US Presidents Flashcards

Flashcards of vocabulary terms to help study US Presidents.

George Washington (1789-1797)

Era: Period 3 (1754-1800), Constitutional Period. Political Developments: Judiciary Act of 1789, Whiskey Rebellion (1794), Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party. Economic Developments: Assumption Plan (1790), First National Bank of the United States (1791), Samuel Slater’s factory (1791), Cotton gin by Eli Whitney (1793). Social and Cultural Developments: Republican motherhood. Foreign Policy Developments: French Revolution, Citizen Genet (1793), Jay Treaty (1794), Pinckney’s Treaty (1795).

John Adams (Federalist) (1797-1801)

Era: Period 3 (1754-1800), Constitutional Period. Political Developments: Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798-1799), Midnight Judges and Marshall Court (1801). Social and Cultural Developments: Republican motherhood, Second Great Awakening. Foreign Developments: XYZ Affair (1797-1798), Quasi War (1798-1800).

Thomas Jefferson (D-R) (1801-1809)

Era: Period 4 (1800-1848), Age of Jefferson. Political Developments: Election of 1800/Revolution of 1800, Marbury v. Madison (1803), Louisiana Purchase (1803). Economic Developments: Embargo Act of 1807, Steamboat Clermont (1807). Social and Cultural Developments: Non-importation of slaves (1808), Second Great Awakening. Foreign Policy Developments: Barbary Pirates/War (1801-1805), Chesapeake-Leopard Affair (1807).

James Madison (D-R) (1809-1817)

Era: Period 4 (1800-1848), Age of Jefferson. Political Developments: Hartford Convention (1814-1815). Economic Developments: Second Bank of the United States (1816), American System, Tariff of 1816. Social and Cultural Developments: Second Great Awakening. Foreign Policy Developments: Impressment, Non-intercourse Act of 1809, Macon’s Bill No. 2 (1810), Battle of Tippecanoe (1811), War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans (1814).

James Monroe (D-R) (1817-1825)

Era: Period 4 (1800-1848), Era of Good Feelings. Political Developments: Era of Good Feelings, McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), Gibbons v. Ogden (1821), Missouri Compromise (1820). Economic Developments: American System, Panic of 1819, Cumberland Road, Lowell System. Social and Cultural Developments: Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt (1822), American Colonization Society (1822), Second Great Awakening. Foreign Policy Developments: Adams-Onis Treaty (1819), Monroe Doctrine (1823).

John Quincy Adams (NR) (1825-1829)

Era: Period 4 (1800-1848), Age of Jackson. Political Developments: Corrupt Bargain/Election of 1824, Tariff of Abominations (Tariff of 1828). Economic Developments: American System, Erie Canal (1825). Social and Cultural Developments: Second Great Awakening, American Temperance Society.

Andrew Jackson (D) (1829-1837)

Era: Period 4 (1800-1848), Age of Jackson. Political Developments: Spoils system, Nullification Crisis, Democrat Party, Whig Party, Taney Court. Economic Developments: Bank War (1832-1841), Specie Circular (1836). Social and Cultural Developments: Universal male suffrage, Common man, Nat Turner Slave Revolt (1831), The Liberator and William Lloyd Garrison (1831), American Antislavery Society (1833), John C. Calhoun’s Positive Good Speech (1837), Indian Removal Act (1830), Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), Worcester v. Georgia (1832), Trail of Tears, Second Great Awakening. Foreign Policy Developments: The Alamo (1836).

Martin van Buren (D) (1837-1841)

Era: Period 4 (1800-1848), Age of Jackson. Economic Developments: Panic of 1837. Social and Cultural Developments: Trail of Tears, Second Great Awakening, Brook Farm, Liberty Party (1840).

William Henry Harrison (W) (1841)

Era: Period 4 (1800-1848), Antebellum Period.

John Tyler (W) (1841-1845)

Era: Period 4 (1800-1848), Antebellum Period. Political Developments: Annexation of Texas (1845). Economic Developments: Telegraph by Samuel Morse (1844). Social and Cultural Developments: Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842), Irish potato famine, Know Nothing Party/movement. Foreign Policy Developments: Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842).

James K. Polk (D) (1845-1849)

Era: Period 5 (1844-1877), Antebellum Period. Economic Developments: California Gold Rush (1848-1849). Social and Cultural Developments: Manifest Destiny, Irish potato famine, Seneca Falls Convention (1848), The North Star and Frederick Douglass (1847), Free Soil Party (1848), Oneida Community. Foreign Policy Developments: Oregon Territory (1846), “54’ 40 or Fight!”, 49th Parallel, Mexican-American War (1848), Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Mexican Cession.

