APUSH US Presidents big events

George Washington big events

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

John Adams’ big events

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

Thomas Jefferson big events

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

James Madison big events

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

James Monroe Big Events

Era of good feelings, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine

John Quincy Adams big events

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

Andrew Jackson Big events

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

Martin Van Buren big events

Abolitionists gain power, Whig party grows in power

William Henry Harrison big events

DEATH Died of pneumonia 29 days into his presidency

John Tyler Big events

Amistad case, Republican Party founded

James K. Polk big events

Oregon trail, war with Mexico, Opium War

Zachary Taylor big events

Dies in office

Millard Fillmore big events

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

Franklin Pierce big events

Slave acts, Kansas-Nebraska act, Dred Scott decision

James Buchanan big events

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

Abraham Lincoln big events

Civil war, death by assassination

Andrew Johnson big events

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