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Learn by era

Start at the Founders or jump to the era you are studying in school. Each president now has a fuller lesson — story plus facts. Explorers and Detectives take twenty questions; Scholars get a harder seminar quiz.

1. 11789–1825 · 5 presidentsThe FoundersMeet the first five presidents. They had to figure out the job — because no one had been president of the United States before.0/50%
2. 21825–1861 · 10 presidentsA Growing NationThe United States got much bigger. New states joined — and people argued more and more about land, money, and slavery.0/100%
3. 31861–1901 · 10 presidentsUnion & AfterThe country split, then came back together. Presidents in this era faced war, freedom for millions of people, and a changing nation.0/100%
4. 41901–1945 · 7 presidentsA New CenturyCars, radios, and huge parks arrived. So did two world wars and a time when many families had no jobs. Presidents had to think bigger.0/70%
5. 51945–1993 · 9 presidentsCold War YearsThe United States and the Soviet Union competed for decades. At home, people marched for equal rights, and Americans even walked on the Moon.0/90%
6. 61993–today · 6 presidentsOur TimeThese presidents served in the time of the internet, smartphones, and kids who are alive right now. History is still being written.0/60%