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