Presidents Quiz Review

George Washington

First bank of US, proclamation of neutrality

John Adams

Alien and sedition acts, xyz affair

Thomas Jefferson

Repealed judiciary act of 1801, embargo act

James Madison

2nd bank of us, war of 1812

james monroe

missouri compromise, monroe doctrine

John Quincy Adams

proposed construction of roads and canals, adams-onis treaty

andrew jackson

indian removal act, negotiated settlement for french spoliation claims

Martin Van-Buren

independent treasury system, kept neutral during caroline affair

William henry harrison

nothing

john tyler

vetoed bills to reestablish national bank

James k. polk

walker tariff, mexican-american war

zachary taylor

opposed compromise of 1850, clayton-bulwer treaty

millard fillmore

signed compromise of 1850, opened japan to us trade

franklin pierce

kansas-nebraska act, gadsden purchase

james buchanan

supported lecompton constitution, ostend manifesto

abraham lincoln

emancipation proclamation, maintained neutrality of france and great britain during civil war

andrew johnson

implemented amnesty plan of 1865, purchase of alaska

Ulysses S. Grant

civil rights act of 1875, settled alabama claims with great britain

rutherford b. hayes

withdrew troops to end reconstruction, paraguayan war

james a. garfield

fought to reform spoils system, first pan american conference

chester a. arthur

pendleton civil service reform act, chinese exclusion act of 1882

grover cleveland (1st term)

interstate commerce act, opposed annexation of hawaii

benjamin harrison

sherman antitrust act, first international conference of american states

grover cleveland (2nd term

repealed sherman silver purchase act, intervened in venezuelan boundary dispute with britain

william mckinley

signed dingley tariff act, spanish american war