Nelsons Presidents Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 George Washington Date | 1789-1797 |
| George Washington Office | None |
| George Washington Acts | 1. Tariff of 1789 2. Jay Treaty with English, 1795 3.Farewell Address, 1796 |
| John Adams Office | Federalist |
| John Adams Date | 1797-1801 |
| John Adams Acts | 1. XYZ Affair, 1979 2. Naturalization Act 3. "Midnight Judges" 1801 |
| Thomas Jefferson Date | 1801-1809 |
| Thomas Jefferson Office | Republican |
| Thomas Jefferson Acts | 1. Marbury v. Madison, 1803 2. Louisiana Purchase, 1803 3. Embargo Act, 1807 |
| James Madison Office | Republican |
| James Madison Date | 1809-1817 |
| James Madison Acts | 1. Macon Act, 1810 2. War of 1812 3. Hartford Convention 1814 |
| James Monroe Date | 1817-1825 |
| James Monroe Office | Republican |
| James Monroe Acts | 1. Monroe Doctrine, 1823 2. Missouri Compromise, 1820 3. Acquisition of Florida, 1819 |
| John Quincy Adams Date | 1825-1829 |
| John Quincy Adams Office | National Republican |
| John Adams Acts | 1. "Corrupt Bargain" 2. Tariff of Abominations 3. Calhoun's Exposition and Protest |
| Andrew Jackson Date | 1829-1837 |
| Andrew Jackson Office | Democrat |
| Andrew Jackson Acts | 1. Jacksonian Democracy 2. Formation of Whig Party, 1832 3. Tariffs of 1832 and 1833 |
| Martin Van Buren Date | 1837-1841 |
| Martin van Buren Office | Democrat |
| Martin Van Buren Acts | 1. Panic of 1837 2. Specie Circular, no BUS 3. Unsound financing by state governments |
| William Henry Harrison Date | 1841 |
| William Henry Harrison Office | Whig |
| William Henry Harrison Acts | He died. (._______.) |
| John Tyler Date | 1841-1845 |
| John Tyler Office | Anti-Jackson Democrat, but WAS a Whig |
| John Tyler Acts | 1. Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842 2. Vetoes Clay's Bill for 3rd BUS 3. Canadian Border at 49th Parallel |
| James K Polk Office | Democrat |
| James K Polk Date | 1845-1849 |
| James K Polk Acts | 1. Manifest Destiny 2. Mexican War 1846-1848 3. Wilmot Proviso |
| Zachary Taylor Date | 1849-1850 |
| Zachary Taylor Office | Whig |
| Zachary Taylor Acts | this guy died too |
| Millard Fillmore Date | 1850-1853 |
| Millard Fillmore Office | Whig |
| Millard Fillmore Acts | 1. Compromise of 1850 2. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 1850 3. Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852 |
| Franklin Pierce Date | 1853-1857 |
| Franklin Pierce Office | Democrat |
| Franklin Pierce Acts | 1. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 2. popular sovereignty 3. Ostend Manifesto, 1854 |
| James Buchanan Date | 1857-1861 |
| James Buchanan Office | Democrat |
| James Buchanan Acts | 1. Dred Scott decision, 1857 2. Lincoln-Douglas debate, 1858 3. Secession of south |
| Abraham Lincoln Office | Republican |
| Abraham Lincoln Date | 1861-1865 |
| Abraham Lincoln Acts | 1. Civil war, 1861-1865 2. Emancipation proclamation, 1863 3. Morill Act, 1862 |
| Andrew Johnson Date | 1865-1869 |
| Andrew Johnson Office | Republican |
| Andrew Johnson Acts | 1. 13th Amendment, 1865 2. 14th Amendment, 1868 3. Reconstruction Act, 1867 |
| Ulysses S. Grant Date | 1869-1877 |
| Ulysses S. Grant Office | Republican |
| Ulysses S. Grant Acts | 1. First Transcontinental Railroad ,1869 2. Credit Mobilier 3. 15th Amendment, 1870 |
| Rutherford B Hayes Date | 1877-1900 |
| Rutherford B Hayes Office | Republican |
| Rutherford B Hayes Acts | 1. Bland-Allison Act 1878 2. Troops withdrawn from the South, 1877 |
| James A Garfield Date | 1881 |
| James A Garfield Office | Republican |
| James A Garfield Acts | Assassinated by C. Julius Guiteau |
| Chester A Arther Date | 1881-1885 |
| Chester A Arther Office | Republican |
| Chester A Arther Acts | Pendleton Act, 1883 |
| Grover Cleveland Date | 1885-1889 |
| Grover Cleveland Office | Democrat |
| Grover Cleveland Acts | 1. Knights of Labor, 1886 2. Haymarket Riot, 1886 3. ICC, 1887 |
| Benjamin Harrison Date | 1889-1893 |
| Benjamin Harrison Office | Republican |
| Grover Cleveland Acts | 1. Sherman Anti-trust Act, 1890 2. Populist Party Platform, 1892 3. Sherman Silver Purchase Act, 1890 |
| Grover Cleveland Date (2) | 1893-1897 |
| Grover Cleveland Acts (2) | 1. Panic of 1893 2. Pullman Strike, 1894 3. AF of L |
| William McKinley Date | 1897-1901 |
| William McKinley Office | Republican |
| William McKinley Acts | 1. New Imperialism 2. Spanish American war, 1898-1899 3. Open Door Policy, 1899 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Date | 1900-1905 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Office | Republican |
| Theodore Roosevelt Acts | 1. Panama Canal, 1903-1914 2. Portsmouth Treaty, 1905 3. Gentleman's Agreement with Japan, 1904 |
| William Howard Taft Date | 1909-1913 |
| William Howard Taft Office | Republican |
| William Howard Taft Acts | 1. Paine-Aldrich Tariff, 1909 2. Pinchot-Ballinger Controversy, 1909 3. "Dollar Diplomacy" |
| Woodrow Wilson Date | 1913-1921 |
| Woodrow Wilson Office | Democrat |
| Woodrow Wilson Acts | 1.Underwood Tariff, 1913 2. Federal Reserve System, 1913 3. Glasssover Act, 1913 |
| Warren G Harding Date | 1921-1923 |
| Warren G Harding Office | Dark Horse canidate |
| Warren G Harding Acts | 1. Teapot Dome Scandal 2. Washington Conference, 1921-1922 3. Fordney-McCumber Tariff, 1922 |
| Calvin Coolidge Date | 1923-1929 |
| Calvin Coolidge Office | Republican |
| Calvin Coolidge Act | 1.Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928 2. Roaring 20s 3. Lindberg flies across Atlantic Ocean |
| Herbert Hoover Date | 1929-1933 |
| Herbert Hoover Office | Republican |
| Herbert Hoover Act | 1.National Origins Immigration Act, 1929 2. Stock market crash, 1929 3. Hawley-Smoot tariff |
| Franklin D Roosevelt Date | 1933-1945 |
| Franklin D Roosevelt Office | Democrat |
| Franklin D Roosevelt Act | 1. "Alphabet soup" bureaucracies 2. World War 2 3. New Deal |
| Harry S. Truman Date | 1945-1953 |
| Harry S Truman Office | Democrat |
| Harry S Truman Act | 1. World War 2 ends 2. Taft-Harley Act, 1947 3. Truman Doctrine, 1947 |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Date | 1953-1961 |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Office | Republican |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Act | 1. Suez Crisis, 1956 2. Eisenhower Doctrine 3. the "race for space" |
| John F Kennedy Date | 1961-1963 |
| John F Kennedy Office | Democrat |
| John F Kennedy Act | 1. Baker v. Carr, 1962 2. Peace Corps 4. Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty |
| Lyndon B Johnson Date | 1963-1969 |
| Lyndon B Johnson Office | Democrat |
| Lyndon B Johnson Act | 1. Anti-Poverty Act, 1964 2. Medicare 3. "Great Society" |
| Richard M Nixon Date | 1969-1974 |
| Richard M Nixon Office | Republican |
| Richard M Nixon Act | 1. 26th amendment, 1971 2. Kissinger and "shuttle diplomacy" 1973-1975 3. "Imperial Presidency" |
| Gerald Ford Date | 1974-1977 |
| Gerald Ford Office | Republican |
| Gerald Ford Acts | 1. Pardons Richard Nixon 2. OPEC crisis, 1974 3. Fall of Saigon |
| Jimmy Carter Date | 1977-1981 |
| Jimmy Carter Office | Democrat |
| Jimmy Carter Acts | 1. "Stagflation" 2. Established diplomatic relations with China and ended recognition of Taiwan 3. Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979 |
| Ronald Reagan Date | 1981-1989 |
| Ronald Reagan Office | Republican |
| Ronald Reagan Act | 1. Falkland Islands Crisis, 1982 2. Grenada, October 1983 3. "Supply-side economics" |
| George Bush Date | 1989-1993 |
| George Bush Office | Republican |
| George Bush Act | 1. Savings and Loan Scandal, 1990 2. Invasion of Panama, 1990 3. Berlin Wall came down leading to reunification of Germany |
| Bill Clinton Date | 1993-2001 |
| Bill Clinton Act | 1. North American Free Trade Agreement, 1993 2. Proposes national health care system, 1993 3. Sex scandal, 1998 |
| Bill Clinton Office | Democrat |
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