Presidents and Corresponding Events Through Civil War

George Washington (1789-1797) - The Whiskey Rebellion

John Adams (1797-1801) - The Alien and Sedition Acts

Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) - The Louisiana Purchase

James Madison (1809-1817) - The War of 1812

James Monroe (1817-1825) - The Era of Good Feelings

John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) - The Tariff of Abominations

Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) - The Indian Removal Act

Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) - The Trail of Tears (continued from Jackson's presidency)

William Henry Harrison (1841) - First president to die in office

John Tyler (1841-1845) - Agreed to annex Texas

James K. Polk (1845-1849) - The Mexican-American War

Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) - California Gold Rush

Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) - The Compromise of 1850

Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) - The Kansas-Nebraska Act

James Buchanan (1857-1861) - The Dred Scott Decision

Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) - The Emancipation Proclamation

A significant step towards abolishing slavery in the United States.