Zachary Taylor (W) (1849-1850)

Era: Period 5 (1844-1877), Antebellum Period. Social and Cultural Developments: Irish potato famine, The Scarlet Letter (1850). Foreign Policy Developments: Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850).

Millard Fillmore (W) (1850-1853)

Era: Period 5 (1844-1877), Antebellum Period. Political Developments: Compromise of 1850. Social and Cultural Developments: Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852). Foreign Policy Developments: Perry Expedition to Japan (1853-1854).

Franklin Pierce (D) (1853-1857)

Era: Period 5 (1844-1877), Antebellum Period. Political Developments: Gadsden Purchase (1853), Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), Bleeding Kansas, Brooks-Sumner Incident (1856), Republican Party (1854). Social and Cultural Developments: Sociology for the South by George Fitzhugh (1854). Foreign Policy Developments: Ostend Manifesto (1854).

James Buchanan (D) (1857-1861)

Era: Period 5 (1844-1877), Antebellum Period. Political Developments: Bleeding Kansas, Lecompton Constitution. Economic Developments: Panic of 1857, Comstock Lode (1859). Social and Cultural Developments: Impending Crisis of the South by Hinton Helper, Cannibals All! by George Fitzhugh (1857), Scott v. Sandford (1857), John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry (1859).

Abraham Lincoln (R) (1861-1865)

Era: Period 5 (1844-1877), Civil War. Political Developments: Civil War (1861-1865), Reconstruction. Economic Developments: Homestead Act (1862), Morrill Land Grant Act (1862), Pacific Railway Act (1862). Social and Cultural Developments: Emancipation Proclamation (1863), Freedmen’s Bureau, Sand Creek Massacre (1864). Foreign Policy Developments: Trent Affair (1861).

Andrew Johnson (D) (1865-1869)

Era: Period 5 (1844-1877), Reconstruction. Political Developments: Johnson Reconstruction, Impeachment, Fourteenth Amendment (1868), Boss Tweed. Economic Developments: National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry (1868). Social and Cultural Developments: Black Codes, Ku Klux Klan. Foreign Policy Developments: Alaska Purchase (1867).

Ulysses S. Grant (R) (1869-1877)

Era: Period 5 (1844-1877), Reconstruction, Gilded Age. Political Developments: Radical Reconstruction, Fifteenth Amendment (1870), Boss Tweed, Granger Laws, Greenback Party (1874). Economic Developments: First Transcontinental Railroad (1869), Credit Mobilier, “Crime of 1873”, Panic of 1873, Carnegie Steel, Air brakes by George Westinghouse, Telephone by Alexander Graham Bell. Social and Cultural Developments: Knights of Labor (1869).

Rutherford B. Hayes (R) (1877-1881)

Era: Period 6 (1865-1898), Gilded Age. Political Developments: Compromise of 1877. Economic Developments: Standard Oil Trust, Great Railroad Strike of 1877, Incandescent light bulb by Thomas Edison (1879), Farmers’ Alliance (1877), Munn v. Illinois (1877). Social and Cultural Developments: Progress and Poverty by Henry George (1879), Social Gospel Movement.

James A. Garfield (R) (1881)

Era: Period 6 (1865-1898), Gilded Age. Social and Cultural Developments: Social Gospel Movement.

Chester A. Arthur (R) (1881-1885)

Era: Period 6 (1865-1898), Gilded Age. Political Developments: Pendleton Act (1883). Social and Cultural Developments: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson (1881), Social Gospel Movement, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884).

Grover Cleveland (D) (1885-1889)

Era: Period 6 (1865-1898), Gilded Age. Political Developments: Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) (1887), Grand Army of the Republic. Economic Developments: Alternate Current by Nikola Tesla (1885), Wabash v. Illinois (1886). Social and Cultural Developments: Haymarket Riot (1886), American Federation of Labor (AFL) (1886), Dawes Severalty Act (1887), Social Gospel Movement, Our Country: Its Possible Future and Present Crisis by Josiah Strong (1885).

Benjamin Harrison (R) (1889-1893)

Era: Period 6 (1865-1898), Gilded Age. Political Developments: Bimetallism, Sherman Anti-trust Act (1890), Ocala Platform (1890), Populist Party (1891), Omaha Platform (1892). Economic Developments: Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890), McKinley Tariff, Homestead Strike (1892). Social and Cultural Developments: National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) (1890), Wounded Knee Massacre (1890), Sierra Club and John Muir (1892), Social Gospel Movement, Gospel of Wealth, Hull House and Jane Addams (1889), How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis (1890). Foreign Policy Developments: Pan-American Conference (1889), The Influence of Sea Power Upon History by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1890).

