PRESIDENT SORT ACTIVITY

Directions: Cut the strips along the dotted lines. Read each strip of information about one of the first five presidents. Then, based on the clues you read, match the information to one of the president’s pictures on the sort board. If you are making a folder book, put the strip inside of the fold labeled with the president’s name.

I was the 1st President of the U.S.

I am from Massachusetts

I was the 2nd President of the U.S.

I am from Virginia

I was the 3rd President of the U.S.

I am from Virginia

I was the 4th President of the U.S.

I am from Virginia

I was the 5th President of the U.S.

I am from Virginia

I wrote the Declaration of Independence

I wrote the Monroe Doctrine

I was a Patriot, a lawyer, a cousin to Sam Adams, and wanted the colonies independent of England.

I was President during the War of 1812

When I was President, the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.

I have a wonderful home on a mountain top called Monticello.

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I established a federal court system

I bought some land West of the Mississippi River from Napoleon (France) for a great price.

I appointed Benjamin Banneker to design and plan the new Federal City, now called Washington, D.C.

 

I was a Federalist

I was a Democratic-Republican

I was the first President to live in the White House

When I was President, the two political parties started: Federalists and Democratic Republican

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

Lewis and Clark explored the land I bought from France, West of the Mississippi River.

The two-party political system that we know today began when I was President

LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION

I refused to be King of the United States

I was President for two terms and refused to be President for a third term.

I helped the nation grow in size and power

I wanted a strong central government and hired an executive cabinet with Hamilton as my Secretary of Treasury

I believed in the states having more power, the common people becoming more educated to be better citizens so I built the University of Virginia

The White House burned down by the British when I was President

I was the Commander of the Continental Army

I was the first Vice-President

My home was Mount Vernon

My home was Montpelier

I warned the European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere

I was a strong leader during the War of 1812 and European nations gained respect for the U.S.

I kept the new nation out of war when England and France were fighting with a Doctrine of Neutrality.

I had a famous wife, Dolley, who saved important government documents during the War of 1812

When I was President, the country grew fast, there were new technologies and people were proud of their country again.

I got tired of people trashing our government in the newspapers. I wrote the Alien and Sedition Acts.

I was the President with the weak voice but spoke powerful words. I proposed the Virginia Plan of government.

I believed that farming and small business are the key to our future.

I was a Federalist

I always disagreed with Hamilton when Washington was President and resigned my position as Secretary of State

I wrote essays with Hamilton and Jay called the FEDERALIST PAPERS.