TERM 2 Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 17th DEFINITION 2 -vetoed Civil Rights Act of 1866 -anti civil rights -stood for the Union -also felt like he had the Constitutional right to own slaves TERM 3 Ulysses S. Grant 1869- 1877 DEFINITION 3 -led Reconstruction by signing civil rights laws -fought against KKK -gave citizenship to former slaves -enforcement of civil rights in Reconstruction states -signed naturalization act-let blacks become citizens TERM 4 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877- 1881 DEFINITION 4 -19th President -ended Reconstruction -withdrew troops from the south-considered to have hurt blacks -funded schools for blacks -approved 15th -wanted to assimilate blacks in society -jim crow laws spread TERM 5 William McKinley 1897- 1901 DEFINITION 5 -25th President -spanish american war -gold standard act - friendly but inactive -was for black rights -stayed away from using troops in south, no more Recon. -allowed lynching, although he was against it TERM 6 Theodore Roosevelt 1901- 1909 DEFINITION 6 -26th President -before Presidency, wanted deseg. of the schools -failure as pres for civil rights -Monroe Doctrine TERM 7 William Taft 1909- 1913 DEFINITION 7 -27th President -wanted to keep tariffs -brought about the 16th amendment -inactive towards civil rights -hesistant to enfore 15th -NAACP was formed during his tenure -later served as chief justice (Gong Lum v. Rice decided while he was on the court) TERM 8 Woodrow Wilson 1913- 1921 DEFINITION 8 -28th President -proposed league of nations -refused to meet with black officials -encouraged intro and passage of discriminatory legislation -didn't want blacks in federal jobs - unfriendly towards civil rights TERM 9 Warren Harding 1921- 1923 DEFINITION 9 -29th President -friendly towards civil rights -supported blacks in government positions -Sheppard towner maternity act, per centum act, and dyer anti-lynching bill = civil rights measures -welfare in US -(appointed taft) TERM 10 Calvin Coolidge 1924- 1928 DEFINITION 10 -30th President -WWI -stock market crash -prohibition - supporter of 14th -supported civil rights, indians, and catholics -disliked KKK