Grover Cleveland (D) (1893-1897)

Era: Period 6 (1865-1898), Gilded Age. Political Developments: Bimetallism, Coxey’s Army (1894), Cross of Gold Speech by William Jennings Bryan (Election of 1896). Economic Developments: Panic of 1893, Pullman Strike (1894), United States v. E.C. Knight (1895). Social and Cultural Developments: Frontier Thesis by Frederick Jackson Turner (1893), Atlanta Compromise (1895), Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Social Gospel Movement, Antisaloon League (1893).

William McKinley (R) (1897-1901)

Era: Period 7 (1890-1945), Gilded Age/Progressive Era, Imperialism. Economic Developments: Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899), Gold Standard Act (1900). Social and Cultural Developments: Social Gospel Movement. Foreign Policy Developments: Annexation of Hawaii (1898), Spanish-American War (1898), Open Door Policy (1899), Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901), Philippine-American War (1899-1902).

Theodore Roosevelt (R) (1901-1909)

Era: Period 7 (1890-1945), Progressive Era, Imperialism. Political Developments: Square Deal, Meat Inspection Act (1906), Pure Food and Drug Act (1906). Economic Developments: Panic of 1907, Conservation, Henry Ford and Model T (1908). Social and Cultural Developments: Anthracite Coal Strike (1902), The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell (1904), Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (1905), The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1906), Niagara Movement and W.E.B. Du Bois (1905). Foreign Policy Developments: Big Stick Policy, Roosevelt Corollary, Panama Revolution.

William Howard Taft (R) (1909-1913)

Era: Period 7 (1890-1945), Progressive Era, Imperialism. Political Developments: Sixteenth Amendment (1913). Economic Developments: Payne-Aldrich Tariff (1909), Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v. United States (1911). Social and Cultural Developments: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (1909), Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (1911), Great Migration (1910-1930). Foreign Policy Developments: Dollar Diplomacy.

Woodrow Wilson (D) (1913-1921)

Era: Period 7 (1890-1945), Progressive Era, Imperialism. Political Developments: Seventeenth Amendment (1913), Clayton Antitrust Act (1914), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (1914), Espionage Act of 1917, Sedition Act of 1918, Schenk v. United States (1919). Economic Developments: Federal Reserve Act (1913). Social and Cultural Developments: Eighteenth Amendment (1919), Nineteenth Amendment (1920), League of Women Voters, First Red Scare. Foreign Policy Developments: World War I, Fourteen Points.

Warren G. Harding (R) (1921-1923)

Era: Period 7 (1890-1945), Roaring Twenties. Political Developments: “A Return to Normalcy”, Teapot Dome Scandal. Economic Developments: Fordney-McCumber Tariff (1922). Social and Cultural Developments: Emergency Quota Act (1921), Universal Negro Improvement Association and Marcus Garvey, Great Migration. Foreign Policy Developments: Washington Naval Conference (1922-1923).

Calvin Coolidge (R) (1923-1928)

Era: Period 7 (1890-1945), Roaring Twenties. Political Developments: “The business of America is business.” Economic Developments: Revenue Act of 1924. Social and Cultural Developments: National Origins Act (1924), Scopes Monkey Trial (1925), Great Migration. Foreign Policy Developments: Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928).

Herbert Hoover (R) (1929-1933)

Era: Period 7 (1890-1945), Great Depression. Political Developments: Bonus Army (1932). Economic Developments: Stock Market Crash of 1929, Smoot-Hawley Tariff (1930), Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1932). Social and Cultural Developments: Great Migration. Foreign Policy Developments: Stimson Doctrine.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) (1933-1945)

Era: Period 7 (1890-1945), Great Depression, World War II. Political Developments: New Deal, Court packing scheme, Hatch Act (1939). Economic Developments: Relief, Recovery, Reform, Alphabet Soup (CCC, TVA, NIRA, AAA, WPA), Social Security, Wagner Act, Roosevelt Recession (1937-1938), Dust Bowl. Social and Cultural Developments: 21st Amendment (1933), Korematsu v. United States/Japanese internment camps, Great Migration, Rosie the Riveter. Foreign Policy Developments: Good Neighbor Policy, Lend-Lease Act, Pearl Harbor, World War II.

Harry Truman (D) (1945-1953)

Era: Period 8 (1945-1980), Cold War. Political Developments: Fair Deal, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952). Economic Developments: Taft-Hartley Act (1947). Social and Cultural Developments: Baby Boom, Second Red Scare/McCarthyism, Jackie Robinson (1947), Executive Orders 9980 and 9981 (1948). Foreign Developments: Containment, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, Korean Conflict.

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) (1953-1961)

Era: Period 8 (1945-1980), Cold War. Political Developments: Warren Court. Economic Developments: Interstate Highway System (1956), National Defense Education Act (1958). Social and Cultural Developments: Baby Boom, Second Red Scare.McCarthyism, The Affluent Society by John K. Galbraith (1958), AFL-CIO (1955), Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956), Little Rock Nine (1957), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Sit-ins. Foreign Developments: Brinkmanship, Operation Ajax (1953), Sputnik (1957), U-2 Incident (1960).

