1st Semester PQ's: 1-24

Presidential Facts

Historical, Political, and Fun Facts

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President Quiz 1-3: Facts to study

George Washington #1

Did not believe in political parties
Mt. Vernon was his home and where he was buried
Signs 1st Copyright Law
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
Congress passed 1^st Naturalization Law declaring what is a citizen of America
Signed the 1^st Judiciary Act 1789
Able to get the Bill of Rights ratified 1791
Set precedence to many forms of government that are still used today such as the Department of State & cabinet positions
Set up 1^st National Bank
Proclaimed neutrality to protect the US from war with Europe

John Adams #2

XYZ affair
Ratified the 11^th Amendment
Passed the Naturalization Act requiring residency to be 14 years instead of 5
Died same day as Thomas Jefferson, July 4
Represented British soldiers who killed 5 civilians in the Boston massacre.
He doesn’t have any monuments in Washington D.C
Adam helped in the Treaty of Paris.
First president to live in the white house
1798, Creates the U.S. Navy Department.
Went to Harvard
Signed the Alien and Sedition Act

Thomas Jefferson #3

Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Was an early archeologist & architect
Responsible for the Louisiana Territory purchase from France, doubling the size of the United States
Commissioned the Lewis & Clark exploration
Lowered the national debt from 180 million to 57 million
Founded the university of Virginia
Advocated for free public education
Governor of Virginia
Loved vanilla ice cream
Had a pet mocking bird named Dick and two bear cubs.
Major contributor to the Library of Congress

President Quiz 4-6: Facts to study

James Madison #4

Considered the Father of the Constitution & drafted the first 10 amendments -- the Bill of Rights
Shortest president at 5'4''
He was a Warhawk and supported the War of 1812 against the British
1st president to graduate from Princeton University, New Jersey
Youngest member of the Continental Congress at 29
Washington and Madison were the only Presidents who signed the Constitution
1 of 5 Presidents who were a Founding Father
Served as Secretary of State under Jefferson
His face was on the $5000 bill before it's printing stopped in 1945
Co-founder of the Democratic-Republican party with Jefferson
Once lost an election because he did not serve alcohol to voters
Wife, Dolly, saved the portrait of Washington before the British burned down the White House

James Monroe #5

Nickname was “the Era of Good Feelings President”
Monroe doctrine was announced
Last of the founding fathers to serve as president
Only president in history to hold two cabinet positions at once: Secretary of State & Secretary of War under Thomas Jefferson.
Only President after George Washington to run unopposed in his 2^nd term
Missouri compromise in 1820
First president to travel by steam boat
Florida purchase treaty was sign during his presidency.
First president to serve on the white house when it was actually white
Governor of Virginia after Thomas Jefferson
The capitol city of Liberia was names after him
An American Revolution Hero

John Quincy Adams #6

Liked to go skinny dipping in the Potomac River
Had a pet alligator that he keep in the East Wing bathtub
Author of the Monroe doctrine
363 mile-long Erie canal is completed from Lake Erie to new York city
Negotiated the treaty of Ghent, which ended the war of 1812
Negotiated the Florida purchase from Spain for $5,000,000
Building of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) railroad
He was a lawyer even though he wasn't going to law school
Only president to serve in congress after presidency
Son of John Adams, President #2
Wife was not from America, she was the first foreign born first lady

President Quiz 7-10: Facts to study

Andrew Jackson #7

Led the US to a defeat of the British at the Battle of New Orleans
Resolved the Nullification Crisis
Notorious gambler
Target of first attempted presidential assassination, then fought his assassin
Signed the Indian Removal Act
Responsible for the Trail of tears
Opposed and vetoed a bill that would have renewed The Second Bank
Only president who was once a prisoner of war
Founder of the Democratic Party
Nicknames: King Mob, Hero of New Orleans, and Old Hickory
His portrait is on the US $20 bill
First president to ride on a train
Dropped out of school at a young age, resulting in no formal education.

