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Presidents Test 1-19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1789-1797 | George Washington (Federalist, Virginia) |
| The 1st president | George Washington (Federalist, Virginia)) |
| Stepped down from a third term | George Washington (Federalist, Virginia)) |
| Established early U.S. neutrality | George Washington (Federalist, Virginia)) |
| 1797-1801 | John Adams (Federalist, Massachusetts) |
| The 2nd president | John Adams (Federalist, Massachusetts) |
| The XYZ affair (U.S refuses to pay French bribes) | John Adams (Federalist, Massachusetts) |
| The Alien and Sedition Acts allowing deportation and attacking freddom of speech respectively. | John Adams (Federalist, Massachusetts) |
| 1801-1809 | Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| The 3rd president | Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| Lousiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| Used Halmiton's system and passed 1807 Embargo Act | Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| 1809-1817 | James Madison (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| The 4th president | James Madison (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| 1812 war against Britain | James Madison (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| 1817-1825 | James Monroe (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| The 5th president | James Monroe (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| Spain ceded Flordia to the U.S in 1814 under this president's watch | James Monroe (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| Monroe Doctrine declared North America U.S land | James Monroe (Democratic Republican, Virginia) |
| 1825-1829 | John Quincy Adams (Democratic Republican, Massachusetts) |
| The 6th president | John Quincy Adams (Democratic Republican, Massachusetts) |
| Domestic Controversy involving his election and the House of Representitives Henry Clay | John Quincy Adams (Democratic Republican, Massachusetts) |
| Fought against congress his entire presidency upsetting many politicians | John Quincy Adams (Democratic Republican, Massachusetts) |
| 1829-1837 | Andrew Jackson (Democrat, Tennessee) |
| The 7th president | Andrew Jackson (Democrat, Tennessee) |
| Spread voting rights to more of the working class | Andrew Jackson (Democrat, Tennessee) |
| Responsible for the trail of tears | Andrew Jackson (Democrat, Tennessee) |
| Destroyed the Bank of the United States | Andrew Jackson (Democrat, Tennessee) |
| Threatened South Caroliae with violent militant action should it succeed, succesfully keeping the union together. | Andrew Jackson (Democrat, Tennessee) |
| 1837-1841 | Martin Van Buren (Democrat, NewYork) |
| The 8th president | Martin Van Buren (Democrat, NewYork) |
| President during the Panic of 1837 was blamed for it | Martin Van Buren (Democrat, NewYork) |
| Didn't achieve much in office, was recieved as aristocrat-like and overly pompous | Martin Van Buren (Democrat, NewYork) |
| 1841 | William Henry Harrison (Whig, Ohio) |
| The 9th president | William Henry Harrison (Whig, Ohio) |
| The 1st Whig elected president | William Henry Harrison (Whig, Ohio) |
| Died of Phneumonia (First president to die in office) | William Henry Harrison (Whig, Ohio) |
| 1841-1845 | John Tyler (Whig, Virginia) |
| The 10th president | John Tyler (Whig, Virginia) |
| Stoped laws from Whig congress despite being a Whig himself | John Tyler (Whig, Virginia) |
| Signed the Webster Ashburton Treaty solidifying the border between the U.S and British Canada | John Tyler (Whig, Virginia) |
| Attempted to annex Texas in 1844 | John Tyler (Whig, Virginia) |
| 1845-1849 | James Polk (Democrat, Tennessee) |
| The 11th president | James Polk (Democrat, Tennessee) |
| Expansionist, Gained the Oregon territory from Britain | James Polk (Democrat, Tennessee) |
| Fought Mexico from 1846 to 1848 | James Polk (Democrat, Tennessee) |
| 1849-1850 | Zachary Taylor (Whig, Louisiana) |
| The 12th president | Zachary Taylor (Whig, Louisiana) |
| Kept the Union together by threatening to hang successioners in the South | Zachary Taylor (Whig, Louisiana) |
| Let congress become more powerful, because he let congress decide more policies | Zachary Taylor (Whig, Louisiana) |
| 1850-1853 | Millard Fillmore (Whig, NewYork) |
| The 13th president | Millard Fillmore (Whig, NewYork) |
| Signed the 1850 Compromise | Millard Fillmore (Whig, NewYork) |
| Signed the Fugitive Slave Act 1850 | Millard Fillmore (Whig, NewYork) |
| 1853-1857 | Franklin Pierce (Democrat, New Hampshire) |
| The 14th president | Franklin Pierce (Democrat, New Hampshire) |
| Signed Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 | Franklin Pierce (Democrat, New Hampshire) |
| 1857-1861 | James Buchanan (Democrat, Pennsylvania) |
| The 15th president | James Buchanan (Democrat, Pennsylvania) |
| Was very Pro-Southern unseemingly for a president | James Buchanan (Democrat, Pennsylvania) |
| Let S. Caroline as well as 6 other states suceed from the Union | James Buchanan (Democrat, Pennsylvania) |
| 1861-1865 | Abraham Lincoln (Republican, Illinois) |
| The 16th president | Abraham Lincoln (Republican, Illinois) |
| The 1st president to be assasinated and the 1st Republican president | Abraham Lincoln (Republican, Illinois) |
| Emancipation Proclomation of 1863 | Abraham Lincoln (Republican, Illinois) |
| Was Pro-Union early on during the Civil War and later became Anti-Slavery as well | Abraham Lincoln (Republican, Illinois) |
| Was the president during the Civil War (1861-1865) | Abraham Lincoln (Republican, Illinois) |
| Upon the end of the war favored peace with the 10% plan | Abraham Lincoln (Republican, Illinois) |
| 1865-1869 | Andrew Johnson (Democratic Unionist, Tennessee) |
| The 17th president | Andrew Johnson (Democratic Unionist, Tennessee) |
| The 1st president to be impeached | Andrew Johnson (Democratic Unionist, Tennessee) |
| Favored amnesty to the South | Andrew Johnson (Democratic Unionist, Tennessee) |
| Battled congress entire presidency | Andrew Johnson (Democratic Unionist, Tennessee) |
| Vetoed the extension of the Freedman's Bureau | Andrew Johnson (Democratic Unionist, Tennessee) |
| Congress passed several reconstruction based bills over his vetos | Andrew Johnson (Democratic Unionist, Tennessee) |
| 1869-1877 | Ulysses S. Grant (Republican, Ohio) |
| The 18th president | Ulysses S. Grant (Republican, Ohio) |
| Worked with congress to seat federal troops in the South both to crush the KKK but also to ensure that Freedmen were voting | Ulysses S. Grant (Republican, Ohio) |
| Presidency had lots of corruption as they appointed personal friends to goverment offices, and said friends took advantage of it | Ulysses S. Grant (Republican, Ohio) |
| 1877-1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican, Ohio) |
| The 19th president | Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican, Ohio) |
| Removed federal troops from the South essentially ending the Reconstrution period | Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican, Ohio) |
| Removed corrupt leaders of the New York Customs House | Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican, Ohio) |
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