Presidents Quiz

George Washington

Whiskey Rebellion, Establish new govt

John Adams

XYZ Affair

Thomas Jefferson

Louisiana Purchase

James Madison

War of 1812

James Monroe

Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine

John Q. Adams

Corrupt Bargain

Andrew Jackson

Tariff/Nullification Crisis, Indian Removal

Martin Van Buren

Panic of 1837, Trail of Tears

William H. Harrison

1st Whig president

John Tyler

Annexation of Texas

James K. Polk

Mexican-American War

Zachary Taylor

Last Whig president

Millard Fillmore

Compromise of 1850

Franklin Pierce

Kansas-Nebraska Act

James Buchanan

Dred Scott decision

Abraham Lincoln

Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation

Andrew Johnson

Reconstruction, Alaska Purchase

Ulysses Grant

Many Scandals

Rutherford B. Hayes

Compromise of 1877

James Garfield

2nd president assassinated

Chester Arthur

Pendleton Act

Grover Cleveland

Tariff battle with Congress

Benjamin Harrison

McKinley Tariff

Grover Cleveland

Depression of 1893

William McKinley

Spanish-American War

Theodore Roosevelt

Trust Buster, Big stick in Caribbean

William Howard Taft

Dollar Diplomacy in Caribbean

Woodrow Wilson

WW1, Fought for League of Nations

Warren Harding

Normalcy Period; Political and personal scandals

Calvin Coolidge

Pro-business, laissez-faire

Herbert Hoover

Great Depression; Promoted individualism

Franklin D. Roosevelt

New Deal reforms; WW2

Harry S. Truman

Cold War; Korean War

Dwight Eisenhower

Ended Korean War; maintained peaceful coexistence with USSR

John F. Kennedy

Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis

Lyndon B. Johnson

Great Society reforms; Civil Rights Act

Richard Nixon

Watergate Scandal

Gerald Ford

Took over when Nixon resigned

Jimmy Carter

Iran Hostage Crisis

Ronald Reagan

Supply-side economics; Reeganomics

George H.W. Bush

ADA; Operation Desert Storm

Bill Clinton

NAFTA; Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

George W. Bush

9/11; War on Terror

Barack Obama

Affordable Care Act; Medicaid

Donald J. Trump

Border Wall

Joe Biden

American Rescue Act; Covid Vaccines

Donald J. Trump

Tariff War, Iran War