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US Presidents alpha
Facts about each President
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| General who led the American army to victory in the Revolutionary War President from 1789-1797 | George Washington |
| 2nd president (1797-1801) First president in the White House | John Adams |
| 3rd president (1801-1809) Doubled the country's size by the Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson |
| 4th president (1809-1817) Father of the Constitution | James Madison |
| 5th president (1817-1825) Created Monroe Doctrine, declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas | James Monroe |
| 6th president (1825-1829) Son of the second president Opponent of slavery | John Quincy Adams |
| 7th president (1829-1837) First common man president, nicknamed "Old Hickory" for his toughness. | Andrew Jackson |
| 8th president (1837-1841) First to be born an American | Martin Van Buren |
| 9th president (1841) Died after 30 days in office. (First to die in office & shortest term) Nickname "Old Tippecanoe” (Battle in War of 1812) | William Henry Harrison |
| 10th president (1841-1845) 1st VP to ascend to Presidency 1st President to marry while in office 1st President to get expelled from his own political party | John Tyler |
| 11th president (1845-1849) President during Mexican American War Extended US territory to Pacific Ocean | James Polk |
| 12th president (1849-1850) Hero of Mexican American War Died of acute gastroenteritis just 16 months into his term | Zachary Taylor |
| 13th president (1850-1853) Instrumental in Compromise of 1850 (truce over expansion of slavery) | Millard Fillmore |
| 14th president (1853-1857) Gadsden Purchase (Paid Mexico for part of Arizona and New Mexico) | Franklin Pierce |
| 15th president (1857-1861) President right before Civil War Only President who was a life-long bachelor | James Buchanan |
| 16th president (1861-1865) Assassinated in 1865 | Abraham Lincoln |
| 17th president (1865-1869) Was Lincolns VP 1st President to be impeached | Andrew Johnson |
| 18th president (1869-1877) General-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 19th president (1877-1881) Won the presidency by one electoral vote Oversaw the end of Reconstruction | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 20th president (1881) Was president for only 100 days | James Garfield |
| 21st president (1881-1885) Pendleton Act (ended spoils system) | Chester A. Arthur |
| 22nd president (1885-1889) 1st democrat after Civil War | Grover Cleveland |
| 23rd president (1889-1893) Signed Sherman AntiTrust Act (prevent monopolies) Grandson of 9th president | Benjamin Harrison |
| 24th president (1893-1897) 1st to serve non-consecutive terms (1885-1889 and 1893-1897) | Grover Cleveland |
| 25th president (1897-1901) US won Spanish American War Gold Standard Act (value of money fixed to gold) | William McKinley |
| 26th president (1901-1909) Established National Parks Began Panama Canal Youngest to be president (42) | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 27th president (1909-1913) Became Chief Justice of Supreme Court after losing re-election | William Howard Taft |
| 28th president (1913-1921) Established the Federal Reserve. Oversaw World War I. League of Nations | Woodrow Wilson |
| 29th president (1921-1923) Teapot Dome Scandal (leased naval oil reserves illegally) | Warren G. Harding |
| 30th President (1923-1929) Granted citizenship to Native Americans Oversaw rapid economic growth (roaring ‘20s) | Calvin Coolidge |
| 31st president (1929-1933) President during Wall Street Crash of 1929 and Great Depression | Herbert Hoover |
| 32nd president (1933-1945) Only president elected to four terms. Presided over WWII. Created the New Deal. | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 33rd president (1945-1953) Dropped the atomic bomb on Japan to end WWII in 1945 | Harry S. Truman |
| 34th president (1953-1961) Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during WWII before elected to presidency | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 35th president (1961-1963) Assassinated in 1963. Youngest president elected (at age 43) | John F. Kennedy. |
| 36th president (1963-1969) Declared a "War on Poverty" JFK’s vice president | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 37th president (1969-1974) Only president to resign office. | Richard Nixon |
| 38th president (1974-1977) Only, person to become President without winning a general election for President or Vice President. (Selected VP by Nixon after Spiro Agnew resigned) Pardoned Nixon | Gerald Ford |
| 39th president (1977-1981) Governor of Georgia in 1970. Peanut farmer. Established Habitat for Humanity | Jimmy Carter |
| 40th president (1981-1989) Former actor and governor of California “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! (Berlin Wall) | Ronald Reagan |
| 41st president (1989-1993) Freed the nation Kuwait in "Desert Storm.” | George H. W. Bush |
| 42nd president (1993-2001) Signed NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement) 2nd president impeached | Bill Clinton |
| 43rd president (2001-2009) Served during 9/11 attacks. Invaded Iraq but found no WMD (weapons of mass destruction.) | George W. Bush |
| 44th president (2009-2017) Signed Affordable Care Act President when Osama bin Laden was killed | Barack Obama |
| 45th president (2017-2021) 1st elected President with no government or military experience 1st to be impeached twice | Donald Trump |
| 46th president (2021-2025) President during COVID Pandemic | Joe Biden |
| 47th president (2025- ) 2nd president to serve non-consecutive terms | Donald Trump |
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