Presidential Policies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Washington | Judiciary Act The Cabinet |
| Washington | Hamilton's financial program (Bank of U.S.) Tariff of 1789 |
| Washington | Whiskey Tax and Rebellion Neutrality Proclamation (War France v. England) |
| Washington | Jay and Pinckney Treaty Growth of Democratic Republican party Treaty of Greenville |
| Adams | Undeclared war with France XYZ Affair Convention of 1800 |
| Adams | Alien, Sedition and Naturalization Acts Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions |
| Adams | Revolution of 1800 Judiciary Act, 1801 |
| Adams | "midnight judges" Appointment of John Marshall, Chief Justice |
| Jefferson | pell mell (We are all Federalists...Republicans) Marbury v. Madison (1803) Repeal Judiciary Act and attack on the Judiciary |
| Jefferson | Barbary pirates Louisiana Purchase |
| Jefferson | Essex Junto Burr conspiracy |
| Jefferson | Embargo Act, 1807 Lewis and Clark |
| Jefferson | Impressment of American sailors Chesapeake incident |
| Madison | War Hawks War of 1812 and Treaty of Ghent |
| Madison | Battle of New Orleans Hartford Convention |
| Madison | Bank of the U.S. rechartered in 1816 Tariff of 1816 (1st protective tariff) |
| Monroe | The Era of Good Feelings Monroe Doctrine, 1823 |
| Monroe | Rush Bagot, Oregon, and Adams-Onis Treaties Oregon Treaty - joint occupation with England |
| Monroe | McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 Missouri Compromise, 1820 |
| Quincy Adams | Partisan election of 1824 "the corrupt bargain" |
| Quincy Adams | partisan campaign of 1828 Tariff of 1828 (Abominations) |
| Quincy Adams | South Carolina Exposition Erie Canal completed |
| Jackson | Kitchen cabinet Spoils system |
| Jackson | Increases powers of the presidency (veto, disregard of John Marshall's decisions on U.S. Bank and Indians) Worcester v. Georgia Webster Hayne debate |
| Jackson | Trail of Tears Nullification Crisis, 1832-3 |
| Jackson | Force Act Clay's Compromise Tariff, 1833 Bank War |
| Jackson | Specie Circular Alamo |
| Van Buren | Panic of 1837 Repeal Specie Circular, 1838 |
| Van Buren | Independent Treasury System The Amistad |
| Harrison | Oregon Fever |
| Tyler | "man without a party" Repeal Independent Treasury System |
| Tyler | Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842 Joint Resolution of Texas |
| Polk | Mexican War/Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Wilmot Proviso Oregon Treaty |
| Taylor | Gold Rush Slavery question in California Favors admission of California on basis of popular sovereignty |
| Fillmore | Compromise of 1850 |
| Fillmore | Young American Spirit Clayton Bulwer Treaty |
| Pierce | Kansas Nebraska Act, 1854 Gadsden Purchase, 1853 Ostend Manifesto, 1854 |
| Pierce | Bleeding Kansas William Walker in Nicaragua, 1855 |
| Pierce | Trade treaty with Japan Republican party organized |
| Buchanan | Dred Scott Decision, 1857 Troubles in Kansas continue/LeCompton Constitution |
| Buchanan | Lincoln-Douglas Debates John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry Crittenden Compromise |
| Lincoln | Homestead Act, 1862 Morrill Land Grant Acts |
| Lincoln | Tariff Acts raised duties on manufactured duties National Banking Act |
| Johnson | Seward's Folly, 1867/Purchase of Alaska Amnesty Proclamation |
| Johnson | Radical Reconstruction and Impeachment Black Reconstruction in South |
| Johnson | 13th and 14th Amendments adopted 1866 Civil Rights Act (adopted over veto) |
| Grant | Transcontinental Railroad completed, 1869 15th Amendment adopted Hayes-Tilden election/End of Reconstruction |
| Grant | Whiskey Ring and Indian Ring Battle of the Little Big Horn |
| Hayes | Compromise of 1877 |
| Hayes | End of Reconstruction/Return White Supremacy |
| Hayes | Indian Wars on the Plains Exploitation of mineral wealth and land Cattle Kingdom and Open Range ranching |
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