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First 25 US Presidents
1st 25 pres.
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History
11th Grade
01/27/2008

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Term
George Washington
Definition

1st

1789-1897

Precedents; Citizen Genet, Jay's Treaty, Pickney's Treaty, Hamilton v. Jefferson, Whiskey Rebellion, Farewell Address, Two-term tradition. 

Term
John Adams
Definition

2nd

Federalist

1797-1801

XYZ affair, Quasi-war with Fr., Alien and Sedition Act, John Marshal on Supreme Court, Midnight Judges, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions 

Term
Thomas Jefferson
Definition

3rd

Democratic Republican

1801-1809

Louisiana Purchase, Corps of Discovery, Marbury v. Madison, War with Barbary Pirates, Embargo Act, Non-intercourse act. 

Term
James Madison
Definition

4th

Democratic Republican

1809-1817

Macon's Bill No. 2, Battle of Tippecanoe, Orders in Council, Berlin and Milan decrees, War Hawks, War of 1812, Hartford Convention, Treaty of Ghent. 

Term
James Monroe
Definition

5th

1817-1825

Demo Rep

John Marshall Supreme Court decisions, Fl. added to US, Adams-Onis Treaty, Missouri Compromise, Era of Good Feelings, Monroe Doctrine 

Term
John Quincy Adams
Definition

6th

Demo. Rep.

1825-1829

"corrupt bargain", American System, Erie Canal, Tariff of Abominations 

Term
Andrew Jackson
Definition

7th

Demo

1829-1837

Jacksonian democracy, Tariff controversy, Maysville Road veto, War on Second Bank of the US, Trail of Tears, spoils system. 

Term
Martin Van Buren
Definition

8th

Demo

1837-1841

Economic Depression, Specie Circular 

Term
William Henery Harrison
Definition

9th

1841-1841

Whig

Tippicanoe and Tyler too!,  Served thirty-one days as pres. 

Term
John Tyler
Definition

10th

Demo

1841-1845

Anti-Jackson Demo., Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Oregon Trail, Log Cabin bill, Annexation of Texas. 

Term
James K. Polk
Definition

11th

1845-1849

Demo

Manifest Destiny, 54 40' or fight, Mexican War, Spot Resolution, Wilmot Proviso, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 

Term
Zachary Taylor
Definition

12th

1849-1850

Whig

Cali gold rush, Died of food poisoning. 

Term
Millard Fillmore
Definition

13th

1850-1853

Whig

Comp. of 1850, Fugitive Slave Law, Uncle Tom's Cabin 

Term
Franklin Pierce
Definition

14th

1853-1857

Demo

Gadsden Purchase, Treaty of Kanagawa, Ostend Manifesto, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Popular Sovereignty. 

Term
James Buchanan
Definition

15th

1857-1861

Demo

Dred Scott, Hapers Ferry, Pony Express, Lecompton Consitution, Lincoln-Douglas Debates. 

Term
Abraham Lincoln
Definition

16th

1861-1865

Rep.

Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Pacific Railway Act, Morrill Tariff, Morrill Land Grant College Act, Homestead Act, Presidential Plan, Wade-Davis Bill, Appomattox, Assassination. 

Term
Andrew Johnson
Definition

17th

1865-1869

Rep.

Black Codes, XIII & XIV Amendments, Radical Rep., Civil rights Act, Purchase of Alaska, Tenure of Office Act, Impeachment, Trial.

Term
Ulysses S. Grant
Definition

18th

1869-1877

Rep

XV Amendment, Credit Mobilier, Whiskey Ring, Promontory, Utah, Crime of '73, Hayes-Tilden Election. 

Term
Rutherford B. Hayes
Definition

19th

1877-1881

Rep.

Disputed election, end of Reconstruction, Bland-Allison act 

Term
James A. Garfield
Definition

20th

1881-1881

Assassinated by disgruntled office seeker after serving 100 days 

Term
Chester A Arthur
Definition

21st

1881-1885

Rep

Pendelton Civil Service Act 

Term
Grover Cleveland
Definition

22nd

1885-1889

Demo

Haymarket Square, Knights of Labor, Interstate Commerce Commission, Statue of Liberty Dedicated 

Term
Benjamin Harrison
Definition

23rd

1889-1893

Rep

Dependent Pension Bill, Sherman Silver Purchase Act, McKinley Tariff, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Ghost Dance, Populist Part Convention in Omaha 

Term
Grover Cleveland (2)
Definition

24th

1893-1897

Demo

Pullman Strike, Hawaiian annexation, Venezuela boundary dispute, Panic of 1893, "deal" with J.P. Morgan, Cross of Gold Speech 

Term
William McKinley
Definition

25th

1897-1901

Rep

Spanish-Am. War, Boxer Rebellion, Wilson-Gorman Tariff, Assassination 

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