| Term | Definition |
|---|
| George Washington | He was president during: Judiciary Act of 1789, Neutrality Proclamation, Whiskey Rebellion, Bill of Rights, Farewell Address, Capital Compromise, and 4 Precedents |
| John Adams | He was president during: Alien and Sedition Acts, Virginia and Kentucky Resolution, and XYZ Affair |
| Thomas Jefferson | He was president during: Embargo Act, Non-Intercourse Act, Louisiana Purchase, Corps of Discovery, and Marbury v. Madison(involved judiciary review and midnight judges) |
| James Madison | He was president during: War of 1812 and First declaration of war issued |
| James Monroe | He was president during: Monroe Doctrine, Era of Good Feelings, Rush-Bagot treaty, Adams-Onís treaty, McCulloch v. Maryland (federal is more powerful than state gov.), Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce), and Compromise of 1820 |
| John Quincy Adams | He was president during: Corrupt Bargain (1824 election) |
| Andrew Jackson | He was president during: Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, Jackson vetoes re-charter of bank, Tariff of Abominations, Democratic Party established, Worchester v. Georgia (living in Cherokee land, overruled by Jackson), Nullification Act of 1832, and Compromise of 1833 |
| Martin Van Buren | He was president during: Panic of 1837 |
| William Henry Harrison | He was president during: First Wig President, Lived 31 days in office; dies of pneumonia after 2 hour inauguration speech |
| John Tyler | He was president during: vetoed re-charter of the Bank twice, and kicked out of Whig Party |
| James K. Polk | He was president during: Texas War for Independence, Mexican-American War, and Texas and New Mexico become states |
| Zachary Taylor | He was president during: Dies of stomach illness |
| Millard Fillmore | He was president during: Compromise of 1850, California becomes a state, Fugitive slave act |
| Franklin Pierce | He was president during: Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas( John Brown), Pottawattamie Masacre, and Supposrts Fugitive Slave Act |
| James Buchanan | He was president during: Dred-Scott Decision, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, and Raid on Harpers Ferry (John Brown) |
| Abraham Lincoln | He was president during: Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, 10% plan, Wade-Davis Bill proposed, 13th amendment ratified, Freedman's Bureau established, Surrender of Confederates at Appomattox Court House, and Assassination by John Wilkes Booth |
| Andrew Johnson | He was president during: Presidential Reconstruction, Radical Reconstruction, Reconstruction Act of 1867, 14th Amendment ratified, and Impeachment Trial against him |
| Ulysses S. Grant | He was president during: 15th Amendment Ratified, and the Amnesty Act |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | He was president during: Accepted as president in Compromise of 1877, Reconstruction ends, and Rise of the "New South" |
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