PRESIDENTS

Question 0

Martin Van Buren

Answer 0

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

Question 1

James K. Polk

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Zachary Taylor

Answer 2

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

Question 3

William H. Harrison

Answer 3

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

Question 4

John Tyler

Answer 4

1841- 1845
Whig
- Annexation of Texas

Question 5

Millard Fillmore

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Franklin Pierce

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Barrack Obama

Answer 7

2009-
Democrat
- 1st Af- Am president

Question 8

George W. Bush

Answer 8

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

Question 9

George H. W. Bush

Answer 9

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

Question 10

William Jefferson Clinton

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Warren Harding

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Calvin Coolidge

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Herbert Hoover

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Harry S. Truman

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 16

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

Question 17

William Howard Taft

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 19

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

Question 20

William McKinley

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Chester Arthur

Answer 21

1881-1885
Republican
- Pendleton Act
- Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 22

Benjamin Harrison

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Grover Cleveland 2

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Grover Cleveland 1

Answer 24

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

Question 25

James Garfield

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Ulysses Grant

Answer 26

1869-1877 Republican - Reconstruction continued - Many scandals

Question 27

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Ruterford B. Hayes

Answer 28

1877-1881 Republican - Compromise of 1877 - Reconstruction ended

Question 29

James Buchanan

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Andrew Johnson

Answer 30

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

Question 31

John F. Kennedy

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Jimmy Carter

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Ronald Reagan

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Lyndon B. Johnson

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Richard Nixon

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Gerald Ford

Answer 36

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

Question 37

James Madison

Answer 37

1809-1817 Democratic- Republican - War of 1812

Question 38

George Washington

Answer 38

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

Question 39

John Adams

Answer 39

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

Question 40

Andrew Jackson

Answer 40

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

Question 41

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 41

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

Question 42

John Q Adams

Answer 42

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

Question 43

James Monroe

Answer 43

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