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Presidents 1-10
2nd President John Adams

Dates: 1797-1801 Political Party: Federalist
Domestic:
Naturalization Act
Alien, Alien Enemies Act
Sedition Act
Foreign:
XYZ affair
Remained neutral in French revolution

Biggest Achievement: Kept US out of the French revolution

Biggest Failure: Passed the sedition Acts

3rd President Thomas Jefferson

Dates: 1801-1809 Party: democratic-republican
Domestic
Repealed Alien and Sedition Acts
Removed direct tax of 1798

Foreign
Won Barbary wars
Louisiana purchase

Biggest Achievement: Louis and Clark expedition/ Louisiana Purchase

Biggest Failure: Did not do anything about slavery.

4th President James Madison

Dates: 1809-1817 Political Party: Democratic-republican
Domestic:
Second National Bank was formed
Tried to reduce National debt
Foreign:
Kept US neutral during the French war
Helped US win the war of 1812

Biggest Achievement: keeping US neutral during the French-Britain war.

Biggest Failure: didn’t put full effort into the war of 1812

5th President James Monroe

Dates: 1817-1825 Party: Democratic-republican
Domestic:
Country tour- united people after the war
Missouri Compromise
Signed a bill to extend Cumberland road

Foreign:
Rush–Bagot Treaty of 1817
Annexed Florida
Biggest Achievement: Monroe Doctrine
Biggest Failure: panic of 1819

6th President John Quincy Adams Dates: 1825-1829 Political Party: Democratic-republican
Domestic:
Tariff of abominations
Reduced National debt from $15 to $5 million
Proposed an Internal Improvement program.
Foreign:
Signed treaties with many nations to increase trading
Tried to resolve trade issues with British west-Indies

Biggest Achievement: Tariff of Abominations

Biggest Failure: He didn’t put much effort in resolving country’s foreign issues
7th President Andrew Jackson

Dates: 1829-1837 Political Party: Democratic

Domestic:
Paid
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