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U.S. Presidents Flashcards

Match the Years Served, Notable Actions, & Political Party to the President

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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.

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George Washington
1st President

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1797-1801
Federalist Party
Avoided war with France in the Quasi-War; signed the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Died on July 4th, 1826

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John Adams
2nd President

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1801-1809
Democratic-Republican Party
Louisiana Purchase; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Embargo Act of 1807.
Died on July 4th, 1826

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Thomas Jefferson
3rd President

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1809-1817
Democratic-Republican Party
War of 1812; Treaty of Ghent.

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James Madison
4th President

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1817-1825
Democratic-Republican Party
Monroe Doctrine; Missouri Compromise.
Died on July 4th, 1831

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James Monroe
5th President

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1825-1829
Democratic-Republican Party
Advocated for internal improvements; supported the American System.

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John Quincy Adams
6th President

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1829-1837
Democratic Party
Indian Removal Act; Nullification Crisis; Bank War.

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Andrew Jackson
7th President

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1837-1841
Democratic Party
Panic of 1837; continued Jackson’s policies.

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Martin Van Buren
8th President

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1841
Whig Party
Died one month into office, shortest presidency.

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William Henry Harrison
9th President

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1841-1845
Whig Party (later unaffiliated)
Annexation of Texas; opposed much of the Whig agenda.

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John Tyler
10th President

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1845-1849
Democratic Party
Mexican-American War; Oregon Territory acquisition; lowered tariffs.

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James K. Polk
11th President

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1849-1850
Whig Party
Opposed the spread of slavery into the new territories.

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Zachary Taylor
12th President

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1850-1853
Whig Party
Compromise of 1850; supported the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Millard Fillmore
13th President

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1853-1857
Democratic Party
Kansas-Nebraska Act; Gadsden Purchase.

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Franklin Pierce
14th President

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1857-1861
Democratic Party
Dred Scott decision; secession of Southern states.

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James Buchanan
15th President

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1861-1865
Republican Party
Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation; Gettysburg Address; assassinated

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Abraham Lincoln
16th President

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1865-1869
National Union Party (Democratic)
Reconstruction; first president to be impeached.

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Andrew Johnson
17th President

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1869-1877
Republican Party
Reconstruction; fought against the Ku Klux Klan; multiple corruption scandals.

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Ulysses S. Grant
18th President

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1877-1881
Republican Party
Ended Reconstruction; civil service reform

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Rutherford B. Hayes
19th President

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1881
Republican Party
Began civil service reform; assassinated.

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James A. Garfield
20th President

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1881-1885
Republican Party
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.

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Chester A. Arthur
21st President

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1885-1889, 1893-1897
Democratic Party
Interstate Commerce Act; opposed high tariffs and imperialism.

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Grover Cleveland
22nd & 24th President

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1889-1893
Republican Party
Sherman Antitrust Act; McKinley Tariff.

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Benjamin Harrison
23rd President

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1897-1901
Republican Party
Spanish-American War; annexation of Hawaii; assassinated.

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William McKinley
25th President

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1901-1909
Republican Party
Panama Canal; trust-busting; Square Deal; conservation efforts.

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Theodore Roosevelt
26th President

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1909-1913
Republican Party
Continued trust-busting; expanded civil service; Dollar Diplomacy.

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William Howard Taft
27th President

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1913-1921
Democratic Party
World War I; League of Nations; Federal Reserve Act.

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Woodrow Wilson
28th President

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1921-1923
Republican Party
Teapot Dome scandal; return to normalcy post-WWI.

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Warren G. Harding
29th President

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1923-1929
Republican Party
Economic growth; laissez-faire policies; Kellogg-Briand Pact.

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Calvin Coolidge
30th President

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1929-1933
Republican Party
Great Depression; Smoot-Hawley Tariff.

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Herbert Hoover
31st President

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1933-1945
Democratic Party
New Deal; World War II; Social Security Act.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President

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1945-1953
Democratic Party
Ended WWII with atomic bombs; Marshall Plan; Korean War; NATO.

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Harry S. Truman
33rd President

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1953-1961
Republican Party
Interstate Highway System; ended Korean War; NASA.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President

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1961-1963
Democratic Party
Cuban Missile Crisis; Civil Rights Movement; assassinated.

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John F. Kennedy
35th President

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1963-1969
Democratic Party
Great Society; Civil Rights Act; Vietnam War escalation.

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Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President

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1969-1974
Republican Party
Detente with the USSR; opened relations with China; Watergate scandal; resigned.

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Richard Nixon
37th President

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1974-1977
Republican Party
Pardoned Nixon; Helsinki Accords.

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Gerald Ford
38th President

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1977-1981
Democratic Party
Camp David Accords; Iran Hostage Crisis; energy crisis.

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Jimmy Carter
39th President

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1981-1989
Republican Party
Reaganomics; ended the Cold War; Iran-Contra Affair.

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Ronald Reagan
40th President

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1989-1993
Republican Party
Gulf War; Americans with Disabilities Act.

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George H.W. Bush
41st President

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1993-2001
Democratic Party
Economic expansion; NAFTA; impeachment.

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Bill Clinton
42nd President

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2001-2009
Republican Party
War on Terror; Iraq War; 2008 financial crisis.

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George W. Bush
43rd President

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2009-2017
Democratic Party
Affordable Care Act; killing of Osama bin Laden; Iran nuclear deal.

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Barack Obama
44th President

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2017-2021
Republican Party
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; COVID-19 pandemic response; two impeachments.

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Donald Trump
45th President

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2021-present
Democratic Party
American Rescue Plan; infrastructure bill; handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Joe Biden
46th President

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