Random Facts Flashcards
1
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Poorest President
A
Truman
2
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Most slaves
A
George Washington
3
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President when DC became capital
A
John Adams
4
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Alien and Sedition Acts President
A
John Adams
5
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“Thomas Jefferson Still Survives”
A
John Adams, not knowing Jefferson had passed hours earlier
6
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Appointed John Marshall to the Supreme Court
A
John Adams
7
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Died on America’s 50th anniversary (2)
A
John Adams & Thomas Jefferson
8
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President when 12th amendment changed election rules
A
Thomas Jefferson
9
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Father of the Constitution
A
James Madison
10
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Secretary of State for Jefferson
A
James Madison
11
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War of 1812 President
A
James Madison
12
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President when In God We Trust originated
A
James Madison
13
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Introduced the Bill of Rights in Congress
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James Madison
14
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Acquisition of Florida
A
James Monroe
15
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Missouri Compromise
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James Monroe
16
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49th parallel Canadian border
A
James Monroe
17
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Holds the flag in Washington Crossing the Delaware
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James Monroe
18
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Negotiated Louisiana Purchase w/Jefferson
A
James Monroe
19
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Secretary of State for James Madison
A
James Monroe
20
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Era of Good Feelings
A
James Monroe
21
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Wrote the Monroe Doctrine
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John Quincy Adams
22
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President when Erie Canal was completed
A
John Quincy Adams
23
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Monroe’s Secretary of State
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John Quincy Adams
24
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Won presidency by the House of Representatives
A
John Quincy Adams
25
The American System
John Quincy Adams, blocked in Congress by sore loser Andrew Jackson
26
Stroked out on the House floor
John Quincy Adams
27
President when Underground Railroad established
Andrew Jackson
28
General of the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812)
Andrew Jackson
29
Started vetoing bills he didn’t like (before based on only constitutionality)
Andrew Jackson
30
Whig party formed to take him on
Andrew Jackson (King Andrew)
31
Led the Albany Regency
Martin Van Buren
32
The Little Magician, due to his organizing skills
Martin Van Buren
33
Managed first modern-looking Presidential campaign
Martin Van Buren, 1828, to get Jackson elected
34
The Panic of 1837
Martin Van Buren
35
Refused to annex Texas
Martin Van Buren - didn’t want to deal with slavery issue in new territory
36
Number of days WHH was in office
32
37
Started issue of Presidential Succession
William Henry Harrison
38
General of Battle of Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison
39
Recruited by the young Whig party to get them started
William Henry Harrison, after already retiring to Ohio
40
Log Cabin Campaign
WHH - ignored politics and focused on personality
41
Longest inaugural speech in American history
WHH - 105 minutes
42
Two presidents without a party
Washington & Tyler
43
Oregon Trail started during his presidency
John Tyler
44
Treaty with China opened trade in the Far East
John Tyler
45
Entire cabinet resigned (except SoS Daniel Webster)
John Tyler
46
Organized rights to the Oregon Territory
James K. Polk
47
Launched the Mexican-American War
James K. Polk
48
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
James K. Polk
49
Old Rough N Ready
Zachary Taylor
50
General during Mexican American War
Zachary Taylor
51
Died of stomach pains
Zachary Taylor
52
1850 Fugitive Slave Act
Zachary Taylor
53
Compromise of 1850
Millard Fillmore
54
White House Library established
Millard Fillmore
55
Ran as Know Nothing Party (lost)
Millard Fillmore
56
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Franklin Pierce - let territories decide slavery policy before becoming state
57
Gadsden Purchase
Franklin Pierce - areas of Arizona and New Mexico
58
Only elected president denied re-nomination by his own party
Franklin Pierce
59
President during Dred Scott
James Buchanan
60
President during John Brown Raid on Harpers Ferry
James Buchanan
61
Play where Lincoln was shot
Our American Cousin
62
First president from Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
63
Assassinated one month into second term
Abraham Lincoln
64
First president photographed
John Quincy Adams
65
First to be impeached
Johnson - acquitted in Senate by one vote
66
Reconstruction era
Andrew Johnson
67
Alaska purchased from Russia
Andrew Johnson
68
Military governor of Tennessee during Civil War
Andrew Johnson
69
Impeached for firing government officials against the law
Andrew Johnson
70
Panic of 1873
Ulysses S. Grant
71
Transcontinental Railroad completed
Ulysses S. Grant
