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US Presidents
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| VP Thomas Jefferson | John Adams | White House becomes Presidential home |
| VP Aaron Burr George Clinton State James Madison | Thomas Jefferson | 1803 Louisiana Purchase 1st Barbary War |
| VP George Clinton Elbridge Gerry State James Monroe | James Madison | War of 1812 National Anthem written |
| VP Daniel Tompkins State JQ Adams War John C Calhoun | James Monroe | 1823 doctrine opposed to colonial intervention in the Americas |
| VP John C Calhoun State Henry Clay | John Quincy Adams | |
| VP John C Calhoun Martin Van Buren State Martin Van Buren Treasury Roger Taney | Andrew Jackson | Indian Removal Act Battle of the Alamo |
| VP RIchard Johnson | Martin Van Buren | Trail of Tears Panic of 1837 |
| VP John Tyler State Daniel Webster | William Henry Harrison | served shortest term of any President (32 days) |
| VP none State Daniel Webster John C Calhoun | John Tyler | 1st President to marry while in office1st President to have a veto overridden by Congress |
| VP George Dallas State James Buchanan | James K Polk | acquired California and Oregon California gold rush established independent treasury |
| VP Millard FIllmore | Zachary Taylor | dies in office after Washington Monument dedication |
| VP none State Daniel Webster | Millard Fillmore | Commodore Perry sent to Japan 1850 Compromise |
| VP William King War Jefferson Davis | Franklin Pierce | Kansas-Nebraska Act Ostend Manifesto |
| VP John C Breckenridge AG Edwin Stanton | James Buchanan | Pony Express established Harpers Ferry raid |
| VP Hannibal Hamlin Andrew Johnson State William Seward War Edwin Stanton | Abraham Lincoln | Fort Sumter attacked also, the entire Civil War |
| VP none State William Seward War Edwin Stanton | Andrew Johnson | Reconstruction 13th and 14th Amendments 1st President impeached Alaska purchased |
| VP Schuyler Colfax Henry WIlson | Ulysses S Grant | Transcontinental Railroad completed Battle of Little Bighorn |
| VP William Wheeler | Rutherford B Hayes | Reconstruction ends with Compromise of 1877 |
| VP Chester A Arthur State James G Blaine War Robert Todd Lincoln | James Garfield | assassinated by Charles Giteau after 100 days in office |
| VP none State James G Blaine War Robert Todd Lincoln | Chester A Arthur | Chinese Exclusion Act Pendleton Act |
| VP Thomas Hendricks Adlai Stevenson | Grover Cleveland | Pullman strike Presidential Succession Act Statue of Liberty dedicated only non-consecutive terms |
| VP Levi Morton State James G Blaine | Benjamin Harrison | Sherman Antitrust Act electricity in the White House |
| VP Garrett Hobart Theodore Roosevelt War Elihu Root | William McKinley | Spanish-American War Open Door policy/Boxer Rebellion Hawaii annexed |
| VP Charles Fairbanks State Elihu Root | Theodore Roosevelt | Panama Canal rights acquired FBI established 1906 Nobel Peace Prize |
| VP James Sherman | William Howard Taft | Dollar Diplomacy 16th amendment (income tax) |
| VP Thomas Marshall State William Jennings Bryan | Woodrow Wilson | Federal Reserve Act WW1 |
| VP Calvin Coolidge State Charles Evans Hughes Interior Albert Fall Commerce Herbert Hoover | Warren Harding | Eugene Debs pardoned Teapot Dome scandal |
| VP Charles Dawes State Charles Evans Hughes Frank Kellogg Commerce Herbert Hoover | Calvin Coolidge | Lindbergh's transatlantic flight Indian Reorganization Acts Kellog-Briand Pact |
| VP Charles Curtis State Frank Kellogg Henry Stimson | Herbert Hoover | Stock market crash Hawlye-Smoot Tariff |
| VP John Nance Garner Henry Wallace Harry Truman State Cordell Hull Labor Frances Perkins | Franklin Roosevelt | Prohibition ends Social Security Act New Deal legislation WW2 |
| VP Alben Barkley State Dean Acheson State/Defense George Marshall | Harry Truman | first atomic bomb UN established NATO established |
| VP Richard Nixon State John Foster Dulles | Dwight Eisenhower | Brown v. Board of Ed Sputnik launched NASA formed |
| VP Lyndon Johnson State Dean Rusk Defense Robert McNamara AG Robert Kennedy | John F Kennedy | Peace Corps established Berlin Wall Cuban Missle Crisis |
| VP Hubert Humphrey State Dean Rusk Defense Robert McNamara AG Robert Kennedy | Lyndon Johnson | Civil Rights Act Medicare and Medicaid MLK and RFK assassinated |
| VP Spiro Agnew Gerald Ford State Henry Kissinger HUD George Romney | Richard Nixon | 26th Amendment (18 yr old vote) Vietnam War ends SALT agreement reached |
| VP Nelson Rockafeller State Henry Kissinger Defense Donald Rumsfeld Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld Dick Cheney | Gerald Ford | Helsinki Accords |
| VP Walter Mondale | Jimmy Carter | 3 Mile Island Iran hostage crisis |
| VP George HW Bush State Alexander Haig George M Schultz Chief of Staff/ Treasury James Baker | Ronald Reagan | Grenada invasion Iran-Contra scandal |
| VP Dan Quayle State James Baker Defense Dick Cheney | George HW Bush | Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Berlin Wall falls Tiananmen Square riots/massacre |
| VP Al Gore State Madelin Albright AG Janet Reno | Bill Clinton | Branch Davidian standoff in Waco Dayton Peace Accords Oklahoma City bombing |
| VP Dick Cheney State Colin Powell Condoleeza Rice Defense Donald Rumsfeld | George W Bush | 9/11 and Iraq War Hurricane Katrina |
| VP Joe Biden State Hillary Clinton John Kerry | Barack Obama | Osama bin Laden killed |
| VP John Adams State Thomas Jefferson Treasury Alexander Hamilton | George Washington | 1st census national mint established Bill of Rights ratified |
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