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14 Cards in this Set
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George Washington
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April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
1. Judiciary Act 1789 2. Tariff of 1789 3. Whiskey Rebellion 4. Jay's treaty |
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John Adams
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March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
1. Alien Act of 1798 2. Sedition Act of 1798 3. Appointed "Midnight Judges" 4. Built up the US Navy |
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Thomas Jefferson
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March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
1. Removed Adams Alien Act of 1798 2. Removed Adams Sedition Act of 1798 3. Loisiana Purchase 4. Embargo Act of 1807 |
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James Madison
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March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817
1. Macon's Bill No.2 2. Hartford Convention 3. The Treaty of Ghent 4. War of 1812 |
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James Monroe
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March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
1. Panic of 1819 2. Missouri Compromise 3. Monroe Doctrine (1823) 4. Adam-Onis Treaty of 1819 |
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John Quincy Adams
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March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
1. "Corrupt Bargain" 2. Construction of the first railroad (B&O 1828) 3. Erie Canal 1825 4. American Temperance Society formed in 1826 |
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Andrew Jackson
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March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837
1. Spoils System 2. Jackson vetoed the Second Bank of the United States 3. Nullification Crisis of 1828 4. Specie Circular (1836) |
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Martin Van Buren
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March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
1. Financial Panic of 1837 2. Independent Treasury Bill of 1840 3. Trail of Tears (1838) 4. John Deere invented Steel Plow |
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William H Harrison
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March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
1. Delivered an inaugural address, which was believed to lead to Harrison's death 2. First President to die in office 3. Set the record for shortest presidential term 4. Harrison prevented the annexation of Cuba |
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John Tyler
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April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
1. Tariff of 1842 2. Texas becoems 28th state of America (1845) 3. Vetoed the Fiscal Bank 4. Vetoed the Fiscal Corporation |
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James K Polk
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March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
1. Walker Tariff of 1846 2. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 3. Wilmot Amendment proposed but not passed 4. U.S declares war on Mexico (1846) |
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Zachary Taylor
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March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
1. Compromise of 1850 2. Fugitive-Slave Law of 1850 3. California Gold Rush 4. United States Department of the Interior was organized |
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Millard Fillmore
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July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
1. Fugitive-Slave Law of 1850 2. Second Era of Good Feelings 3. Signed California as a free state 4. Abolished slave trade in the district of Columbia |
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Franklin Pierce
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March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857
1. Kansas-Nebraska Act 2. Gadsden Purchase 3. Bleeding Kansas 4. Ostend Manifesto |