Martin Van Buren #8

Attorney General and Governor of New York
Opposed the annexation of Texas
Built the Modern Day Democratic Party
Caroline Affair & Aroostook War with Canada
Had two tiger cubs
Finanical Panic of 1837
Nickname Old Kinderhook, Little Van, Little Magician, Martin Van Ruin
First president to be born in America, not under British Rule.
Only president whose 1^st langauge was not English, but Dutch.
Served as Andrew Jackson’s VP & Secretary of State
Amistad

William Henry Harrison #9

1. Last U.S. President born as a British Subject

2. Made his fame from the Battle of Tippecanoe

3. Elected, at the time, as the oldest president, 68 years old.

4. Gave the longest inauguration speech to date - about 1 hour & 45 minutes

5. Ended up getting sick from not wearing a coat during his inauguration speech

6. Had the shortest presidential term of 31 days due to catching pneumonia and dying

7. He was once in medical school, but dropped out.

John Tyler #10

First telegraph line was completed, from Washington DC to Baltimore
Signed bill annexing Texas
Signed bill making Florida the 27 state
First president to marry while in office, first wife died of a stroke
Has the most kids in the us president history
Webster-Ashburn Treaty
Chancellor at College of William & Mary, also studied economics and law
Oregon Trial expeditions
First VP to become chief executive, President, due to Harrison dying in office
His cabinet once resigned
Elected to the CSA House of Representatives
Disagreed with the Missouri Compromise (1820)

President Quiz 11-13: Facts to study

James Knox Polk #11

Gold Rush begins in CA at Sutter’s Mill
Mexican- American war (1846-48)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Served as Governor of Tennessee from 1839 to 1841
The Oregon Treaty
Goal Oriented: Accomplish all his major goals he set for his presidency.
Congressman in the House of Representatives for 7 terms (14 years)
Texas is admitted as a slave state in 1845
First president to have his picture taken
One of three presidents with no children
Mormon’s migrated to Utah
U.S. Naval Academy opens
European Potato Famine

Zachary Taylor #12

National war Hero for his battles in Mexican-American war
Gained prominence/fame as a “Indian fighter”
Nickname was “ Old rough and Ready”
Second president to die while in office
Zachary died of Cholera Morbus, stomach illness, due to eating cherries with milk
Only President to die in the White House
US paid Texas to stop expanding into New Mexico
Had no formal education other than his military experience, often called illiterate
Nominated without being present & Last Whig president ever
The fugitive slave act of 1850
Compromise of 1850 Bill
Related to William Brewster (a Plymouth Rock descendent), 2^nd cousin to James Madison, and his daughter was married to Jefferson Davis

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Millard Fillmore #13

1. Forced open Japan to trade with Treaty of Kawakawa Will Commodore Mathew Perry

2. California became a state, September 9, 1850

3. Fugitive Slave Act

4. National Women's Right Convention

5. One of five men to be an “accidental” President

6. Married his teacher from the New Hope Academy, however refused to marry until he became a lawyer

7. Protect the Hawaiian Islands from being invaded by France

8. Gold was discovered in Oregon

9. No formal education

10. Modernized the White House by installing indoor plumbing to take a bath

11. Treaty with El Salvador for commercial trade

12. Helped establish University at Buffalo in New York

13. Had two ponies named Mason & Dixon

Franklin Pierce #14

Served in the House of Representatives for New Hampshire
Kansas Nebraska Act
Republican party founded
First president to have a Christmas tree in the White House
He was an alcoholic due to witnessing his son die from a train accident.
He was arrested while president for running over an old lady while riding her horse
The event of bleeding Kansas - there were way to many voters coming just to one place
He established the idea of popular sovereignty
Emigrant Aid Society
The Gadsden Purchased – Purchased a piece of Mexico for 10 million dollars to complete a railroad.
Nickname “Handsome Frank” “Doughface” “Young Hickory of the Granite Hills”
Fighting as general in the Mexican- American war

