8th Grade Social Studies - U.S. Presidents 1789-1877

My belief in Manifest Destiny added Texas, Oregon, and the Mexican Cession during my presidency

• Andrew Jackson
• James Monroe
• James K. Polk
• Thomas Jefferson

I led the country through the Civil War to preserve the Union and free the slaves

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• John Quincy Adams
• Franklin Pierce

I was "Father of the Constitution" and president during the War of 1812

• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson
• Martin van Buren
• James Monroe

Democrats thought my presidency was a "corrupt bargain", so I returned to Congress as an abolitionist

• John Adams
• Rutherford Hayes
• James K. Polk
• John Quincy Adams

I failed to stop southern states from seceding from the Union, which led to the Civil War

• Zachary Taylor
• James Buchanan
• Abraham Lincoln
• James Madison

As second president, I had to deal with Federalists, Democratic-Republicans, and the XYZ Affair with France

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

After defeating the Confederate Army in the Civil War, I became president during Reconstruction

• Robert E. Lee
• Andrew Jackson`
• Franklin Pierce
• Ulysses S. Grant

As first president, I set many precedents for the future; I also warned about political parties and foreign wars

• George Washington
• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• James Madison

My doctrine said that the Americas were no longer open for new European colonies

• James Monroe
• Andrew Jackson
• Martin Van Buren
• James Madison

I became president after Lincoln's assassination, but I fought with Radical Republicans over Reconstruction

• Andrew Johnson
• Millard Fillmore
• John Tyler
• Andrew Jackso