APUSH US Presidents

George Washington

First president

George Washington big events

Whiskey rebellion, bill of rights passed, did not run for 3rd term

John Adams

Second president

John Adams’ big events

First president to live in the White House, Naturalization Act, Alien Act, French Revolution & Napoleon

Thomas Jefferson

Third president

Thomas Jefferson big events

Tripoli war, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expedition, British Trade War, Embargo act, Ban on slave trade

James Madison

Fourth president

James Madison big events

War of 1812, Erie Canal built, Star Spangled Banner written

James Monroe

Fifth President

James Monroe Big Events

Era of good feelings, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine

John Quincy Adams

Sixth president

John Quincy Adams big events

“Corrupt bargain”, Rise of Jackson, “War” between John Calhoun and Henry Clay over Nullification

Andrew Jackson

Seventh president

Andrew Jackson Big events

Nullification crisis in South Carolina, Indian Wars, trouble with Mexico (Texas), assassination attempt

Martin Van Buren

Eighth president

Martin Van Buren big events

Abolitionists gain power, Whig party grows in power

William Henry Harrison

Ninth president

William Henry Harrison big events

DEATH Died of pneumonia 29 days into his presidency

John Tyler - His Accidency

Tenth president

John Tyler Big events

Amistad case, Republican Party founded

James K. Polk

Eleventh president

James K. Polk big events

Oregon trail, war with Mexico, Opium War

Zachary Taylor

Twelfth president

Zachary Taylor big events

Dies in office

Millard Fillmore

Thirteenth president

Millard Fillmore big events

Gold in California, compromise of 1850, trade with Japan, Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe

Franklin Pierce

Fourteenth president

Franklin Pierce big events

Slave acts, Kansas-Nebraska act, Dred Scott decision

James Buchanan

Fifteenth president

James Buchanan big events

Bloody Kansas, John Brown’s raid in Harper’s Ferry, civil war begins

Abraham Lincoln

Sixteenth president

Abraham Lincoln big events

Civil war, death by assassination

Andrew Johnson

Seventeenth president

Andrew Jackson big events

Lincoln’s assassination, reconstruction begins, freedmen’s bureau, 13th & 14th amendments, IMPEACHMENT