13. Retired to take care of his wife

James Buchanan #15

1. Dred Scott Case

2. Offered a seat to serve on the Supreme Court

3. Last President prior to the Civil War

4. Never married, no kids, life long bachelor

5. Believed in the right of secession leading to South Carolina seceding

6. Union began to divide leading to the Confederate States of America, CSA

7. The first major silver strike in the U.S hits Nevada and is the richest U.S silver deposit

8. Wanted to annex Cuba and make it a slave territory

9. Suffered from poor vision

10. Minnesota & Oregon joins Union

11. Gave away 1,200 gallons of ice cream during his inauguration

12. Had two pet bald eagles

Abraham Lincoln #16

1. Signed the first of the Homestead Act

2. South Seceded & Confederate States of America formed

3. Civil War: April 12, 1861-May 9, 1865

4. Slavery abolished in DC and passed 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment

5. First Republican president

6. Practiced Law without a degree

7. Tallest president standing at 6'4"

8. Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address

9. He signed the bill that created the secret service right before he was shot

10. Only president of the US to hold a patent

11. Never smoke or drank

12. First President assassinated (By John Wilkes Booth)

13. First US president with a beard

14. He established Thanksgiving as a national holiday

15. First president to use the telegraph

Andrew Johnson #17

1. 1 of 8 accidental presidents

2. First president to be impeached by the House of Representatives, saved by 1 vote

3. Black code restricts newly won rights of African Americans (Jim Crow Laws)

4. Freedom Bureau

5. Reconstruction Act

6. Vetoes the Civil Rights Act

7. He was taught by his wife (never attended school)

8. He made his own clothes for much of his life since he was a tailor

9. Fought against Radical Republicans

President 1-17

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Ulysses S Grant #18

Responsible for dismantling the KKK during Reconstruction
Even though he was General of the Union Army during the Civil War, he hated wearing a military uniform
Black Friday Crisis due to gold funds
South readmitted
Real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant, the S in his named does not stand for anything.
In 1869, the transcontinental railroad is completed
15th amendment is passed in 1870
Struggled with alcohol throughout his life.
Nickname as a kid was “Useless”, but as an adult was “Hero of Appomattox”
Worked on a peace policy for Indians
Great Chicago Fire & Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began
Created the Department of Justice
Interoceanic Commission for canal location in Panama
Grant is on the $50 bill

Rutherford B Hayes #19

Governor of Ohio.
Limits Chinese immigration.
Former General who has wounded multiple times & 1 of 5 presidents to serve in the Civil War.
Eliminated booze at the White House.
Sign out legislation allowing women to argue before Supreme Court.
First president to go to west coast & toured southern United States
Knights of Labor (Union) is formed in 1869
First president to use a phone in the White House
Mexican border was being patrolled
The great railroad strike of 1877 occurred
Started tradition of "Easter Egg Roll" at the White House

James A. Garfield #20

Was a lawyer, preacher, and a teacher.
Served in the Army as a Major General.
American Red Cross is founded by Burton.
Became the 2nd President who was assassinated after only 200 days in office.
He like triangles.
The School for Colored Teachers is established in 1881
He was the last of the seven presidents to be born in a log cabin
First president to campaign in another language
1st President who was left handed & ambidextrous

Chester A. Arthur #21

4th Accidential, but 2nd VP to replace a President after Garfield was shot in the back
Chinese Exclusion Act vetoed
Civil Service Reform Act
Statue of Liberty is given to the US as a gift from France in Paris
Official dedication and opening of the Washington Monument.
Bright's disease, a fatal kidney ailment, and his physicians kept it a secret.
Had a habit of staying up till 2 a.m. every night
Brooklyn bridge was completed after 13 years and $15 million in 1883
The Edmunds Act
The US recognized Korea’s independence
Died from a stroke

Grover Cleveland #22 & #24

Mayor of Buffalo, NY
Publically supported the Queen of Hawaii and no annexation
Eugene Debs & the Pullman Strikes
Dawes Act
Department of Labor and Agriculture was formed
Sheriff of Erie County New York.
Cleveland vetoes military pensions.
First president to run two non-consecutive terms.
Vetoes Illiteracy Ban on Immigration
Passed the Chinese exclusion act in 1888
Only president to have a wedding in the white house
28th Governor of New York
Signed the presidential succession act on January 19, 1886
Died from a heart attack

Benjamin Harrison #23

Represent in Indiana in the US Senate.
Anti-Trust Act was signed.
Sherman Silver Purchase Act.
First International Pan-Am Conference of America took place in Washington.
His grandfather was William Henry Harrison.
Last Civil War General who served as president
Shaped foreign policy.
First president to use electricity in the White House.
Only president to lose an election to a former president.
First president to have his voice preserved
Nicknamed the “Human Iceberg”
The Berlin Conference takes place without the United States invited
Almost went to war with Chile
Homestead Steel Strike

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