| A | B |
|---|
| George Washington | Revolutionary War Hero |
| John Adams | saved the country from fighting France |
| Thomas Jefferson | bought Louisiana Territory |
| James Madison | President during the War of 1812 |
| James Monroe | created Monroe Doctrine |
| John Quincy Adams | served government for forty years |
| Andrew Jackson | expanded the powers of the presidency |
| Martin Van Buren | his policies deepened a severe economic depression |
| William Harrison | died after a month in office |
| John Tyler | annexed Texas |
| James K. Polk | won the Mexican War |
| Zachary Taylor | wanted to preserve the union but died before that happened |
| Millard Fillmore | supported the Compromise of 1850 |
| Franklin Pierce | tensions over slavery increased during his presidency |
| James Buchanon | seven Southern states seceded during his presidency |
| Abraham Lincoln | ended slavery and reunited the country |
| Andrew Johnson | bought Alaska from Russia |
| Ulysses S. Grant | was a general in the army before serving as president |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | became president after a strongly debated election |
| James A. Garfield | shot after four months in office. |
| Chester A. Arthur | approved the beginnings of the modern American Navy |
| Grover Cleveland | only President to serve two non-consecutive terms |
| Benjamin Harrison | allowed party leaders to run the country |
| William McKinley | Was assassinated after the U.S. won the Spanish-American War |
| Theodore Roosevelt | helped the US become a world power |
| William H. Taft | after being president he served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Woodrow Wilson | tried to gain support for the League of Nations |
| Warren G. Harding | appointed dishonest friends to government office |
| Calvin Coolidge | restored honesty to the White House |
| Herbert C. Hoover | served during the U.S.'s worst economic depression began |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | served during the Great Depression and World War II |
| Harry S. Truman | served during the World War II victory, the Cold War and the Korean War |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | kept peace even with Communist pressures |
| John F. Kennedy | founded the Peace Corps. |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | served when the U.S. was torn by the Vietnam War |
| Richard M. Nixon | resigned because of the Watergate scandal |
| Gerald R. Ford | never elected Vice President or President |
| James E. Carter, Jr. | supervised the Israel-Egypt peace treaty |
| Ronald W. Reagan | the oldest president ever elected |
| George H. W. Bush | served during the Gulf War and when the Soviet Union collapsed |
| William J. Clinton | was almost impeached |
