[ 577 ] U.S. History GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Use the chart to answer the following two questions. U.S. presidential terms last for four years. In 1951, the Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution became law. The amendment mandated a maximum of two four-year terms for service as U.S. President. U.S. Presidents: Selected Presidents from 1789–1953 Name Term of Office Political Party George Washington 1789–1797 Federalist Thomas Jefferson 1801–1809 Democratic-Republican John Quincy Adams 1825–1829 Democratic-Republican William Henry Harrison 1841 Whig Abraham Lincoln 1861–1865 Republican James Abram Garfield 1881 Republican Grover Cleveland 1885–1889; 1893–1897 Democrat Woodrow Wilson 1913–1921 Democrat Calvin Coolidge 1923–1929 Republican Herbert Clark Hoover 1929–1933 Republican Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933–1945 Democrat Harry S. Truman 1945–1953 Democrat Based solely on information provided, which of the following statements can accurately be made? a. The end of the Federalist and Whig parties caused the creation of the Republican party. b. The Whig and Democratic-Republican parties shared the same philosophy about serving the presidency and the nation. c. Since the initial establishment of the U.S. presidency, equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats have served as president. d. Events occurring during the Harrison and Garfield presidencies must have led to their leaving the presidency before their terms ended.