American Presidents Study Guide

Flashcards about American Presidents based on lecture notes.

Washington

First U.S. President, known for setting a 2-term precedent, neutrality, and establishing a cabinet.

Adams

Second U.S. President, known for the Alien and Sedition Acts and midnight appointments.

Jefferson

Third U.S. President, known for the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act.

Madison

Fourth U.S. President, known for his role during the War of 1812.

Monroe

Fifth U.S. President, his tenure was known as the Era of Good Feelings and for the Monroe Doctrine.

J.Q. Adams

Sixth U.S. President, known for the 'Corrupt Bargain' election.

Jackson

Seventh U.S. President, known for the 'spoils system', bank closure, and Indian removal.

Van Buren

Eighth U.S. President, known for the Panic of 1839 and the 'divorce bill'.

W.H. Harrison

Ninth U.S. President, known for dying a month into his presidency.

Tyler

Tenth U.S. President, known for being a 'Democrat in Whig clothing' and annexing Texas.

Polk

Eleventh U.S. President, known for 'Manifest Destiny' and the Mexican War.

Taylor

Twelfth U.S. President, known for dying after eating milk and cherries.

Fillmore

Thirteenth U.S. President, known for the Compromise of 1850.

Pierce

Fourteenth U.S. President, known for passing the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Buchanan

Fifteenth U.S. President, known for doing nothing to stop secession.

Lincoln

Sixteenth U.S. President, known for the Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, and his assassination.

Johnson

Seventeenth U.S. President, known for vetoing Radical Republican bills and his impeachment.

Grant

Eighteenth U.S. President, known for 'waving the bloody shirt', scandals, and the Force Acts.

Hayes

Nineteenth U.S. President, known for the disputed election of 1876.

Garfield

Twentieth U.S. President, known for his assassination.

Arthur

Twenty-first U.S. President, known for the Pendleton Act.

Cleveland

Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth U.S. President, known for signing the Interstate Commerce Act and the Pullman Strike.

B. Harrison

Twenty-third U.S. President, known for signing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

McKinley

Twenty-fifth U.S. President, known for the Spanish-American War and his assassination.

Roosevelt

Twenty-sixth U.S. President, known for the Square Deal and the Panama Canal.

Taft

Twenty-seventh U.S. President, known for trustbusting.

Wilson

Twenty-eighth U.S. President, known for 'New Freedom' and WWI -'14 Points'.

Harding

Twenty-ninth U.S. President, known for scandals and dying in office.

Coolidge

Thirtieth U.S. President, known for 'Coolidge Prosperity'.

Hoover

Thirty-first U.S. President, known for ineffective handling of the Great Depression.

F. Roosevelt

Thirty-second U.S. President, known for breaking the two-term legacy, the New Deal, and WWII.

Truman

Thirty-third U.S. President, known for dropping the atomic bomb, the Korean War, and containment policy.

Eisenhower

Thirty-fourth U.S. President, known for the Domino Theory, the U-2 Incident, and prosperity.

Kennedy

Thirty-fifth U.S. President, known for the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Space Race, and his assassination.

L. Johnson

Thirty-sixth U.S. President, known for Civil Rights Legislation and the Vietnam War.

Nixon

Thirty-seventh U.S. President, known for Vietnam, détente, Watergate, and his resignation.

Ford

Thirty-eighth U.S. President, known for being a non-elected President, pardons, and inflation.

Carter

Thirty-ninth U.S. President, known for stagflation, the Hostage Crisis, and the Camp David Accords.

Reagan

Fortieth U.S. President, known for 'Reaganomics', the Iran-Contra affair, and 'Star Wars'.

Bush

Forty-first U.S. President, known for the Persian Gulf War and the End of the Cold War.

Clinton

Forty-second U.S. President, known for NAFTA, economic prosperity, and his impeachment.

Détente

The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.

NAFTA

The North American Free Trade Agreement, a trade pact between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Stagflation

Persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand in a country's economy.