American Presidents Flashcards by Lilly Johnson

George Washington

1789-1797
No party designation
- Established new government
- Whiskey Rebellion
- Jay Treaty
- Farewell Address

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John Adams

1797-1801
Federalist
- Undeclared war with France
- XYZ Affair
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- Father of the U.S. Army

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Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809
Democratic- Republican
- First Dem- Rep president
- Executed Louisiana Purchase
- Embargo Act of 1807

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James Madison

1809-1817
Democratic- Republican
- War of 1812

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James Monroe

1817- 1825
Democratic- Republican
- Florida purchase
- Era of Good Feelings
- Executed the Missouri Compromise and the Monroe Doctrine

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John Q. Adams

1825- 1929
Democratic- Republican
- Corrupt bargain
- supporter of internal improvements including C&amp;O Canal
- 1st photographed

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Andrew Jackson

1829- 1837
Democrat
- Expands of presidential power
- Bank battle
- Tariff/ Nullification Crisis
- Indian removal

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Martin Van Buren

1837- 1841
Democrat
- Panic of 1837
- Trail of Tears

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William H. Harrison

1841- 1841
Whig
- First Whig president
- Died in office

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John Tyler

1841- 1845
Whig
- Annexation of Texas

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James K. Polk

1845- 1849
Democrat
- Mexican- American War
- Mexican Cession

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Zachary Taylor

1849- 1850
Whig
- Last Whig president elected
- died in office

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Millard Fillmore

1850- 1853
Whig
- Compromise of 1850
- Opening of Japan

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Franklin Pierce

1853- 1857
Democrat
- Kansas- Nebraska Act
- Ostend Manifesto

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James Buchanan

1857-1861
Democrat
- Dred Scott decision 
- Johns Brown's raid
- Seven states leave Union

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Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865
Republican
- Civil War
- Emancipation Proclamation 
- First president assassinated

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Andrew Johnson

1865-1869
Unionist
- Reconstruction 
- 1st president impeached
- Purchased Alaska

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Ulysses S. Grant

1869-1877
Republican
- Reconstruction continued
- Many scandals

Rutherford B. Hayes

1877-1881
Republican
- Compromise of 1877
- Reconstruction ended

James Garfield

1881-1881
Republican
- 2nd president assassinated
- supported Civil Service

Chester Arthur

1881-1885
Republican
- Pendleton Act
- Chinese Exclusion Act

Grover Cleveland 1

1885-1889
Democrat
- First Democratic president since Civil war
- Tariff battle with Congress

Benjamin Harrison

1889-1893
Republican
- built up navy
- grandson of William H. Harrison 
- McKinley Tariff
- Sherman Anti- Trust Act

Grover Cleveland 2

1893-1897
Democrat
- only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms
- Depression of 1893

William McKinley

``` 1897-1901 Republican - Spanish- American War - 3rd president assassinated - Open Door Policy ```

Theodore Roosevelt

``` 1901-1909 Republican - trust buster - Square Deal reforms - "Big Stick" in Caribbean - conservationist ```

William Howard Taft

1909-1913 Republican - Dollar Diplomacy in Caribbean - split with Theodore Roosevelt in 1912

Woodrow Wilson

``` 1913-1921 Democrat - Progressive reforms - World War I - fought for League of Nations ```

Warren Harding

``` 1921-1923 Republican - Normalcy period - political and personal scandals - 1st to speak on radio - died in office ```

Calvin Coolidge

``` 1923-1929 Republican - pro- business - laissez- faire administration - Kellogg- Briand Pact ```

Herbert Hoover

1929-1933 Republican - Great Depression strikes - promoted attitude of rugged individualism

Franklin D. Roosevelt

``` 1933-1945 Democrat - New Deal reforms - World War II - elected to four terms - died in 4th ```

Harry S. Truman

``` 1945-1953 Democrat - Fair Deal reforms - Cold War begins - upset victory in 1948 - Korean War ```

Dwight D. Eisenhower

``` 1953-1961 Republican - ended Korean War - maintained peaceful coexistence with USSR - established modern Republicanism ```

John F. Kennedy

``` 1961-1963 Democrat - New Frontier reforms - Bay of Pigs - Cuban Missile Crisis - Assassinated 1963 ```

Lyndon B. Johnson

``` 1963- 1969 Democrat - Great Society reforms - Civil rights acts - Escalated Vietnam War ```

Richard Nixon

``` 1969- 1974 Republican - Ended Vietnam War - recognized China - Watergate scandal - First President to resign ```

Gerald Ford

1974- 1977 Republican - Took over when Nixon resigned - Pardoned Nixon for his crimes

Jimmy Carter

1977- 1981 Democrat - Camp David Accords - Iran Hostage Crisis

Ronald Reagan

``` 1981- 1989 Republican - Supply- side economics - Military buildup - Soviet Union's Cold War decline began ```

George H. W. Bush

``` 1989-1993 Republican - invasion of Panama - Persian Gulf War - saw the collapse of Soviet Union ```

William Jefferson Clinton

``` 1993-2001 Democrat - sent US troops to Bosnia - US economy boomed - impeached for lying under oath ```

George W. Bush

``` 2001-2009 Republican - US attacked 9/11 - troops sent to Afghanistan - overthrew Saddam Hussein - deep recession ```

Barrack Obama

2009- Democrat - 1st Af- Am president