Presidents Flashcards
(253 cards)
1
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Annexation of Texas
A
Tyler
2
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Panic of 1837
A
Van Buren
3
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Second president to get assassinated
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Garfield
4
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
A
Polk
5
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wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Jefferson
6
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Kitchen cabinet
A
Jackson
7
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Longest inaugural address
A
W. Harrison
8
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XYZ Affair
A
J. Adams
9
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54-40 or fight
A
Polk
10
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Appointed John Marshall to Supreme Court
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J. Adams
11
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Compromise of 1820
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Monroe
12
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Hartford Convention
A
Madison
13
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Treaty of Ghent
A
Madison
14
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Compromise of 1850
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Fillmore
15
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Star Spangled Banner
A
Madison
16
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American Colonization Society
A
Monroe
17
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Kansas Nebraska Act
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Pierce
18
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Washington Burned
A
Madison
19
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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Monroe
20
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Father of the Navy
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J. Adams
21
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Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears
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Jackson
22
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Father of the Constitution
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Madison
23
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Kentucky Virginia Resolutions (2 presidents)
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Jefferson and Madison
24
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defended soldiers in Boston Massacre
A
J. Adams
25
Battle of New Orleans
Jackson
26
first to be photographed
J.Q. Adams
27
Alien and Sedition Act
J. Adams
28
First Secretary of State
Jefferson
29
never lived in White House
Washington
30
signed Declarations of Independence (2 presidents)
Jefferson and Adams
31
Monticello
Jefferson
32
War of 1812
Madison
33
Missouri Compromise
Monroe
34
Crossing the Delaware
Washington
35
Whiskey Rebellion
Washington
36
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jefferson
37
Era of Good Feeling
Monroe
38
First president to ask for a declaration of war
Madison
39
unanimous electoral college votes
Washington
40
Marbury vs Madison
Jefferson
41
Jays Treaty
Washington
42
issues statement against European colonization in America
Monroe
43
Pickneys Treaty
Washington
44
Embargo Act
Jefferson
45
nullification crisis
Jackson
46
Mt. Vernon
Washington
47
wrote Monroe Doctrine
J.Q. Adams
48
died on Declaration of Independence signing anniversary (2 presidents)
Adams and Jefferson
49
midnight judges
J. Adams
50
Mexican American War
Polk
51
Gasdsen Purchase
Pierce
52
Bank War
Jackson
53
Jefferson Davis was son in law
Taylor
54
French and Indian War
Washington
55
Constitutional Congress
Washington
56
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson
57
Battle of Petticoats
Jackson
58
symbol for Democratic Party
Jackson
59
only president to study medicine
W. Harrison
60
shortest presidency (31 days)
W. Harrison
61
expelled from Whig party
Tyler
62
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Tyler
63
Bleeding Kansas
Pierce
64
Americas Only Bachelor President
Buchanan
65
coined "First Lady"
Buchanan
66
Dred Scott case, John Brown's Raid, Lecompton Constitution
Buchanan
67
Civil War
Lincoln
68
Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln
69
suspended Habeas Corpus
Lincoln
70
first president to be assassinated
Lincoln
71
March to the Sea
Lincoln
72
South Carolina seceded
Buchanan
73
shot at Ford's Theather
Lincoln
74
Jefferson Davis elected president of Confederacy
Buchanan
75
Antietam
Lincoln
76
Barbary Pirates
Jefferson
77
first president to be impeachment
Johnson
78
Civil Rights Bill of 1866
Johnson
79
first to be president because of assassination
Johnson
80
fired secretary of war Edward Stanten (violated Tenure of Office Act)
Johnson
81
only former president to be elected into Senate
Johnson
82
Azterodt planned to assassinate him , but didn't fall through
Johnson
83
Fort Sumter
Lincoln
84
Savior of the Union
Grant
85
first time blacks could vote
Grant
86
Custer's Last Stand
Grant
87
Compromise of 1877
Hayes
88
North economic depression 1873
Grant
89
Whiskey Rings
Grant
90
Indian land sold illegally
Grant
91
first to have telephone
Hayes
92
civil service reform (2 presidents)
Hayes and Garfield
93
first president to travel West Coast
Hayes
94
wounded 5 times in Civil War
Hayes
95
ran against Tilden
Hayes
96
corrupt bargain (2 presidents)
J.Q. Adams and Hayes
97
fired Chester Arthur from custom house
Hayes
98
Lemonade Lucy
Hayes
99
Reconstruction presidents (2 presidents)
Johnson and Grant
100
nicknamed Butcher in Civil War
Grant
101
1883 Pendalton Act
Arthur
102
upgraded the Navy
Arthur
103
