Presidents Quiz

Question 1

George Washington

Answer 1

1789-1797
No political party
Known for:
- Being the first president
- The Whiskey Rebellion:
- Proclamation of Neutrality
- Citizen Genet
- Pickney Treaty
- Jay Treaty
- Public lands act
- treaty of Greenville
- Farewell Address

Question 2

John Adams

Answer 2

1797-1801
Federalist
Known for:
- XYZ affair
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- Judicial act of 1801 and Midnight Judges
- Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 3

1801-1809
Democratic Republican
- Revolution of 1800
- Barbary pirates
- Marbury v. Madison
- Louisiana Purchase
- the Embargo
- Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

Question 4

James Madison

Answer 4

1809-1817
Democratic Republican
- War of 1812
- Non-intercource act
- Hartford Convention

Question 5

James Monroe

Answer 5

1817-1825
Democratic-Republican
“Era of Good Feelings”
- Early industrialization
- Seminole War and purchase of Florida
- Missouri Compromise
- Monroe Doctrine
- Growth of Nationalism

Question 6

John Quincy Adams

Answer 6

1825-1829
Federalist-National Republican party

Question 7

Andrew Jackson

Answer 7

1829-1837
Democratic party
“Old Hickory”
“Era of the Common Man”

Question 8

Martin Van Buren

Answer 8

1837-1841

Question 9

William Henry Harrison

Answer 9

1841-1841
Whig
Oldest president to be elected at the time (at 67)
Gave a 2 hour inaugural address
First president to die in office
Died after only one month

Question 10

James Tyler