Presidents #1 - #18 Quiz
Presidents 1-6
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams
Franklin Pierce #1
acquired the Gadsden Purchase
Thomas Jefferson #1
acquired the Louisiana Purchase
Andrew Johnson #1
avoids removal from office by one vote after being impeached
John Tyler #2
became President after John Tyler's death; first usage of Presidential Succession
Thomas Jefferson #2
believed in a limited government; first Democratic-Republican president
John Quincy Adams #1
believed to have made a corrupt bargain with Speaker of the House Henry Clay
Martin Van Buren #1
blamed for the Panic of 1837
James Knox Polk #1
dark horse candidate in the Election of 1844
Zachary Taylor #2
died of Cholera in office
William Henry Harrison #2
died of pneumonia in office
James Knox Polk #2
expansionist president, lead the U.S. through the Mexican American War
James Madison #1
father of the Constitution
Abraham Lincoln #1
first Republican president of the United States
George Washington #1
formerly the Commander of the Continental Army
Zachary Taylor #1
imposed the Compromise of 1850
James Monroe #2
issued a doctrine warning European powers not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere
James Madison #2
lead the country through the War of 1812
Millard Fillmore #2
one of the five "accidental presidents" who supported the Compromise of 1850
John Adams #1
only President elected as a member of the Federalist party
Ulysses S. Grant #2
presidency tarnished by multiple scandals
James Buchanan #2
president during John Brown's raid
Abraham Lincoln #2
president during the American Civil War
James Buchanan #1
president during the Dred Scott decision
James Monroe #1
president during the Era of Good Feelings
Ulysses S. Grant #1
president during the Panic of 1873
John Tyler #1
president when Texas was annexed into the U.S.
Martin Van Buren #2
represented the Free Soil Party in the Election of 1848
Andrew Jackson #2
responsible for Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears
William Henry Harrison #1
served the shortest amount of time as President
Millard Fillmore #1
served with no Vice President
Franklin Pierce #2
signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law
John Quincy Adams #2
signed the Tariff of Abominations into effect
George Washington #2
unanimously elected as President
Andrew Johnson #2
vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1865
John Adams #2
wanted to be referred to as "His Highness"
Andrew Jackson #1
war hero during the War of 1812
President 14-18
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant
Presidents 7-13
Jackson, Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor
