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Presidents and Wars SOL Review
Who set the following precedents:Creating the Cabinet, serving for two terms, and enforcing the Constitution
by putting down the Whiskey Rebellion?
George Washington
This president had made the unpopular decision of
the Alien and Sedition Acts and avoided a war with
France
John Adams
This President went against his beliefs of strict construction when he bought the Louisiana Purchase and he also passed the Embargo Act which was a failure
Thomas Jefferson
These two men were war hawks (wanted America to go to war with the British in the War of 1812)
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Who was President during the War of 1812?
James Madison
What future president was the hero of the Battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson
This President presided over the Era of Good Feelings and passed the Missouri Compromise
James Monroe
This document warned European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere and was the basis of American foreign policy from 1823 until after World War II
Monroe Doctrine
This president introduced the spoils system, was first Common Man President and killed the the Bank of the United States
Andrew Jackson
Under Andrew Jackson’s presidency, what was the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians called?
The Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson’s destruction of the Bank of the United States caused what event?
Panic of 1837 (Martin Van Buren was President)
Who was the President of Manifest Destiny and President during the Mexican War (1846-1848)?
James K. Polk
Who was President during the Civil War, wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and gave the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
This President took over after Lincoln and later became the 1st
President to be impeached
Andrew Johnson
This President had many scandals and was a former Union general during the American Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was President during the Spanish American War, the Open Door Policy and was assassinated in 1901?
William McKinley
What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic policy?
Square Deal
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair encouraged the government to pass this consumer protection act
Meat Inspection Act
This President built the Panama Canal and used the foreign policy“Speak softly and carry a big stick”
Theodore Roosevelt
This President loaned foreign governments money for investment in Latin America (Dollar Diplomacy)?
William Howard Taft
This President led America during World War I, passed the 16th and 17th Amendments, and developed the 14 Points Peace Plan?
Woodrow Wilson
In 1929, who was President when the Stock Market Crashed?
Herbert Hoover
What President led America through the Great Depression and World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s domestic program?
The New Deal
What President dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, developed the post World War II policy of containment, and sent troops to Korea?
Harry S. Truman
What was the name of President Truman’s domestic policy that included the desegregation of the military and Federal government?
The Fair Deal
This President passed the Interstate Highway Act, brought federal troops to integrate Little Rock and ended the Korean War
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who was President during the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
What was the name of John F. Kennedy’s domestic program?
The New Frontier
Who assassinated John F. Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
This President passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
What was the name of Lyndon B. Johnson’s domestic program that unleashed a War on Poverty and passed numerous Civil Rights bills?
The Great Society
During Lyndon B. Johnson, where did the U.S. deploy troops to fight communism?
Vietnam
This President was the 1st and only President to resign from office
Richard M. Nixon
What was the name of the scandal that ended Nixon’sPresidency?
Watergate
Nixon’s visit to China and the SALT treaty with the Soviets are examples of what foreign policy plan?
Détente
This President was never elected and pardoned Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
This President dealt with a harsh economy, negotiated the Camp David Accords and dealt with the Iranian Hostage Crisis
Jimmy Carter
This President of the 1980’s cut taxes, deregulated business and increased military spending (Trickle down or supply side economics)
Ronald Reagan
In 1987, what scandal rocked the Reagan administration that dealt with illegal arms sales?
Iran Contra Scandal
What Soviet leader did Ronald Reagan work closely with to help end the Cold War?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who was President when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and led America in the Persian Gulf War or Operation Desert Storm of the early 1990’s?
George HW Bush
This President balanced the budget, tried toget national health care passed and was the 2nd President to be impeached
Bill Clinton
This was passed by Bill Clinton to increase trade betweenThe U.S., Canada, and Mexico
NAFTA
This President won the controversial election of 2000 and was President during 9/11 and has led the U.S. in the War Against Terrorism and the War in Iraq
George W. Bush
American Wars
What leader gained valuable experience in the French and Indian War?
