US_001_Half_title.indd 1 26/10/16 4:03 pm DK Delhi Project Editor Suefa Lee Project Art Editor Divya PR Assistant Editor Riji Raju Art Editor Anjali Sachar Assistant Art Editors Yashashvi Choudhary, Simar Dhamija DTP Designers Sachin Gupta, Ashok Kumar Senior DTP Designer Harish Aggarwal Picture Researcher Sakshi Saluja Jacket Designers Surabhi Wadhwa Managing Jackets Editor Saloni Singh Pre-production Manager Balwant Singh Production Manager Pankaj Sharma Picture Research Manager Taiyaba Khatoon Senior Managing Editor Rohan Sinha Deputy Managing Art Editor Anjana Nair DK London Assistant Editor Vicky Richards Senior Art Editor Spencer Holbrook Senior Editor Fleur Star US Senior Editor Margaret Parrish US Editor Jill Hamilton Jacket Editor Claire Gell Jacket Design Development Manager Sophia MTT Producer, Pre-production Nadine King Producer Gary Batchelor Managing Editor Francesca Baines Managing Art Editor Philip Letsu Publisher Andrew Macintyre Associate Publishing Director Liz Wheeler Art Director Karen Self Publishing Director Jonathan Metcalf Written by Philip Parker Consultant: Gary Werner First American Edition, 2017 Published in the United States by DK Publishing 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Copyright © 2017 Dorling Kindersley Limited DK, a Division of Penguin Random House, LLC 17 18 19 20 21 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001–299508–March/2017 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under the copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-4654-5853-7 DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 or [email protected] Printed in USA A WORLD OF IDEAS: SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW www.dk.com US_002-003_Title.indd 2 14/11/16 12:58 pm s m i t h s o n i a n US_002-003_Title.indd 3 26/10/16 4:03 pm CONTENTS James Monroe 22 John Quincy Adams 24 Andrew Jackson 26 Martin Van Buren 28 William Henry Harrison 30 John Tyler 32 James K. Polk 34 Zachary Taylor 36 1 Millard Fillmore 38 Franklin Pierce 40 James Buchanan 42 Abraham Lincoln 44 Andrew Johnson 48 PRESIDENTS 8 Ulysses S. Grant 50 George Washington 10 Rutherford B. Hayes 52 John Adams 14 James A. Garfield 54 Thomas Jefferson 16 Chester A. Arthur 56 James Madison 20 Grover Cleveland 58 US_004-007_Contents_Trump.indd 4 26/10/16 6:47 pm Benjamin Harrison 60 William McKinley 62 Theodore Roosevelt 64 William H. Taft 68 Woodrow Wilson 70 Warren G. Harding 72 Calvin Coolidge 74 Herbert Hoover 76 Franklin D. Roosevelt 78 2 Harry S. Truman 82 Dwight D. Eisenhower 84 John F. Kennedy 88 Lyndon B. Johnson 92 Richard M. Nixon 96 NOTABLE FIRST LADIES 124 Gerald R. Ford 100 Martha Washington 126 Jimmy Carter 102 Abigail Adams 128 Ronald Reagan 104 Dolley Madison 129 George H. W. Bush 108 Mary Lincoln 130 Bill Clinton 110 Frances Cleveland 131 George W. Bush 114 Edith Wilson 132 Barack Obama 118 Lou Hoover 133 Donald Trump 122 Eleanor Roosevelt 134 Jacqueline Kennedy 136 “Lady Bird” Johnson 137 Betty Ford 138 Rosalynn Carter 139 Nancy Reagan 140 Barbara Bush 141 Hillary Clinton 142 Laura Bush 143 Michelle Obama 144 US_004-007_Contents_Trump.indd 5 26/10/16 6:47 pm 3 4 THE CONSTITUTION PRESIDENTIAL PLACES AND THE PRESIDENCY 146 AND VEHICLES 172 The American Revolution 148 The White House 174 The Declaration The Oval Office 176 of Independence 149 The West Wing 178 The Drafting of the Constitution 150 Presidential Powers 152 Presidential Elections 154 The Electoral System 155 The President and Congress 156 The Bill of Rights 158 The Civil War 160 Abolition of Slavery 162 Voting Rights 164 Prohibition 166 Female Suffrage 168 Two-Term Limit 170 Right to Vote at 18 171 US_004-007_Contents_Trump.indd 6 26/10/16 6:47 pm 5 Eisenhower Executive Office Building 179 Blair House 180 REFERENCE 192 Camp David 182 Number One US Presidents Observatory Circle 183 State by State 194 Mount Vernon 184 Extraordinary Monticello 185 Elections 196 Mount Rushmore 186 Vice Presidents 198 Air Force One 188 Political Parties 200 Cadillac One 189 Presidential Fun Facts 202 Ground Force One 190 Marine Force One 191 GLOSSARY 204 INDEX 206 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 208 COLOR KEY This book uses different colors to show the political party of each president. Republican Democrat Other parties or independents US_004-007_Contents_Trump.indd 7 26/10/16 6:47 pm PRESIDENTS US_008-009_Chapter_1_Opener_Presidents.indd 8 26/10/16 4:03 pm
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