U.S. Presidents

Sort facts with the correct president (2 for each president)

Groups:

(a) George Washington

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(b) John Adams

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(c) Thomas Jefferson

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(d) James Madison

• Co-author of Federalist Papers

• Led the Continental Army

• War of 1812

• Ambassador during the Revolution (Dutch)

• Ordered Lewis & Clark Expeditions

• Louisiana Purchase

• Silenced opposition with Sedition Acts

• Set expectations for presidents

During the "Era of Good Feelings" after the War of 1812​ (a)   warned Europe not to interfere with North and South America.

• James Monroe
• James Madison
• Andrew Jackson
• John Adams

He expanded suffrage to non-landowners, removed Cherokee with the Indian Removal Act, and instituted the Spoils System rewarding political supporters with Cabinet positions.

(a)  

​President (a)   helped fulfill manifest destiny by annexing Texas and gaining Oregon territory.

• James K. Polk
• Zachary Taylor
• John Tyler

Which were associated with Abraham Lincoln? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Mexican Session

• Nullification Crisis

Who was Andrew Johnson's greatest opposition as president after the Civil War?

• Republicans in Congress

• Former Confederate Generals

• Southern Democrats

With the Compromise of 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes, ended Reconstruction by agreeing to do what to appease the Southern Democrats?

• Remove federal troops from the South

• Pass the 14th amendment

• Create the Freedmen's Bureau

As president,​ (a)   was a conservationist opening national parks and also supported​ muckrakers uncovering corruption in business.

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Andrew Jackson
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• James Monroe

Before becoming president, Theodore Roosevelt and his all volunteer Army of "Rough Riders" helped free ​ (a)   from Spain.

• Cuba
• Portugal
• Angola

Match the president with the correct detail.

• Support weak countries against communism

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• (Fourteen Points) League of Nations

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• "Hands off" approach to government

• Herbert Hoover

• New Deal Lend-lease Act

• Harry S. Truman

• Interstate and Defense Highways Act

• Woodrow Wilson