Presidents 1-24

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Father of Our Country: 1-Washington
Mount Vernon: 1-Washington
Warned against the formation of political parties during his Farewell Address: 1-Washington
Jay's Treaty: 1-Washington
Whiskey Rebellion: 1-Washington
Inaugurated in two cities-New York and Philadelphia: 1-Washington
Only president elected unanimously: 1-Washington
First prez to live in the White House: 2-Adams
Veto Mayor: 22/24-Cleveland
Alien and Sedition Acts: 2-Adams
Hiram: 18-Grant
XYZ Affair: 2-Adams
Old Hickory: 7-Jackson
Midnight Appointments: 2-Adams
The Little Magician: 8-Van Buren
First president whose son became president: 2-Adams
The Minority President: 19-Hayes
Died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson: 2-Adams
The Railsplitter: 16-Lincoln
Tripolitan War: 3-Jefferson
Preacher President: 20-Garfield
Monticello: 3-Jefferson
People's President: 7-Jackson
Louisiana Purchase: 3-Jefferson
Old 8-to-7: 19-Hayes
Lewis and Clark expedition: 3-Jefferson
Napoleon of the Stump: 16-Lincoln
Gets fatal sickness July 4, dies on same day as Adams: 3-Jefferson
The Great Emancipator: 16-Lincoln
First president elected by the House of Representatives: 3-Jefferson
Father of the Constitution: 4-Madison
The Gentleman Boss: 21-Arthur
White House burned: 4-Madison
The Red Fox of Kinderhook: 8-Van Buren
Missouri Compromise: 5-Monroe
Unconditional Surrender: 18-Grant
Acquires Florida: 5-Monroe
Queen Victoria in Breeches: 19-Hayes
First to serve 2 different cabinet positions, served in cabinets of 2 preceding presidents: 5-Monroe
Ma, Ma where's my pa? Gone to the White House, ha, ha, ha!: 22/24-Cleveland
Ran unopposed for second term, missed unanimous election by one vote: 5-Monroe
Era of Good Feeling: 5-Monroe
Congressman after presidency: 6-Adams
Fought in Seminole War: 7-Jackson
Bachelor president: 15-Buchanan
First prez impeached: 17-Johnson
Defeated Tilden: 19-Hayes
Kansas-Nebraska Act: 14-Pierce
Latin/Greek Professor: 20-Garfield
Old Kinderhook: 8-Van Buren
Douglas debates: 16-Lincoln
Tippecanoe: 9-Harrison
Confederate Congressman: 10-Tyler
Old Rough and Ready: 12-Taylor
Appomattox: 18-Grant
Sherman Anti-Trust Act: 23-Harrison
Pendleton Act: 21-Arthur
Ostend Manifesto: 14-Pierce
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty: 12-Taylor
Alaska Purchase: 17-Johnson
Sends Admiral Perry to Japan: 13-Fillmore
Aroostook War: 8-Van Buren
Venezuela boundary disputed arbitrated: 22/24-Cleveland
Oregon Treaty: 11-Polk
Appoints Daniel Webster Secretary of State: 9-Harrison
Tariff of Abominations: 6-Adams
Treaty of Washington: 18-Grant
Calls for Panama Canal under US Control: 19-Hayes
Chinese Exclusion Act: 21-Arthur
South Carolina secedes: 15-Buchanan
West Virginia joins Union: 16-Lincoln
Fugitive Slave Act: 13-Fillmore
Credit Mobilier: 18-Grant
Spoils system: 7-Jackson
End of Reconstruction: 19-Hayes
Wilmot Proviso: 12-Taylor
Mexican War occurred: 11-Polk
Sherman Silver Purchase Act: 23-Harrison
Know Nothing Party: 13-Fillmore
Labor movement picked up speed and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) was formed: 22/24-Cleveland
Married in the White House: 22/24-Cleveland
McKinley Tariff Act: 23-Harrison
Billion Dollar Congress: 23-Harrison
Judiciary Act: 1-Washington
Hamilton Tariff: 1-Washington
Bill of Rights Ratified: 1-Washington
First Bank of the US chartered: 1-Washington
Eli Whitney invents cotton gin: 1-Washington
11th Ammendment passed: 1-Washington
Battle of Fallen Timbers: 1-Washington
Pinckney's Treaty: 1-Washington
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: 2-Adams
Fries Uprising: 2-Adams
Logan Act: 2-Adams
Library of Congress Founded: 2-Adams
First law declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court: 3-Jefferson
Essex Junto: 3-Jefferson
New Jersey ends slavery: 3-Jefferson
Webster's Dictionary 1st published: 3-Jefferson
Cumberland Road passed: 3-Jefferson
Embargo Act: 3-Jefferson
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves: 3-Jefferson
Robert Fulton builds steamboat: 3-Jefferson
Non-Intercourse Act: 4-Madison
Macon's Bill Number 2: 4-Madison
Battle of Tippecanoe: 4-Madison
