Test VI: Presidents Test Flashcards
first presidents of the United States
George Washington, 1789-1797
signed the Declaration of Independence
John Adams, 1797-1801
president who purchased Louisiana
Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
president during War of 1812
James Madison, 1809-1817
author of the Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe, 1817-1825
president during completion of the Erie Canal
John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
resided during Nullification Act and the Alamo
Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837
president during Panic of 1837
Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841
general known as “Old Tippecanoe”
William H. Harrison, 1841
president when Texas was added to the Union
John Tyler, 1841-1845
president during the Mexican War
James Knox Polk, 1845-1849
general who captured Mexico City
Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850
president during Compromise of 1850
Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853
completed Gadsden Purchase
Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857
president during Dred Scott court case
James Buchanan, 1857-1861
president during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865
first president to be impeached
Andrew Jackson, 1865-1869
general-in-chief during the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877
pulled Union troops out of South
Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881
shot by disgruntled office seekers
James. A Garfield, 1881
President when “Spoils System” ended
Chester A. Arthur, 1881-1885
resided during dedication of the Statue of Liberty
Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889
grandson of “Old Tippecanoe”
Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893
only president to serve two non-consecutive terms
Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897
president during the Spanish-American War
William McKinley, 1897-1901
his policies were known as “the Square Deal”
Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909
supported the start of income tax
William H. Taft, 1909-1913
president during WWI
Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
considered one of the weakest presidents of the U.S.
Warren G. Harding, 1921-1923
quiet man; referred to as “Silent Cal”
Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929
president during Stock Market Crash
Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933
proposed the “New Deal” and resided during WWII
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945
president during the beginning of the Cold War
Harry S. Truman
general who orchestrated D-Day during WWII
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961
president during building of the Berlin Wall
John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963
president during Vietnam War
Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969
involved in the Watergate Scandal
Richard M. Nixon, 1969-1974
only man to become president without being elected
Gerald R. Ford, 1974-1977
president who negotiated peace between Israel and Egypt
James “Jimmy” Carter, 1977-1981
received the most electoral votes of any president
Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989
president during fall of the Berlin Wall
George H. W. Bush, 1989-1993
second president to be impeached
Bill Clinton, 1993-2001
president during the attacks on the Twin Towers
George W. Bush, 2001-2009
first African-American president
Barack Obama, 2009-2017