72
14th Amendment passed
Andrew Johnson
73
15th Amendment passed
Ulysses S. Grant
74
Oversaw South rejoining the Union
Ulysses S. Grant
75
Compromise of 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes
76
End of Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes
77
Made deal to be president if military left the South
Rutherford B. Hayes
78
Assassinated 199 days into first term
James Garfield
79
Killed James Garfield
Charles Julius Guiteau
80
Geronimo’s War
Chester A. Arthur
81
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chester A. Arthur
82
Bureau of Labor established
Chester A. Arthur
83
Immigration Act of 1882
Chester A. Arthur
84
Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and Washington Monument
Chester A. Arthur
85
President married in the White House
Grover Cleveland
86
Panic of 1893
Grover Cleveland (24)
87
Billion Dollar Congress
Benjamin Harrison
88
Ellis Island opens
Benjamin Harrison
89
Dependent Pension Bill for veterans
Benjamin Harrison
90
Sherman Antitrust Act
Benjamin Harrison
91
Spanish-American War
William McKinley
92
Treaty of Paris 1898
William McKinley - Spanish American War
93
Annexation of Hawaii
William McKinley
94
Assassinated William McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
95
Gold Standard Act
William McKinley
96
First inaugural address recorded on video
William McKinley
97
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
98
Square Deal
Theodore Roosevelt
99
Added a Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Theodore Roosevelt
100
National Forest Service
Theodore Roosevelt
101
Restricted Japanese immigration
Theodore Roosevelt
102
Oversaw building of Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt
103
Nobel Peace Prize for ending a war between Russia and Japan
Theodore Roosevelt
104
Dollar Diplomacy
Taft
105
Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act
Taft
106
Governor of Philippines
Taft
107
Secretary of War for Roosevelt
Taft
108
Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson
109
Federal Reserve Act
Woodrow Wilson
110
US entry into WWI
Woodrow Wilson
111
Tried to create League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
112
Died in office of cardiac arrest
Warren G. Harding
113
Emergency Quota Act
Warren G. Harding
114
Teapot Dome Scandal
Warren G. Harding
115
Shepperd-Towner Act
Harding - maternity and infant health care
116
Capper-Volstead Act
Harding - helped depression of agricultural prices
117
Revenue Acts of 1924
Calvin Coolidge
118
Immigration Act of 1924
Calvin Coolidge
119
Air Commerce Act & Charles Lindbergh
Calvin Coolidge
120
Roaring 20s President
Calvin Coolidge
121
Wall Street Crash of 1929
Herbert Hoover
122
Lame Duck Amendment (20th)
Herbert Hoover
123
Secretary of Commerce for Harding and Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
124
Yalta Conference
FDR
125
Social Security Act
FDR
126
15 laws in first 100 days
FDR
127
New Deal
FDR
128
Four Freedoms Speech
FDR
129
Dropped atomic bombs
Harry Truman
130
Cold War begins
Harry Truman
131
Korean War
Harry Truman
132
22nd amendment passed
Harry Truman
133
“The buck stops here”
Harry Truman
134
NASA established
Eisenhower
135
Interstate Highway System created
Eisenhower
136
First military commander of NATO
Eisenhower
137
Sent troops to the South for desegregation of public schools
Eisenhower
138
Ended Korean Conflict
Eisenhower
139
Peace corps created
JFK
140
Shot JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
141
Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK
142
1963 Equal Pay Act
JFK
143
New Frontier
JFK
144
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
LBJ
145
Entered Vietnam War
LBJ
146
Civil Rights Act
LBJ
147
25th amendment for presidential succession
LBJ
148
Medicare/Medicaid introduced
LBJ
149
Great Society
LBJ
150
First to visit China
Nixon
151
End of Vietnam War
Nixon
152
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing
Nixon
153
26th amendment passed
Nixon
154
Pentagon Papers released
Nixon
155
Tricky Dick
Richard Nixon
156
Foreign policy advisor for Nixon
Henry Kissinger
157
Established EPA
Richard Nixon
158
Pardoned Nixon
Gerald Ford
159
VP that resigned in a bribery scandal
Spiro Agnew
160
Whip Inflation Now - WIN Policy
Gerald Ford
161
Camp David Accords
Jimmy Carter - between Israel & Egypt
162
Iran Hostage Crisis
Jimmy Carter
163
Nobel Prize for humanitarian efforts
Jimmy Carter - 2002
164
National Energy Policy
Jimmy Carter
165
Great Communicator
Ronald Reagan
166
Attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan
John Hinckley Jr
167
Iran-Contra Scandal
Ronald Reagan
168
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Ronald Reagan
169
‘Star Wars’
Ronald Reagan
170
Just Say No
Nancy Reagan - anti-drug campaign
171
President of Screen Actor’s Guild
Ronald Reagan
172
Exxon Valdez oil spill
George H. W. Bush
173
First Gulf War
George H. W. Bush
174
Cold War ends
George H. W. Bush
175
Invasion of Panama
George H. W. Bush
176
Hubble Space Telescope
George H. W. Bush
177
Americans with Disabilities Act
George H. W. Bush
178
Ambassador to UN & China
George H. W. Bush
179
Head of CIA
George H. W. Bush
180
Read my lips: no new taxes
George H. W. Bush - broke that promise
181
World Trade Center Bombing (not 9/11)
Bill Clinton - 1993
182
Family Medical Leave Act
Clinton
183
Iraq Liberation Act
Clinton
184
NAFTA
Clinton
185
Second Gulf War
George W. Bush - War in Iraq - 2003
186
Guantanamo Bay established
George W. Bush
187
No Child Left Behind
George W. Bush
188
Hurricane Katrina
George W. Bush
189
Department of Homeland Security established
George W. Bush
190
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Barack Obama
191
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
Barack Obama
192
Nobel Peace Prize for international diplomacy
Obama - less than eight months in office - 2009