Treaty of Fort Jackson: 4-Madison
Treaty of Ghent signed: 4-Madison
Hartford Convention: 4-Madison
Second Bank of US Chartered: 4-Madison
Rush-Bagot Treaty: 5-Monroe
Harvard Law School Founded: 5-Monroe
Bonus Bill: 5-Monroe
Denmark Vesey executed: 5-Monroe
First to win election with presidential nominating convention: 6-Adams
The election he won was called "Corrupt Bargain": 6-Adams
Erie Canal opened: 6-Adams
Kitchen Cabinet: 7-Jackson
Second Great Awakening: 7-Jackson
Oregon Trail comes into use: 7-Jackson
Indian Removal Act: 7-Jackson
Nat Turner's revolt: 7-Jackson
Cyrus McCormick invents the reaper: 7-Jackson
Black Hawk War: 7-Jackson
Ordinance of Nullification passed by South Carolina: 7-Jackson
Seminole War begins: 7-Jackson
Force Bill passed: 7-Jackson
Texas War for Independence begins: 7-Jackson
Samuel Colt invents revolver: 7-Jackson
Gag Rule: 7-Jackson
Specie Circular: 7-Jackson
Caroline Affair: 8-Van Buren
US recognizes Republic of Texas: 8-Van Buren
Oberlin College enrolls first female students: 8-Van Buren
Trail of Tears: 8-Van Buren
Amistad Case: 8-Van Buren
Webster-Ashburton Treaty: 10-John Tyler
Samuel Morse sends first telegraph: 10-John Tyler
Walker Tariff Bill: 11-Polk
Seneca Falls Convention: 11-Polk
Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill in California: 11-Polk
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: 11-Polk
Kanagawa Treaty: 14-Pierce
Dred Scott decision handed down, declaring that blacks aren't citizens and can't sue: 15-Buchanan
Transatlantic Cable laid: 15-Buchanan
Lincoln-Douglass debates took place: 15-Buchanan
Harper's Ferry Raid (John Brown's Raid): 15-Buchanan
Comstock Lode discovered: 15-Buchanan
Pony Express begins: 15-Buchanan
Crittenden Compromise: 15-Buchanan
Morrill tariff: 16-Lincoln
First Battle of Bull Run: 16-Lincoln
Homestead Act: 16-Lincoln
Pacific Railway Act: 16-Lincoln
Battle of Antietam: 16-Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation: 16-Lincoln
Battle of Gettysburg: 16-Lincoln
Wade Davis Bill: 16-Lincoln
Sand Creek Massacre: 16-Lincoln
Maximilian Affair: 16-Lincoln
Civil War ends: 17-Johnson
Freedman's Bureau: 17-Johnson
Civil Rights Act: 18-Grant
Ku Klux Klan founded: 17-Johnson
Tenure of Office Act: 17-Johnson
The Grange founded: 17-Johnson
Reconstruction begins: 17-Johnson
Burlingame Treaty: 17-Johnson
University of California chartered: 17-Johnson
Carnegie Steel Company chartered: 17-Johnson
Typewriter invented: 17-Johnson
Wyoming becomes first state to let women vote: 18-Grant
First Transcontinental Railroad completed: 18-Grant
Knights of Labor formed: 18-Grant
First graduate programs (Yale and Harvard): 18-Grant
Standard Oil Company is formed: 18-Grant
Great Chicago Fire: 18-Grant
Yellowstone National Park created: 18-Grant
Amnesty Act: 18-Grant
Alabama Claims: 18-Grant
First Kentucky Derby: 18-Grant
Resumption Act: 18-Grant
National League of Baseball founded: 18-Grant
Battle of Little Bighorn: 18-Grant
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone: 18-Grant
Bland-Allison Act: 19-Hayes
Morgan silver dollars first minted: 19-Hayes
Thomas Edison invents light bulb: 19-Hayes
Knights of Labor go public: 19-Hayes
Dust Bowl begins: 19-Hayes
US population reaches 50 million: 19-Hayes
Clara Barton creates Red Cross: 21-Arthur
Tuskegee Institute founded: 21-Arthur
European Resriction Act: 21-Arthur
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act: 21-Arthur
Brooklyn Bridge opens: 21-Arthur
Washington Monument completed: 22/24-Cleveland
Stanford University founded: 22/24-Cleveland
Interstate Commerce Commision: 22/24-Cleveland
Dawes Act: 22/24-Cleveland
Hatch Act: 22/24-Cleveland
National Geographic Society: 22/24-Cleveland
Yosemite National Park created: 23-Harrison
McKinley tariff: 23-Harrison
Wounded Knee Massacre: 23-Harrison
North American's Women Suffrage Association founded: 23-Harrison
Basketball invented: 23-Harrison
Baltimore Crisis: 23-Harrison
Homestead Strike: 23-Harrison
General Electric Company founded: 23-Harrison
Coxey's Army: 22/24-Cleveland
First Income Tax: 22/24-Cleveland

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