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Wilgus Final Exam
Final Exam Flashcards - Mrs. Wilgus
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| George Washington | Established Presidential Precedents |
| John Adams | Negotiated Treaty of Paris, 1783 |
| Thomas Jefferson | Authored the Declaration of Independence |
| James Madison | "Father of the Constitution" |
| James Monroe | Cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy |
| John Quincy Adams | Returned to Congress for 18 years |
| Andrew Jackson | Founder of the Democratic Party |
| Martin Van Buren | First Economic Panic, 1837 |
| William Henry Harrison | First of the anti-Jackson Presidents |
| John Tyler | First VP to become President |
| James Knox Polk | First Dark Horse (little-known) Candidate |
| Zachary Taylor | Soldier for 40 years |
| Millard Fillmore | Compromise of 1850 (Delayed the Civil War) |
| Franklin Pierce | Established Present Border with Mexico |
| James Buchanan | Unable to Prevent the Civil War |
| Abraham Lincoln | First Republican President (Civil War) |
| Andrew Johnson | First Impeached by House of Representatives |
| Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant | Political Corruption at all Levels in Office |
| Rutherford Birchard Hayes | Electoral Committee Decided Election |
| James Abram Garfield | Las President Born in a Log Cabin |
| Chester Alan Arthur | Passed First Civil Service Law |
| Steven Grover Cleveland | Served 2 Non-Consecutive Terms |
| Benjamin Harrison | Enlarged the Navy |
| Steven Grover Cleveland | First to have Child Born in White House |
| William McKinley | Acquired Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Trust Buster; limited power of big business |
| William Howard Taft | Chief Justice after Presidency |
| Thomas Woodrow Wilson | Created the League of Nations |
| Warren Gamaliel Harding | First to Broadcast Speech via Radio |
| John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. | Believed in Minimal Government |
| Herbert Clark Hoover | Humanitarian |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 4 Consecutive Terms; New Deal programs |
| Harry S Truman | Ordered Use of Atomic Bomb in WWII |
| Dwight David Eisenhower | Supreme Allied Commander in WWII |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy | Youngest Elected to Presidency |
| Lyndon Baines Johnson | Established Medicare; Vietnam War |
| Richard Milhaus Nixon | Better Relations w/ USSR and China |
| Gerald Rudolph Ford | Did Not Win Election to Office |
| James Earl Carter, Jr. | Negotiated Peace Accord; Egypt and Israel |
| Ronald Wilson Reagan | Expanded Strategic Defense InitiativE |
| George Herbert Walker Bush | Fall of Berlin Wall; Collapse of USSR |
| William Jefferson Clinton | Impeached by House; Acquitted by State |
| George Walker Bush | Iraq War |
| Barack Hussein Obama | Attempting National Healthcare Reform; Terminated Terrorist Osama bin Laden |
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