The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents

The United States of America was a bold invention of enormous risk. An 8-year war of independence, followed by intense political debate produced a government of, by and for the people.

America in 1824 saw the era of the Founding Fathers coming to an end.

America by the mid-1800s was triple its original size thanks to bold and controversial decisions by Presidents such as Jefferson, Jackson, and Polk.

The Civil War ends and America desperately needs leadership. The president who'd seen the nation through its most divisive conflict is dead, leaving no road map for peace.

Since the end of the Civil War, Congress and the deep pockets of Big Industry dictated the course for the nation, but one president fights for the common man, as a grisly international fight begins.

America in the 1920s was a country poised for a fresh start. The horrific brutality of the first global war was over. The economy was beginning to "roar," and the Presidents at the helm were happy to take a backseat to Congress.

In 1945, at the end of a devastating global war, America emerged as a superpower. The Cold War presented the nation with a new and unprecedented crisis.

Since the mid 1960s, the power of the presidency has risen and fallen.