Critical Period (1788-1815)
Name the first four presidents.
*Bonus: Name the two parties of the era.
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
*Bonus: Federalist Party and Democratic-Republican (Anti-Federalist) Party
List the the 5th through 8th presidents and their years in office.
*Bonus: Name each of the presidents' parties
James Monroe 1817-1825
John Quincy Adams 1825-1829
Andrew Jackson 1829-1837
Martin van Buren 1837-1841
*Bonus: National Republican; National Republican; Democratic-Republican Party (Jacksonian Democrat); Jacksonian Democrat
List the seven presidents of this era and their years in office.
*Bonus: name their parties
William Henry Harrison 1841 - died of pneumonia one month after his inauguration
John Tyler 1841-1845 - succeeded Harrison because he was VP
James K. Polk 1845-1849
Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 - died of cholera
Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 - succeeded Taylor because he was VP
Franklin Pierce 1853-1857
James Buchanan 1875-1861
*Bonus:
William Henry Harrison - Whig
John Tyler - "President without a Party" (officially a Whig candidate but acted more Democratic)
James K. Polk - Democrat
Zachary Taylor - Whig
Millard Fillmore - Whig
Franklin Pierce - Democrat
James Buchanan - Democrat
Who was president during the Civil War?
*Bonus: What is a major presidential order that was passed during this time?
Abraham Lincoln
*Bonus: The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Which president had two nonconsecutive terms in office?
*Bonus: name four major affairs this president had
a. Billion-Dollar Congress
b. Chinese Exclusion Act
c. Haymarket Riot
d. Interstate Commerce Act
e. assassinated by Charles Guiteau
f. Pullman Strike of the American Railway Union
g. End of Reconstruction
h. American Federation of Labor established
Grover Cleveland
*Bonus: Haymarket Riot (1886), Interstate Commerce Act (1887), Pullman Strike of the American Railway Union (1894), American Federation of Labor established
Who is the first president? From what year to what year did he serve in office? Name 2 major events/facts during in-office time.
choose 2:
a. Whiskey Rebellion
b. Alien and Sedition Acts
c. Farewell Address
d. First President to be born in the U.S.
*Bonus: What party was he from?
George Washington
1789-1797
Whiskey Rebellion (a) and Farewell Address (c)
*Bonus: He had no official party affiliation - however, he was sympathetic to the Federalist Party policies
Name two major affairs during John Quincy Adams' time as president.
a. Missouri Compromise
b. "Corrupt Bargain"
c. Attempted expansion of the American System blocked by the Jacksonians
d. Louisiana Purchase
The "Corrupt Bargain," attempted expansion of the American System blocked by the Jacksonians
Who was president when the Fugitive Slave Law was passed?
*Bonus: What was the Fugitive Law a part of?
Millard Fillmore
*Bonus: The Compromise of 1850
List the the three presidents of this era and their years in office.
Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
Andrew Johnson 1865-1869
Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877
Who was assassinated by Charles Guiteau?
*Bonus: What was one of his major affairs before he got assassinated?
a. Pendleton Civil Service Act
b. Chinese Exclusion Act
c. Attempted to reunited the Stalwart and Half-Breed factions of the Republican Party
d. Haymarket Riot
James A. Garfield
*Bonus: attempted to reunite the Stalwart and Half-Breed factions of the Republican Party
Name the third president. How many terms did he serve? What was his party? What are four important affairs during his years in office?
Choose:
a. Marbury v. Madison
b. XYZ Affair
c. Lewis and Clark Expedition
d. Louisiana Purchase
e. Hartford Convention
f. Battle of New Orleans
g. Embargo Act of 1807
Thomas Jefferson
2 term
Democratic-Republican/Jeffersonian Republican
Marbury v. Madison (1803), Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1805), Embargo Act of 1807, Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Name two major affairs during James Monroe's time as president and two during Martin van Buren's time as president.
Choose (for Monroe):
a. Missouri Compromise
b. American System established
c. Treaty of Ghent
d. Formation of the Whig Party
Choose (for Martin van Buren):
a. Indian Removal Act
b. Panic of 1837
c. Spoils system established
d. Excessive land speculation in the western territories
Monroe - Missouri Compromise, American System established
Martin van Buren - Panic of 1837, Excessive land speculation in the western territories
Who was president during the Mexican War?
*Bonus: What other major affairs did the president have? Name two.
