Apush President’s Events

George Washington

Judiciary Act, French Revolution, Tariff of 1789, Whiskey Rebellion, Jay Treaty, Pinckney Treaty, Farewell Address, First Bank

John Adams

XYZ Affair, Alien and Sedition Acts, Naturalization Act, Midnight, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Thomas Jefferson

Marbury v. Madison, 12th Amendment, Embargo Act, Non-Intercourse Act

James Madison

Macon Act, Berlin and Milan Decrees, Orders in Council, War Hawks, War of 1812, Hartford Convention, First Protective Tariff

James Monroe

Marshall Court rulings, Adams-Onís Treaty, Missouri Compromise, Sectional Tariff, Corrupt Bargain election

John Quincy Adams

Erie Canal, Tariff of Abominations, Calhoun’s Exposition and Protest

Andrew Jackson

Tariffs of 1832 & 1833, Bank War, Formation of Whig Party

Martin Van Buren

Panic of 1837, Specie Circular, Unsound state bank practices

William Henry Harrison

Shortest presidency (died 1 month in), no major events

John Tyler

Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Vetoes 3rd B.U.S., Canadian border at 45th parallel

James K. Polk

Texas annexation, Oregon boundary settled, Mexican-American War, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Wilmot Proviso attempt

Zachary Taylor

Died in office, no major legislative accomplishments

Millard Fillmore

Compromise of 1850, Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Franklin Pierce

Kansas-Nebraska Act, Japan opened to trade, Bleeding Kansas, Ostend Manifesto

James Buchanan

Dred Scott v. Sanford, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, SC secession begins

Abraham Lincoln

Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Homestead & Morrill Acts, 10% Plan, Assassination

Andrew Johnson

13th & 14th Amendments, Amnesty Plan, Military Reconstruction, Impeachment, Black Codes, KKK

Ulysses S. Grant

15th Amendment, Transcontinental Railroad, Panic of 1873, Credit Mobilier, Whiskey Ring

Rutherford B. Hayes

Bland-Allison Act, End of Reconstruction (Compromise of 1877)

James A. Garfield

Assassinated, promoted civil service reform

Chester A. Arthur

Pendleton Civil Service Act

Grover Cleveland (1st term)

Knights of Labor, Haymarket Riot, Interstate Commerce Act, Washburn v. Illinois

Benjamin Harrison

Sherman Anti-Trust Act, McKinley Tariff, 6 new states added, Populist Party formed

Grover Cleveland (2nd term)

Panic of 1893, Pullman Strike, Wilson-Gorman Tariff, Hawaiian incident

William McKinley

Spanish-American War, Open Door Policy, Boxer Rebellion, Assassinated

Theodore Roosevelt

Panama Canal, Square Deal, Trustbusting, Pure Food & Drug Act, Conservation

William H. Taft

Dollar Diplomacy, 16th Amendment, Pinchot-Ballinger Affair

Woodrow Wilson

Underwood Tariff, Federal Reserve, WWI, 14 Points, Treaty of Versailles, 17th-19th Amendments, Moral Diplomacy

Warren G. Harding

Teapot Dome Scandal, Washington Conference, Fordney-McCumber Tariff

Calvin Coolidge

Dawes Plan, Immigration Act of 1924, Kellogg-Briand Pact

Herbert Hoover

Stock Market Crash, Great Depression begins, Bonus Army, Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Franklin D. Roosevelt

WWII, Pearl Harbor, Social Security Act, Yalta Conference, Manhattan Project

Harry S. Truman

Atomic bomb, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO, Korean War, Desegregation of military

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Brown v. Board, Civil Rights beginnings, Interstate Highway Act, Space Race, U-2 Incident

John F. Kennedy

Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, New Frontier, Peace Corps, March on Washington, Assassinated

Lyndon B. Johnson

Great Society, Medicare/Medicaid, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Vietnam escalation, Tet Offensive

Richard Nixon

Moon Landing, EPA, Visit to China/USSR, SALT, vietnamization

Gerald Ford

Pardons Nixon, OPEC crisis, first unelected president

Jimmy Carter

Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis, Three Mile Island, Energy Crisis, Soviet-Afghan War

Ronald Reagan

Reaganomics, Iran-Contra, Star Wars, End of Cold War begins, Sandra Day O’Connor appointed

George H. W. Bush

Berlin Wall falls, Gulf War (Desert Storm), Soviet Union collapses, Savings & Loan scandal

Bill Clinton

NAFTA, Impeachment, Economic boom, Lewinsky Scandal, Troops to Bosnia

George W. Bush

9/11, Iraq and Afghanistan wars, PATRIOT Act, Hurricane Katrina, Great Recession begins

Barack Obama

Affordable Care Act, Osama bin Laden killed, Recovery from Great Recession, ISIS, Arab Spring, End of Iraq War

George Washington

Wars: Whiskey Rebellion, U.S. neutrality during French Revolution

John Adams

Wars: Quasi-War with France (undeclared naval conflict)

Thomas Jefferson

Wars: Maintained neutrality despite Napoleonic Wars

James Madison

Wars: War of 1812

James K. Polk

Wars: Mexican-American War

Zachary Taylor

Wars: Mexican-American War (ends during his presidency)

Franklin Pierce

Wars: Bleeding Kansas (pre-Civil War conflict)

James Buchanan

Wars: Bleeding Kansas continues, SC secession begins

Abraham Lincoln

Wars: Civil War

Andrew Johnson

Wars: Post-Civil War Reconstruction violence, KKK terrorism

William McKinley

Wars: Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War begins

Theodore Roosevelt

Wars: Philippine-American War continues, Roosevelt Corollary intervention threats

Woodrow Wilson

Wars: World War I

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Wars: World War II

Harry S. Truman

Wars: End of WWII, Korean War begins

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Wars: Korean War ends, Cold War tensions, Vietnam begins

John F. Kennedy

Wars: Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam involvement

Lyndon B. Johnson

Wars: Vietnam War escalation (Gulf of Tonkin, Tet Offensive)

Richard Nixon

Wars: Vietnam War (Vietnamization, Cambodia), War Powers Act

Gerald Ford

Wars: Vietnam War ends

Jimmy Carter

Wars: Iran Hostage Crisis, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Ronald Reagan

Wars: Cold War, Grenada Invasion, Beirut, Iran-Contra

George H. W. Bush

Wars: Gulf War (Desert Storm), Invasion of Panama

Bill Clinton

Wars: Bosnia and Kosovo (NATO interventions)

George W. Bush

Wars: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, War on Terror

Barack Obama

Wars: End of Iraq War, Afghanistan continues, Libya intervention, ISIS conflict