Presidents 1-12 Flashcards

1
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Rumor First Lady smoked pipe

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Taylor

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2
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Defeated Henry Clay for party nomination, his fifth defeat

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Taylor

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3
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Home Department created, later became Department of Interior

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Taylor

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4
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Never lost a battle

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Taylor

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5
Q

First of 9 children

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Madison

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6
Q

First President to never make change in cabinet

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William Henry Harrison

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7
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54 40 or Fight

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Polk

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8
Q

Slaveholder and opposed policies of John Quincy Adams

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Polk

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9
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Joined military at age 13 and captured by British

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Jackson

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10
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Received 84 of 261 electoral votes but elected by House of Representatives

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John Quincy Adams

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11
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First governor of Florida territory

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Jackson

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12
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Last words were Independence Forever

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Adams

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13
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My wife’s granddaughter married Robert E. Lee

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Washington

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14
Q

Erie canal opened

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John Quincy Adams

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15
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Called election as president, an event he long dreaded

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Washington

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16
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I called freedom of the press the most important of all freedoms

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Jefferson

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17
Q

Vice president, John C Calhoun resigned

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Jackson

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18
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Benjamin Bache of a Philadelphia Newspaper called me old, crippled and toothless

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Adams

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19
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My son John became an anti-slavery democrat who denounced the annexation of Texas

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Van Buren

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20
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US Naval Academy established

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Tyler

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21
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Invented the “Wheel Cipher” method of coding and decoding

22
Q

Father of American Cryptography

23
Q

Yale Harvard, and Princeton bestowed honorary degrees on me

24
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I liked to be called colonel

25
Second Seminole War Began
Jackson
26
Graduated college at 17 and began studying law
Tyler
27
Rhode Island and Vermont joined the Union
Washington
28
Benjamin Franklin Died
Washington
29
West Point was established
Jefferson
30
Known as a Renaissance Man
Jefferson
31
First candidate to campaign on a train
William Henry Harrison
32
Keep the ball rolling"
William Henry Harrison
33
I was sometimes referred to as "The First People's President"
Jackson
34
Kentucky entered the Union
Washington
35
Whiskey Rebellion
Washington
36
Congress voted to construct first U.S. mint
Washington
37
Went with brother Laurence to Barbados as he sought relief from Tuberculosis
Washington
38
Some Whigs called me "Sweet Sandy Whiskers"
Van Buren
39
Negotiated Treaty with Columbia guaranteeing Americas Right of transit
Polk
40
Called my wife Patty
Jefferson
41
American Republican party formed
Tyler
42
Signed the first U.S. copyright act
Washington
43
James Madison wrote my first inaugural address
Washington
44
The nations of Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Guatemala were formed
Monroe
45
First 5 Phi Beta Kappa President
John Quincy Adams
46
Only Published poet president
John Quincy Adams
47
Kept the 110 "Rules of Civility" with me until my death
Washington
48
My wife's popularity helped me get reelected
Madison
49
Founder of Mormon Religion, John Smith, murdered by mob
Tyler
50
Entire cabinet resigned except for secretary of state, Daniel Webster
Tyler
51
Congress repealed excise tax which caused the Whiskey Rebellion
Jefferson