was fired by Hayes in custom house
Arthur
104
largest number of vetoes until Roosevelt (414)
Cleveland
105
only president to get married in White House
Cleveland
106
did not support pension for Civil War vets
Cleveland
107
McKinley Tariff (tax on imports, consumer price skyrocketed)
B.Harrison
108
first to put electricity in White House
B. Harrison
109
first billion dollar Congress
B. Harrison
110
Panic of 1893
Cleveland
111
Coxey's Army (army of unemployed)
Cleveland
112
bimetallism (gold or silver money)
Cleveland
113
USS Maine exploded and caused war with Spain
McKinley
114
3rd president to be assassinated
McKinley
115
First 20th century president
McKinley
116
receives Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and Philippines
McKinley
117
Rough Riders
T. Roosevelt
118
Conservation movement
T. Roosevelt
119
Sued J.P. Morgan for monopoly
T. Roosevelt
120
Named the White House and added West Wing
T. Roosevelt
121
Shot at Baltimore train station
Garfield
122
Panama Canal
T. Roosevelt
123
Big Stick Diplomacy
T. Roosevelt
124
"The Jungle" exposed slaughterhouse conditions
T. Roosevelt
125
1906 Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
T. Roosevelt
126
first to fly in plane, own a car and dive in a submarine
T. Roosevelt
127
Antiquities Act
T. Roosevelt
128
heaviest president
Taft
129
Only president who became Chief Justice of Supreme Court afterwards
Taft
130
Ballinger-Pinchot Act
Taft
131
Ran against T. Roosevelt (Bull Moose Party)
Taft
132
Dollar Diplomacy
Taft
133
World War 1
Wilson
134
Only president with Ph.D
Wilson
135
Lusitania
Wilson
136
First president since J Adams to deliver State of Union to Congress
Wilson
137
Federal Reserve Bank
Wilson
138
1918 Sedition Act
Wilson
139
1918 Espionage Act
Wilson
140
First president to travel to Europe
Wilson
141
Tried to join League of Nations but US Senate didn't ratify
Wilson
142
Zimmermann Telegram
Wilson
143
Fourteen Points
Wilson
144
19th Amendment
Wilson
145
grandfather and grandson duo
Harrison
146
father and son duo
Adams
147
assassinated at Pan American Exhibition
McKinley
148
assassinated at train station
Garfield
149
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921
Harding
150
died from heart attack
Harding
151
Teapot Dome Scandal
Harding
152
Taft swore him into office
Coolidge
153
period of prosperity
Coolidge
154
Great Depression (2 presidents)
Hoover and FDR
155
voluntarism
Hoover
156
first to hire executive staff
Hoover
157
Bonus Army
Hoover
158
stock market crash
Hoover
159
Dust Bowl (2 presidents )
Hoover and FDR
160
elected 4 times, served most terms
FDR
161
New Deal
FDR
162
had polio
FDR
163
"The only thing to fear is fear itself "
FDR
164
Social Security
FDR
165
first to select women to be in cabinet
FDR
166
World War 2
FDR
167
Pearl Harbor attack
FDR
168
Japanese internment camps
FDR
169
D-Day
FDR
170
fireside chats
FDR
171
ends prohibition
FDR
172
Yalta meeting
FDR
173
United Nations
FDR
174
Spanish American War
McKinley
175
Roosevelt Corollary
T. Roosevelt
176
Treaty of Versailles
Wilson
177
Manhattan Project
Truman
178
"the buck stops here"
Truman
179
Marshall Plan
Truman
180
Vietnam War
Truman
181
containment
Truman
182
Truman Doctrine, policy to intervene to stop spread of communism
Truman
183
Korean War
Truman
184
mastermind of D-Day
Eisenhower
185
Federal Highway Act
Eisenhower
186
sputnik, space race
Eisenhower
187
5-star general
Eisenhower
188
Brown v Board of Education
Eisenhower
189
D-Day
Truman
190
Bay of Pigs
JFK
191
Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK
192
assassinated in Dallas
JFK
193
said America will go to the moon
JFK
194
Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act and Environmental Protection Acts
LBJ
195
Medicaid , Medicare , food stamps
LBJ
196
NPR and PBS
LBJ
197
headstart and college federal aid
LBJ
198
Great Society
LBJ
199
swore in on Air Force One
LBJ
200
Tet Offensive
LBJ
201
appointed Thurgood Marshall to Supreme Court
LBJ
202
Watergate Scandal
Nixon
203
only president to resign
Nixon
204
first president to go to China
Nixon
205
got us out of Vietnam
Nixon
206
Kent State Massacre
Nixon
207
Democratic headquarters break-in
Nixon
208
EPA
Nixon
209
two assassination attempts
Ford
210
pardoned Nixon
Ford
211
Saigon fell to Communism
Ford
212
wife abused medication
Ford
213
only president from Georgia
Carter
214
1978 Camp David Accord, between Israel and Egypt
Carter
215
won Nobel Peace Prize
Carter and Obama
216
Energy Crisis
Carter
217
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Carter
218
stagflation
Carter
219
Habitat for Humanity
Carter
220
former movie actor
Reagan
221
oldest president
Reagan
222
Iran Contra Affair
Reagan
223
Cold War
Reagan
224
1983 Strategic Defense
Reagan
225
Berlin Wall fell
H.W. Bush
226
"Tear down that wall Mr.Gorbachev"
Reagan
227
died in 2004, diagnosed with Alzheimer's
Reagan
228
built up the military in Cold War
Reagan
229
assassination attempt
Reagan
230
Reaganomics trickled down economics
Reagan
231
Gulf War/Desert Storm
George H.W. Bush
232
father/son duo
George H.W. Bush
233
"Read my lips, no new taxes"
George H.W. Bush
234
NAFTA
Clinton
235
youngest elected governor
Clinton
236
Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky
Clinton
237
second president to be impeached
Clinton
238
"Don't ask, don't tell" policy
Clinton
239
9/11 attacks
George W. Bush
240
Department of Homeland Security
George W. Bush
241
Afghanistan and Iraq war
George W. Bush
242
Hussein assassinated
George W. Bush
243
Bush Doctrine
George W. Bush
244
War on Terror
George W. Bush
245
Patriot Act
George W. Bush
246
first African American president
Obama
247
Affordable Healthcare Act
Obama
248
Healthy Hunger Food Kids Act
Obama
249
Ben Ganzi
Obama
250
legalized gay marriage
Obama
251
assassinated bin Laden
Obama
252
made Thanksgiving a national holiday
Lincoln
253
got us out of Korea
Eisenhower
