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VIDEO – PRESIDENTIAL SERIES

WASHINTON

1.  Washington was the only president to receive a ______vote into office?

2.  Where was GW inaugurated?

3.  What words did GW add to his Inaugeration?

4.  What title did GW want to be called?

5.  Early on what disease did GW contract?

6.  What is one thing GW refused to do as President?

7.  What was GW’s horse’s name?

8.  Where was GW’s house and what was the name of it?

9.  Who was in GW’s 1st cabinet?

10.  What was GW’s landmark achievement?

11.  What were the components of Hamilton’s Financial plan?

12.  What was DC’s original name?

13.  When eas the White House finished?

14.  What was the US position concerning the war between England and France?

15.  What was the cause and results of the Whiskey Rebellion?

16.  What is GW’s lasting precedent?

17.  What business did GW run from Mount Vernon?

JOHN ADAMS

1.  Describe Adams’ personality?

2.  List some of Adams’ achievements before becoming President?

3.  What was the XYZ Affair?

4.  What was the purpose and reasons for the Alien & Sedition Acts?

5.  Who defeated Adam’s in the Elections of 1800?

6.  How did Adams leave office?

T. Jefferson

1.  Why is the election of 1800 important?

2.  He was the 1st president inaugurated in ______

3.  Where is Jefferson’s Home?

4.  How did Jefferson speak with Congress?

5.  Explain the Sally Hemmings Affair?

6.  What was the defining moment of the Jefferson Presidency?

7.  How did we “learn” about the new US territory?

8.  What was the Embargo Act of 1807? Was it successful?

9.  What did Jefferson leave off his gravestone? Why?

MADISON

1.  What did Madison bring to the White House for the 1st time?

2.  What defines his Presidency?

3.  Why did Madison ask for war?

4.  Who had the advantage going to war? Why?

5.  What do the New England states threaten to do? Why?

6.  What do the British do in 1814?

7.  Who negotiates peace with Britain?

8.  Explain the significance of the Battle of New Orleans?

9.  What 2 things came form the war of 1812?

MONROE

1.  What was Monroe’s Political Party?

2.  Who ran against him in his election?

3.  Explain the controversy over Missouri?

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4.  What is Monrovia?

5.  Explain the border crisis in Florida?

6.  What is the Monroe Doctrine? Who actually wrote it?

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