Choose (for Bonus):
a. Texas annexed
b. Wilmot Proviso
c. Expansionism and Manifest Destiny
d. "Hero" of the Mexican-American War
James K. Polk
*Bonus: Expansionism and Manifest Destiny (westward expansion), Wilmot Proviso of 1846
All three presidents' party.
Republican Party
With which president did Reconstruction end in the Southern States with the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Name the second president. What were his years in office? What was his party? Give four major affairs during his time in office.
Choose:
a. XYZ Affair
b. Judiciary Act of 1801 and the "Midnight Judges" scandal
c. Whiskey Rebellion
d. Hamilton Fiscal Policies
e. Alien and Sedition Acts of 1789
f. Louisiana Purchase
g. John Marshall's appointment as Chief Justice of Supreme Court
John Adams
1797-1801
Federalist Party
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1789, John Marshall's appointment as Chief Justice of Supreme Court, the Judiciary Act of 1801 and the "Midnight Judges" scandal, XYZ Affair of 1797
Name the person who was Vice President for both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.
John C. Calhoun
He was VP for JQ Adams and then became VP for Andrew Jackson, though he resigned in 1832 because of States' Rights issues stemming from the Tariff of Abominations and retook his old Senate seat for South Carolina
Who was president when Texas was annexed by the U.S.?
*Bonus: Why was this President not liked by the Whig Party?
John Tyler
*Bonus: he used the presidential veto against the Whig Party's domestic policy initiatives (basically supporting the American System) when he had been nominated by the Whig Party for the VP spot next to Harrison's president spot
Which president passed the 13th and 14th Amendments?
*Bonus: what did each amendment do?
Andrew Johnson
*Bonus: the 13th Amendment (passed in 1865) abolished slavery; the 14th Amendment (passed in 1868) set guidelines/rules/law for federal and state citizenship
What were two major affairs during President Chester A. Arthur's service in office?
Choose:
a. Pendleton Civil Service Act
b. assassinated by Charles Guiteau
c. Billion-Dollar Congress
d. Chinese Exclusion Act
What were two major affairs during President Benjamin Harrison's service in office?
Choose:
a. Chinese Exclusion Act
b. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
c. Billion-Dollar Congress
d. American Federation of Labor established
Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883, Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Billion-Dollar Congress, Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
Name the fourth president. What years was he in office? What is his party? Give four major affairs during his time in office.
Choose:
a. Lewis and Clark expedition
b. Embargo Act of 1807
c. War of 1812
d. Missouri Compromise
e. Treaty of Ghent
f. Battle of New Orleans
g. "Corrupt Bargain"
h. Hartford Convention
James Madison
1809-1817
Jeffersonian-Republican Party
Hartford Convention of 1814, War of 1812, Treaty of Ghent (1814), Battle of New Orleans (1815)
Name five of Andrew Jackson's major affairs during his time as president
Choose 5:
a. South Carolina declaring null and void the Tariff of 1828 and its subsequent revision in 1832
b. Panic of 1837
c. shutting down the 2nd Bank of the U.S.
d. Manifest Destiny and expansionism
e. Mexican-American War
f. Spoils System established
g. Formation of the Whig Party
h. Attempted expansion of the American System
i. Missouri Compromise
j. Indian Removal Act
shutting down the Second Bank of the U.S., Formation of the Whig Party, Spoils System established as he came into office, SC declaring null and void the Tariff of 1828 and its subsequent revision in 1832, Indian Removal Act of 1830
Name two major affairs during Franklin Pierce's time as president. Also name three major affairs during James Buchanan's time as president.
Choose (for Pierce):
a. Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
b. Crimean War
c. Compromise of 1850
d. "Hero" of the Mexican War
Choose (for Buchanan):
a. Dred Scott v. Sanford
b. Bleeding Kansas
c. Crimean War
d. John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
e. Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Pierce - Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, Crimean War (1854-1856)
Buchanan - Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858), John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry (1859)
Which president passed the 15th Amendment?
*Bonus: Why was he called "General Corruption"?
Ulysses S. Grant
*Bonus: because of scandals such as the Whiskey Ring (1837-1877) and the Crédit Mobilier scandal (1873)
List the first five presidents of the era and give their years in office.
*Bonus: Name each of their parties.
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881
James A. Garfield 1881
Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885
Grover Cleveland 1885-1889
Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893
Grover Cleveland 1893-1897
*Bonus: Republican; Republican; Republican; Democrat; Republican; Democrat still