Presidents 1 - 19

Question 1

George Washington

Answer 1

-establishes new government
-whiskey rebellion
-jay’s treaty
-farewell address

1

Question 2

John Adams

Answer 2

-undeclared war with France
-XYZ affair
-alien and sedition acts

2

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 3

-first republican president
-Louisiana purchase
-embargo act of 1807

3

Question 4

James Madison

Answer 4

-war of 1812

4

Question 5

James Monroe

Answer 5

-Florida purchase
-era of good feelings
-executed the Missouri compromise
-Monroe doctrine

5

Question 6

John Quincy Adams

Answer 6

-corrupt bargain

6

Question 7

Andrew Jackson

Answer 7

-expands presidential power
-bank battle
-nullification crisis
-Indian removal

7

Question 8

Martin Van Buren

Answer 8

-panic of 1837
-trail of tears

8

Question 9

William Henry Harrison

Answer 9

-first Whig president
-died in office

9

Question 10

John Tyler

Answer 10

-annexation of Texas

10

Question 11

James K Polk

Answer 11

-Mexican–American War
-Mexican cession

11

Question 12

Zachary Taylor

Answer 12

-last Whig president elected
-died in office

12

Question 13

Millard Filmore

Answer 13

-compromise of 1850

13

Question 14

Franklin Pierce

Answer 14

-Kansas–Nebraska act
-Ostend manifesto

14

Question 15

James Buchanan

Answer 15

-Dred Scott decision
-John Brown’s raid
-seven states leave the Union

15

Question 16

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 16

-civil war
-emancipation proclamation
-first president assassinated

16

Question 17

Andrew Johnson

Answer 17

-reconstruction
-first president impeached
-purchase of Alaska

17

Question 18

Ulysses Grant

Answer 18

-reconstruction continued
-many scandals

18

Question 19

Rutherford B Hayes

Answer 19

-compromise of 1877
-reconstruction ended

19