presidents and thier policies

Question 1

George Washington

Answer 1

1. First US president
2. Set the precedent of the two term limit
   3.Warned against foreign alliances in his farewell address
3. Neutrality Proclamation during European wars

Question 2

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2

1. Author of the declaration of independence
2. Louisiana Purchase
3. Embargo Act of 1807
4. Believer in limited federal government

Question 3

James Monroe

Answer 3

1. Monroe Doctrine (1823)
2. Political harmony and economic growth

Question 4

Andrew Jackson

Answer 4

1. Expanded the presidential power (Jacksonian Democracy)
   2.Trail of tears (Indian removal act)
2. Opposed the national bank

Question 5

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 5

1. Led the country through the Civil War
2. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
3. Preserved the Union
4. Assassinated in 1865

Question 6

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 6

1. Big Stick” diplomacy
2. Panama Canal construction
3. Trust-busting (regulated big corporations)
4. First environmental president (national parks and conservation)

Question 7

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 7

1.Led the U.S. in WWI
2. Proposed the League of Nations
3. Fourteen Points for world peace
4. Progressive reforms (income tax, women’s suffrage)

Question 8

Franklin D Roosevelt

Answer 8

1.New Deal to combat the Great Depression
2. Led the U.S. through most of WWII
3. Elected four times
4. Established Social Security