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INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ
Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu
21. stol.
Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem
České republiky.
SIGNIFICANT
PRESIDENTS
GEORGE WASHINGTON
• the commmander of
the Continental Army
in the American
Revolutionary War –
1775-1783
• served as the first
President of the
United States of
America
• Father of this country
JOHN ADAMS
• American politician
• the second president
of the US
• two terms – being the
first Vice President
• one of the most
influential Founding
Fathers of the United
States
THOMAS JEFFERSON
• the third presidentof the
US
• the principal author of the
Declaration of
Independence – 1776
• one of the most influential
Founding Fathers for his
promotion of the ideals of
republicanism in the US
JAMES MADISON
• American politician
and philosopher
• Father of the
constitution –
principal author of the
document
JAMES MONROE
• his administration was
marked by the
acquisition of Florida
– 1819
• the Missouri
Compromise (1820) –
Missouri was
declared a slave state
• the admission of
Maine as a free state
- 1820
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
• American diplomat
• served in senate and
House of
Representatives
• member of the
Federalist,
DemocraticRepublican, National
Republican, AntiMasonic and Whig
parties
ANDREW JACKSON
• military governor of
Florida (1821)
• Commander of the
American forces at
the battle of New
Orleans (1815)
• eponym of the era of
Jacksonian
democracy
MARTIN VAN BUREN
• before his presidency
– he served as the
eighth Vice President,
the tenth Secretary of
the State under
Andrew Jackson
• the first president
from New York
WILLIAM HENRY HARISSON
• the ninth president
• American military officer
and politician
• the oldest president
elected until Ronald
Regan in 1980
• died on his thirty-second
day in office – the
shortest tenure in the US
presidental history
JOHN TYLER, Jr.
• the tenth President of
the United States
• the first to succeed to
the office following
the death of a
predecessor
JAMES KNOX POLK
• born in Mecklenburg
County, North
Carolina
• mostly lived in and
represented the state
of Tennessee
• served as a Speaker
of the House and
Governor of
Tennessee
ZACHARY TAYLOR
• American military
leader
• known as „Old Rough
and Ready“
• 40-year military
career in the U.S.
Army
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• served as the 16th
president - from March
1861
• his assassination in April
1865
• led his country through its
greatest internal crisis the American Civil War preserving the Union and
ending slavery
• before his election in
1860 as the first
Republican president
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
• the 32nd President of the
United States and a central
figure in world events during
the mid-20th century
• leading the United States
during a time of worldwide
economic crisis and world war
• the only American president
elected to more than two
terms, he was often referred to
by his initials, FDR
• won his first of four presidential
elections in 1932, while the
United States was in the
depths of the Great
Depression
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
• John Fitzgerald
"Jack" Kennedy
(May 29, 1917 –
November 22, 1963),
often referred to by
his initials JFK
• the 35th President of
the United States,
serving from 1961
until his assassination
in 1963
RONALD REAGAN
• born in Tampico, Illinois,
Reagan moved to Los
Angeles, California in the
1930s
• began a career as an actor,
first in films and later
television, appearing in 52
movie productions and gaining
enough success to become a
household name
• though largely a B film actor,
two of his most notable roles
are in Knute Rockne, All
American and Kings Row
BILL CLINTON
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William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born
William Jefferson Blythe III, August
19, 1946) - the 42nd President of the
United States from 1993 to 2001
was the third-youngest president; He
became president at the end of the
Cold War, and as he was born in the
period after World War II, he is known
as the first Baby Boomer president
his wife - Hillary Rodham Clinton - is
currently the United States Secretary
of State
she was previously a United States
Senator from New York, and also
candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 2008
both are graduates of Yale Law School
BARACK OBAMA
• the 44th and current
President of the United
States
• the first African American
to hold the office
• previously served as the
junior United States
Senator from Illinois
• from January 2005 until
he resigned after his
election to the presidency
in November 2008
INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ
Tato výuková prezentace byla pořízena z finančních
prostředků hrazených Evropským sociálním fondem
a rozpočtem České republiky.
Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem
České republiky.