Dead Presidents
This president was assassinated in Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The Army of the Potomac represented this side of the U.S. Civil War.
What was the North?
He was the first president of the Reconstruction Era.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
The Alien and Sedition Acts were signed by what president?
Who was John Adams?
This was the first permanent settlement in what is today the United States.
What is Jamestown?
This president died a year after leaving the presidency, suffering from complications of pneumonia in 1790.
Who was George Washington?
The final battle of the Civil War was fought here.
What was Appomattox Court House?
This was a negative term for northerners who moved south to assist in Reconstruction.
Who were Carpetbaggers?
This ambitious president was not allowed to do much because of his father's legacy and his "corrupt bargain."
Who was John Quincy Adams?
This was the first attempted settlement in what is today the United States.
What was Roanoke?
This president died of cholera from raw cherries and milk.
Who was Zachary Taylor?
"That that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, should not perish from the earth." This quote was spoken after what battle?
What was Gettysburg?
This was a negative term for southerners who went along with Reconstruction.
Who were Scallywags?
This president led us into the War of 1812, which we were so unprepared for, that the White House was burned to the ground.
Who was James Madison?
John Winthrop was preaching to these people when he gave his "City Upon a Hill" sermon.
Who was Boston Colony?
This president died of pneumonia from refusing to wear a coat on his cold, rainy inauguration day.
Who was William Henry Harrison?
This man was president of the Confederate States of America.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
This government agency was created to help newly freed Black Americans.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
This president sent thousands on the Trail of Tears and plunged the economy down the toilet by starting a personal war on the National Bank.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
These acts closed Boston Harbor and forbade Massachusetts residents from voting for their governor.
What were the Intolerable or Coercive Acts?
This president, who promised Democrats he'd only be in office for one-term, died just three months after leaving the White House in 1849.
Who was James K. Polk?
This city was capital of the Confederate States of America.
What was Richmond, Virginia?
Abram Colby was the first Black American elected to what southern state's legislature?
What was Georgia?
This president told Europeans to stay in their hemisphere and acquired Florida.
Who was James Monroe?
This was the final battle of the Revolutionary War.
What was Yorktown?