Firsts or Onlys
Bad Things
Parties
Nicknames
Year
100
first DR pres
TJ
100
His Presidency was ruined by Jackson's economic actions
Van Buren
100
Whig's 1st Pres
Harrison
100
"little Giant"
Stephen Douglas
100
1860
Buchanan
200
only president to win unanimously
GW
200
Bullied into passing the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Pierce
200
Claimed to have Washington on their side
Federalist
200
Tippecanoe
WHH
200
1799
Adams
300
only federalists pres
Adams
300
lost a son in a train wreck
Pierce
300
The "founder" followed the "face"
Van Buren followed Jackson
300
nickname "Ruin"
Van Buren
300
1835
Jackson
400
first unmarried pres
Jefferson
400
Kicked out of his own party
Tyler
400
Party came and went in "shooting star" style
Whigs
400
Nickname "Old Hickory"
Jackson
400
1841
WHH and Tyler
500
first president to have war define his presidency
Madison
500
Name three personal conflicts Jackson had that we studied
Indian Removal Act (against Marshall), Petticoat Wars (against his cabinet, specifically Calhoun), The Bank War (against biddle & Clay), and The Corrupt Bargain (Q Adams & Clay) His duels Newspaper editor during election
500
Name five Democrat Presidents we studied
Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Pierce, Johnson, Buchanan
500
"Old Rough and Ready"
Z. Taylor
500
1850
Taylor and Fillmore
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