John F. Kennedy (D) (1961-1963)

Era: Period 8 (1945-1980), Cold War. Political Developments: New Frontier. Social and Cultural Developments: Baby Boom, Freedom Rides, Stand in the Schoolhouse Door (June 1963), March on Washington (Aug 28, 1963), The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (1963), Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962). Foreign Policy Developments: Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961), Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis (1962).

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) (1963-1969)

Era: Period 8 (1945-1980), Cold War. Political Developments: Great Society, Miranda v. Arizona (1966). Economic Developments: War on Poverty. Social and Cultural Developments: Civil Rights Act of 1964, 24th Amendment (1964), March to Selma (March 1965), Voting Rights Act of 1965, Immigration Act of 1965, Counterculture Movement, Free Speech Movement (1964), Woodstock Music Festival (1969), National Organization for Women (NOW) (1966). Foreign Policy Developments: Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964), Tet Offensive (1968).

Richard Nixon (R) (1969-1974)

Era: Period 8 (1945-1980), Cold War. Political Developments: New Federalism, Burger Court, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (1970), War Powers Act (1973), Watergate (1973-1974). Economic Developments: Stagflation, OPEC oil embargo (1973), 90-day price and wage controls. Social and Cultural Developments: Apollo 11 (1969), Kent State University (1970), 26th Amendment (1971), Roe v. Wade (1973). Foreign Policy Developments: Détente, Visit to China and Soviet Union, Vietnamization.

Gerald Ford (R) (1974-1977)

Era: Period 8 (1945-1980), Cold War. Political Developments: Pardon of Nixon. Economic Developments: Stagflation, WIN (Whip Inflation Now). Social and Cultural Developments: Indian Self-Determination Act (1975). Foreign Policy Developments: Fall of Saigon (1975).

Jimmy Carter (D) (1977-1981)

Era: Period 8 (1945-1980), Cold War. Political Developments: Malaise Speech/Crisis of Confidence (1979). Economic Developments: Stagflation, 1979 Energy Crisis. Social and Cultural Developments: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978). Foreign Policy Developments: Camp David Accords (1978), Iran Hostage Situation (1979-1981).

Ronald Reagan (R) (1981-1989)

Era: Period 9 (1980-Present), Cold War. Political Developments: Iran-Contra Affair (1986), Rehnquist Court. Economic Developments: Reaganomics, Economic Recovery Tax Act (1981), Tax Reform Act of 1986. Social and Cultural Developments: PATCO Strike (1981), Sandra Day O’Connor - Supreme Court appointment, Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986). Foreign Policy Developments: Rollback, Grenada (1983), “Tear down this wall.” - West Berlin (1987), Mikhail Gorbachev.

George H.W. Bush (R) (1989-1993)

Era: Period 9 (1980-Present), Cold War. Political Developments: American with Disabilities Act (1990). Economic Developments: Recession (1990-1991), Savings and Loan Crisis. Foreign Policy Developments: Soviet Union dissolves, Persian Gulf War (1991).

Bill Clinton (D) (1993-2001)

Era: Period 9 (1980-Present). Political Developments: Republican Revolution (1994), Contract with America, Lewinski Scandal, Impeachment. Economic Developments: North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1994), Welfare Reform Act (1996). Social and Cultural Developments: Internet. Foreign Policy Developments: Bosnia.

George W. Bush (R) (2001-2009)

Era: Period 9 (1980-Present), War on Terror. Political Developments: No Child Left Behind (NCLB) (2001), USA PATRIOT Act (2002), Hurricane Katrina (2005). Economic Developments: Bush Tax Cuts (2001, 2003), Great Recession (2007-2009), Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Foreign Policy Developments: 9/11, Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003).

Barack Obama (D) (2009-2017)

Era: Period 9 (1980-Present), War on Terror. Political Developments: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010)/“Obamacare”, Tea Party and 2010 Mid-Term Elections, Citizens United v. FEC (2010). Economic Developments: Great Recession (2007-2009), American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009). Social and Cultural Developments: Sonia Sotomayor – Supreme Court appointment, Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, Obergefell v. Hodges (2015). Foreign Policy Developments: Arab Spring, ISIL.

Donald Trump (R) (2017-????)

Era: Period 9 (1980-Present), War on Terror. Political Developments: Investigation of Russian Interference in 2016 Election. Economic Developments: Jobs and Tax Cut Act (2017). Social and Cultural Developments: “Fake News”, White Nationalism and Charlottesville Rally. Foreign Policy Developments: “America First”, Immigration, Mexican border wall proposal, Immigration bans, North Korea, Jerusalem