U.S. Presidents Flashcards
Match the Years Served, Notable Actions, & Political Party to the President
1789-1797
No Party
Established many protocols for the new government; presided over the drafting of the Bill of Rights; set the precedent for a peaceful transfer of power.
George Washington
1st President
1797-1801
Federalist Party
Avoided war with France in the Quasi-War; signed the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Died on July 4th, 1826
John Adams
2nd President
1801-1809
Democratic-Republican Party
Louisiana Purchase; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Embargo Act of 1807.
Died on July 4th, 1826
Thomas Jefferson
3rd President
1809-1817
Democratic-Republican Party
War of 1812; Treaty of Ghent.
James Madison
4th President
1817-1825
Democratic-Republican Party
Monroe Doctrine; Missouri Compromise.
Died on July 4th, 1831
James Monroe
5th President
1825-1829
Democratic-Republican Party
Advocated for internal improvements; supported the American System.
John Quincy Adams
6th President
1829-1837
Democratic Party
Indian Removal Act; Nullification Crisis; Bank War.
Andrew Jackson
7th President
1837-1841
Democratic Party
Panic of 1837; continued Jackson’s policies.
Martin Van Buren
8th President
1841
Whig Party
Died one month into office, shortest presidency.
William Henry Harrison
9th President
1841-1845
Whig Party (later unaffiliated)
Annexation of Texas; opposed much of the Whig agenda.
John Tyler
10th President
1845-1849
Democratic Party
Mexican-American War; Oregon Territory acquisition; lowered tariffs.
James K. Polk
11th President
1849-1850
Whig Party
Opposed the spread of slavery into the new territories.
Zachary Taylor
12th President
1850-1853
Whig Party
Compromise of 1850; supported the Fugitive Slave Act.
Millard Fillmore
13th President
1853-1857
Democratic Party
Kansas-Nebraska Act; Gadsden Purchase.
Franklin Pierce
14th President
1857-1861
Democratic Party
Dred Scott decision; secession of Southern states.
James Buchanan
15th President
1861-1865
Republican Party
Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation; Gettysburg Address; assassinated
Abraham Lincoln
16th President
1865-1869
National Union Party (Democratic)
Reconstruction; first president to be impeached.
Andrew Johnson
17th President
1869-1877
Republican Party
Reconstruction; fought against the Ku Klux Klan; multiple corruption scandals.
Ulysses S. Grant
18th President
1877-1881
Republican Party
Ended Reconstruction; civil service reform
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th President
1881
Republican Party
Began civil service reform; assassinated.
James A. Garfield
20th President
1881-1885
Republican Party
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.
Chester A. Arthur
21st President
1885-1889, 1893-1897
Democratic Party
Interstate Commerce Act; opposed high tariffs and imperialism.
Grover Cleveland
22nd & 24th President
1889-1893
Republican Party
Sherman Antitrust Act; McKinley Tariff.
Benjamin Harrison
23rd President
1897-1901
Republican Party
Spanish-American War; annexation of Hawaii; assassinated.
William McKinley
25th President
1901-1909
Republican Party
Panama Canal; trust-busting; Square Deal; conservation efforts.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President
1909-1913
Republican Party
Continued trust-busting; expanded civil service; Dollar Diplomacy.
William Howard Taft
27th President
1913-1921
Democratic Party
World War I; League of Nations; Federal Reserve Act.
Woodrow Wilson
28th President
1921-1923
Republican Party
Teapot Dome scandal; return to normalcy post-WWI.
Warren G. Harding
29th President
1923-1929
Republican Party
Economic growth; laissez-faire policies; Kellogg-Briand Pact.
Calvin Coolidge
30th President
1929-1933
Republican Party
Great Depression; Smoot-Hawley Tariff.
Herbert Hoover
31st President
1933-1945
Democratic Party
New Deal; World War II; Social Security Act.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President
1945-1953
Democratic Party
Ended WWII with atomic bombs; Marshall Plan; Korean War; NATO.
Harry S. Truman
33rd President
1953-1961
Republican Party
Interstate Highway System; ended Korean War; NASA.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President
1961-1963
Democratic Party
Cuban Missile Crisis; Civil Rights Movement; assassinated.
John F. Kennedy
35th President
1963-1969
Democratic Party
Great Society; Civil Rights Act; Vietnam War escalation.
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President
1969-1974
Republican Party
Detente with the USSR; opened relations with China; Watergate scandal; resigned.
Richard Nixon
37th President
1974-1977
Republican Party
Pardoned Nixon; Helsinki Accords.
Gerald Ford
38th President
1977-1981
Democratic Party
Camp David Accords; Iran Hostage Crisis; energy crisis.
Jimmy Carter
39th President
1981-1989
Republican Party
Reaganomics; ended the Cold War; Iran-Contra Affair.
Ronald Reagan
40th President
1989-1993
Republican Party
Gulf War; Americans with Disabilities Act.
George H.W. Bush
41st President
1993-2001
Democratic Party
Economic expansion; NAFTA; impeachment.
Bill Clinton
42nd President
2001-2009
Republican Party
War on Terror; Iraq War; 2008 financial crisis.
George W. Bush
43rd President
2009-2017
Democratic Party
Affordable Care Act; killing of Osama bin Laden; Iran nuclear deal.
Barack Obama
44th President
2017-2021
Republican Party
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; COVID-19 pandemic response; two impeachments.
Donald Trump
45th President
2021-present
Democratic Party
American Rescue Plan; infrastructure bill; handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joe Biden
46th President
