Presidents Flashcards
Killed Coulon de Jumonville
Washington
Led the Watermelon army with Lighthorse Harry Lee
Washington
Defused the Newburgh Conspiracy
Washington
Passed the Alien and Sedition Acts
John Adams
O-grab-me cartoon
Jefferson
Commissioned Zebulon Pike to find the source of the Red River
Jefferson
Passed the Embargo Act
Jefferson
Repealed the Alien and Sedition Acts
Jefferson
Wrote Notes on the State of Virginia
Jefferson
Opposed Macon’s Bill number two, which was passed anyway during his presidency
Madison
Wrote Federalist Papers 51 and 10
Madison
Defeated Rufus King for President
Monroe
Oversaw the Panic of 1819
Monroe
Oversaw the Era of Good Feelings
Monroe
Worked to repeal the Gag Rules
John Quincy Adams
Only former President to become a member of the House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Treaty with Luis de Onis
John Quincy Adams
President during Peggy Eaton / Petticoat Affair
Jackson
Passed Specie Circular
Jackson
Attacked a Nicholas Biddle led Second Bank of the U.S.
Jackson
Executed the British citizens Ambrister and Arbuthnot
Jackson
Kitchen Cabinet
Jackson
Treaty of New Echota
Jackson
Led the Bucktails, which later evolved to the Albany Regency
Van Buren
Dealt with the Caroline Affair
Van Buren
Fought the Aroostook War over Maine’s borders
Van Buren
Panic of 1837
Van Buren
Supposedly used gold spoons
Van Buren
Ran for the Free Soil Party in 1848
Van Buren
Ran a log cabin and hard cider campaign for the presidency
William Henry Harrison
Won the Battle of the Thames
William Henry Harrison
Won the Battle of Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison
Won 1840 election
William Henry Harrison
Cabinet members were killed in an explosion on the USS Princeton
Tyler
Cabinet resigned after he vetoed attempts to resurrect a national bank
Tyler
Annexed Texas
Tyler
Suppressed Dorr’s Rebellion
Tyler
Defected to the Confederate Congress
Tyler
Nicknamed His Accidency
Tyler
Passed the Walker Tariff
Polk
Defeated John Bell to become Speaker of the House
Polk
Slogan fifty-four forty or fight
Polk
Nicknamed Young Hickory
Polk
John Slidell failed to purchase land
Polk (Mex-Amer War)
Ruled during the Mexican-American War
Polk
Nicholas Trist ended a war w the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Polk (Mex-Amer War)
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Taylor
Won the Battle of Lake Okeechobee
Taylor
Won the Battle of Buena Vista
Taylor
Called Old Rough and Ready
Taylor
Signed the Black Tariff
Fillmore
Switched from a Whig to a Know-Nothing in a failed reelection bid
Fillmore
Treaty of Kanagawa
Fillmore
Fugitive Slave Law as part of the Compromise of 1850
Fillmore
Ostend Manifesto was written to his Sec of State William Marcy
Pierce
Cabinet included Jefferson Davis
Pierce
Repealed Missouri Compromise in favor of the Kansas Nebraska Act
Pierce
Investigated by the Covode Committee
Buchanan
Led the Amalgamators faction
Buchanan
In his “blunder,” tried to replace Brigham Young, leading to the Mormon War
Buchanan
Supported the Lecompton Constitution for Kansas
Buchanan
Defeated John C Fremont for President
Buchanan
Wrote the Ostend Manifesto
Buchanan
Convinced Robert Cooper Grier to side with the majority in the Dred Scott Case
Buchanan
Only Bachelor President
Buchanan
Opposed Mexican-American War with his Spot Resolutions
Lincoln
Cooper Union and Peoria Speeches
Lincoln
Appointed Salmon Chase to the Supreme Court
Lincoln
House Divided Speech
Lincoln
Accused Thaddeus Stevens of plotting to kill him
Andrew Johnson
Swing Around the Circle Tour
Andrew Johnson
Resolved the Alabama Claims w the Treaty of Washington
Grant
Jim Fisk and Jay Gould tried to corner the gold market on Black Friday
Grant
Credit Mobilier Scandal
Grant
Two Answers: Oaks Ames sold shares to VP Schyler Colfax
Grant (Credit Mobilier Scandal)
Two Answers: Benjamin Bristow discovered Orville Babcock’s involvement
Grant (Whiskey Ring Scandal)
National hero in Paraguay
Hayes
Quashed the Great Railroad Strike
Hayes
Wife was named Lemonade Lucy for support of temperance
Hayes
Congress overrode his veto of the Bland-Allison Act
Hayes
Star Route scandal
Garfield
Fought at the Battle of Chickamauga
Garfield
Won the Ex Parte Milligan case
Garfield
Died because Willard Bliss was incompetent
Garfield
Defeated Winfield Scott Hancock to win the Presidency
Garfield