George Washington
After the French and Indian War, this stated that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
Prior to the American Revolution, 5 colonists were killed including Crispus Attucks at this event
Boston Massacre
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The Sons of Liberty dressed as American Indians destroyed British property in this event leading to the American Revolution
Boston Tea Party
In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British passed these acts
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
This was the first battle of the Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord (Shot Heard ‘Round the World)
This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution because France gave its support to the American colonies
Saratoga
This battle of the American Revolution decided the outcome of the war and defeated General Cornwallis
Yorktown
What treaty ended the American Revolution and gave America its independence?
Treaty of Paris (1783)
During this war, Washington D.C. was burned by the British
War of 1812
Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
What was the name of the treaty that ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent (1814)
After the Treaty of Ghent was signed, what battle made Andrew Jackson a national hero?
Battle of New Orleans
Who was President during the Mexican War (1846-1848)?
James K. Polk
The U.S. gained the Mexican Cession in this treaty that ended the Mexican War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
In the Civil War, what was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
During the Civil War, who was President of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What Union general led his troops in Vicksburg and became the lead general during the war?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the leader of the Army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
Where were shots first fired in the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
At the First Battle of Manassas, this Confederate general became a hero
Stonewall Jackson
This battle was the turning point of Civil War and known as the “high tide of the Confederacy”
Battle of Gettysburg
During the Civil War, Robert E. Lee surrendered at this place
Appomattox Court House
This amendment gave African American males the right to vote
15th Amendment
This amendment abolished slavery
13th Amendment
This amendment gave due process of law to all and African Americans citizenship
14th Amendment
During the Spanish American War, who was President?
William McKinley
What was the term used for the exaggerated stories produced that caused the Spanish American War?
Yellow journalism
What territories did the U.S. gain from the Spanish American War?
Cuba, Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
Who was President during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
This treaty ended World War I and punished Germany severely
Treaty of Versailles
This organization created by Woodrow Wilson never had the U.S. become a member
League of Nations
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Joseph Stalin
Who was the leader of Great Britain during World War II?
Winston Churchill
What two U.S. Presidents led America thru World War II?
FDR and Harry S. Truman
Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?
Adolph Hitler
The U.S. was attacked by Japan at this Place and this caused the U.S. to declare war
December 7, 1941- Pearl Harbor
This battle was the turning point in Western Europe and was the Allied invasion of Normandy
June 6, 1944- D-Day
This battle was the turning point of the Pacific
Battle of Midway
The dropping of atomic bombs at these locations caused the Japanese to surrender
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This was the systematic genocide of the Nazis murder of six million Jews
The Holocaust
German officials were punished for crimes against humanity that they committed during the Holocaust
Nuremberg Trials
This organization was created to have countries meet in order to preserve global peace
The United Nations
This convention defined the rules for treatment of prisoners of war.
Geneva Convention
This major conflict was between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union
The Cold War (1945-1989)
These democratic nations formed acollective security agreement during the Cold War
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The Soviet Union and Eastern bloc nations formed this collective security agreement during the Cold War
Warsaw Pact
What historical moment symbolizes the end of the Cold War?
The Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
What was the reason the U.S. went to war in Korea?
Policy of Containment
This general was fired by Truman because he wanted to extend the Korean War into China and use nuclear weapons
Douglas MacArthur
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
This act gave the President authority to deploy troops in Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This U.S. policy in Vietnam believed that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to communism the rest would follow
Domino theory
This President escalated the war in Vietnam faced the most criticism for his actions
Lyndon B. Johnson
This President introduced the policy of Vietnamization and ended the war in Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
After the Vietnam War, this amendment was passed that gave 18 year olds the right to vote
26th Amendment
After the Vietnam War, the president has tohave congressional approval for deployment of troops with this resolution
War Powers Act (1973)
In 1990, this leader of Iraq led an invasion into Kuwait
Saddam Hussein
Who was President during the Persian Gulf War of 1991?
George HW Bush
Bill Clinton led America in a NATO operation to stop ethnic cleansing in this area
Bosnia (Former Yugoslavia)
Who led the coordinated attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001?
Osama Bin Laden
Who was President during the attacks on September 11th?
George W. Bush