List of American Presidents for Kids | Fun & Easy Presidents Guide | Twinkl USA — Transcript

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1. 0:00Have you ever wondered who all the
2. 0:02American presidents were?
3. 0:05From George Washington to today, the
4. 0:07United States has had leaders with big
5. 0:09ideas, big challenges, and sometimes
6. 0:13even big mustaches.
7. 0:15Let's explore the full list of US
8. 0:17presidents and pick up some fun facts
9. 0:20along the way.
10. 0:24The first president.
11. 0:29The very first president was George
12. 0:31Washington, our nation's beginning.
13. 0:36Next came John Adams
14. 0:40followed by Thomas Jefferson, who
15. 0:42doubled the size of the US with the
16. 0:44Louisiana Purchase.
17. 0:49James Madison helped write the
18. 0:51Constitution.
19. 0:54And James Monroe created the Monroe
20. 0:57Doctrine.
21. 1:00Then came John Quincy Adams.
22. 1:05And after him, Andrew Jackson, who was
23. 1:08known for being as tough as a hickory
24. 1:10tree.
25. 1:12Martin Van Buren followed.
26. 1:16Then William Henry Harrison, whose
27. 1:19presidency was the shortest, only about
28. 1:22a month.
29. 1:26John Tyler became president next.
30. 1:30Then James K. Polk, who oversaw the
31. 1:33Mexican-American War.
32. 1:37After him, came Zachary Taylor.
33. 1:43Then Millard Fillmore.
34. 1:48Next was Franklin Pierce.
35. 1:53Followed by James Buchanan.
36. 1:58Civil War and Reconstruction Presidents.
37. 2:05Then came Abraham Lincoln, who led the
38. 2:08country during the Civil War and worked
39. 2:10to end slavery.
40. 2:13After Lincoln, Andrew Johnson took
41. 2:16office.
42. 2:19Then Ulysses S. Grant, a famous Union
43. 2:22general.
44. 2:26Presidents of the late 1800s.
45. 2:33Next was Rutherford B. Hayes.
46. 2:38Followed by James A. Garfield.
47. 2:42Chester A. Arthur stepped in after
48. 2:45Garfield.
49. 2:49Then came Grover Cleveland.
50. 2:51The first president to serve two
51. 2:53non-consecutive terms.
52. 2:57So, when Benjamin Harrison served
53. 3:00between Cleveland's two presidencies,
54. 3:02Cleveland came back again as the 24th
55. 3:05president.
56. 3:09Early 1900s and World Wars.
57. 3:15After that came William McKinley.
58. 3:20Then Theodore Roosevelt, the youngest
59. 3:22president at age 42, and famous for
60. 3:25national parks.
61. 3:28Next was William Howard Taft, who later
62. 3:31became Chief Justice, the only person to
63. 3:34hold both jobs.
64. 3:39Woodrow Wilson followed.
65. 3:43Then Warren G. Harding.
66. 3:46And then Calvin Coolidge, known for
67. 3:49being very quiet. Shh.
68. 3:54Next came Herbert Hoover.
69. 3:58And then Franklin D. Roosevelt, the only
70. 4:00president to serve more than two terms.
71. 4:03Four in total.
72. 4:07Modern presidents.
73. 4:12After his long presidency, came Harry S.
74. 4:15Truman.
75. 4:18Then Dwight D. Eisenhower, a World War
76. 4:21II general.
77. 4:24Next was John F. Kennedy.
78. 4:29Followed by Lyndon B. Johnson.
79. 4:33Then came Richard Nixon.
80. 4:38Who was followed by Gerald Ford.
81. 4:43Jimmy Carter served next.
82. 4:46Followed by Ronald Reagan, a former
83. 4:48actor.
84. 4:51Then came George H. W. Bush.
85. 4:58Followed by Bill Clinton.
86. 5:02After Clinton was George W. Bush.
87. 5:06Then Barack Obama, the first
88. 5:08African-American president.
89. 5:13Next came Donald Trump.
90. 5:17Then Joe Biden.
91. 5:20And then Donald Trump again. Making him
92. 5:22one of the few presidents to return to
93. 5:24office after losing re-election.
94. 5:30And that's the full list, from number
95. 5:32one to today.
96. 5:3445 people serving 47 terms.
97. 5:37With Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump
98. 5:40counted twice.
99. 5:41Now that you know every president, try
100. 5:43noticing the patterns.
101. 5:46Some were very young. Some were quite
102. 5:48old, some were farmers or soldiers, and
103. 5:52some were teachers or lawyers.
104. 5:54Eight were born in Virginia.
105. 5:56Abraham Lincoln was the tallest, and the
106. 5:59White House didn't officially get its
107. 6:01name until 1901.
108. 6:03Each president brought different ideas,
109. 6:05challenges, and stories, all shaping the
110. 6:08United States in unique ways.
111. 6:13And if you ever want to celebrate them,
112. 6:15Presidents' Day is the perfect time.
113. 6:18It began as a birthday celebration for
114. 6:20Washington and Lincoln, and now it
115. 6:22honors all the people who've taken on
116. 6:24the big responsibility of leading the
117. 6:26country.
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