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