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1) Which president was the only president who wasn’t elected to the presidency or vice-presidency? a) Gerald Ford b) Chester A. Arthur c) James Polk d) Ulysses Grant

2) Which president has the highest degree and was a president of Princeton?a) Franklin D. Roosevelt b) Barack Obama c) Woodrow Wilson d) Harry Truman

3) Who was awarded The Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in negotiating a peace settlement to end the Russo-Japanese War?a) Theodore Roosevelt b) Harry Truman c) Jimmy Carter d) Bill Clinton

4) What document did James Madison author?a) The Declaration of Independence c) Magna Cartab) The Constitution d) The Emancipation Proclamation

5) Who won a Pulitzer for writing “Profiles in Courage”?a) John F. Kennedy b) George Washington c) Dwight Eisenhower d) James Polk

6) Who is known as the “Traitor President”?a) Andrew Johnson b) John Tyler c) George W. Bush d) James Buchanan

7) Which president was a defense attorney for the British soldiers who were participants in the Boston Massacre?a) John Adams b) Thomas Jefferson c) James Monroe d) Abraham Lincoln

8) Which president signed NAFTA into law?a) Jimmy Carter b) Bill Clinton c) George H.W. Bush d) Barack Obama

9) Who was shot in the back by an assassin, but died as a result of infection caused by his doctors?a) Abraham Lincoln b) William McKinley c) James Garfield d) John F. Kennedy

10) Who authorized two atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan in an effort to end WWII?a) Herbert Hoover b) Franklin D. Roosevelt c) Harry Truman d) Dwight Eisenhower


Match the war with the POTUS who was in office when the conflict first required a sustained effort of military force. (Not all listed presidents will be used)

11) ____ War of 1812

12) ____ Mexican American War

13) ____ Civil War

14) ____ Spanish American War

15) ____ World War I

16) ____ World War II

17) ____ Korean War

18) ____ Vietnam War

19) ____ Persian Gulf War

20) ____ Afghanistan War

21) ____ Iraq War

Presidents

a) Barack Obama

b) Richard Nixon

c) George W. Bush

d) William McKinley

e) James Madison

ab) Dwight Eisenhower

bc) Abraham Lincoln

cd) Woodrow Wilson

de) George H.W. Bush

ac) Harry Truman

ad) James Polk

ae) Franklin D. Roosevelt

bd) Lyndon Johnson

be) Gerald Ford


Match the event or topic below with the corresponding administration. (May use presidents more than once)

22) ___ Cuban Missile Crisis

23) ___ Missouri Compromise

24) ___ Benghazi Attack

25) ___ Star Wars

26) ___ Emancipation Proclamation

27) ___ Fast and Furious

28) ___ Credit Mobilier Scandal

29) ___ Watergate Burglary

30) ___ Women’s Suffrage White House Protest

31) ___ 9/11/2001

32) ___ Pearl Harbor Attack

33) ___ Iran Contra

34) ___ Dawes Act

35) ___ American Embassy assaulted and overrun in Iran

36) ___ Compromise of 1850

37) ___ Black Tuesday

Presidents

a) Ulysses Grantb) Herbert Hooverc) Woodrow Wilsond) Millard Fillmoree) John F. Kennedy

ab) Grover Cleveland

ac) Ronald Reagan

ad) George W. Bush

ae) Barrack Obama

bc) Jimmy Carter

bd) James Monroe

be) Abraham Lincoln

cd) Richard Nixon

de) Franklin D. Roosevelt


Category: Who said it?

38) "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans."

a) Richard Nixon b) Gerald Ford c) Ronald Reagan d) George W. Bush

39) "The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character."

a) Theodore Roosevelt b) Barack Obama c) Lyndon Johnson d) George W. Bush

40) "America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense … human rights invented America."

a) Abraham Lincoln b) Franklin D. Roosevelt c) Jimmy Carter d) Bill Clinton

41) "The buck stops here."

a) Harry Truman b) Dwight Eisenhower c) Richard Nixon d) Jimmy Carter

42) "When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred."

a) John Adams b) Thomas Jefferson c) Andrew Jackson d) Ulysses Grant

43) "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."

a) George Washington b) Abraham Lincoln c) Herbert Hoover d) Woodrow Wilson

44) “We celebrate the past to awaken the future.”

a) Herbert Hoover b) Woodrow Wilson c) John F. Kennedy d) Jimmy Carter

45) “John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.”

a) John Quincy Adams b) Andrew Jackson c) Abraham Lincoln d) Andrew Johnson

46) “I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights! ”

a) Ulysses S. Grant b) William McKinley c) Calvin Coolidge d) Warren Harding


47) “There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.”

a) James Buchanan b) Abraham Lincoln c) Ulysses Grant d) Franklin Pierce

48) “There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”

a) Theodore Roosevelt b) Barrack Obama c) Thomas Jefferson d) Woodrow Wilson

49) “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

a) Dwight Eisenhower b) John F. Kennedy c) Richard Nixon d) Andrew Jackson

50) Do what you can with what you’ve got, where you are.”

a) George Washington b) Thomas Jefferson c) Theodore Roosevelt d) Bill Clinton

Identify who is currently serving in the current administration’s cabinet.

51) __________ Secretary of State a) Steven Mnuchin

52) __________ Attorney General b) Wilbur Ross

53) __________ Secretary of Education c) Rex Tillerson

54) __________ Secretary of Defense d) John F. Kelly

55) __________ Secretary of Energy e) Betsy DeVos

56) __________ Secretary of Treasury ab) Tom Price

57) __________ Secretary of Homeland Security bc) Rick Perry

58) __________ Secretary of Health & Human Services cd) Jeff Sessions

59) __________ Secretary of Commerce de) James Mattis


Match the presidential elections topics or issues below with the participants.

60) ___ Florida recount issued to determine winner.

61) ___ A deal was struck to eliminate Reconstruction.

62) ___ “A Younger Generation” to carry on the torch of freedom.

63) ___ Newspaper erroneously reports wrong result.

64) ___ Should the U.S. attack Mexico?

65) ___ “A Cross of Gold” speech.

66) ___ “Ma, Ma, Where’s my Pa?”

67) ___ “The Donelson Affair”

68) ___ “Checkers Speech”

69) ___ “A New Deal”

Presidential Campaigns

a) Truman vs. Deweyb) Polk vs. Clayc) Bush vs. Gored) Hayes vs. Tildene) Kennedy vs. Nixon

ab) Cleveland vs. Blaine

bc) Jackson vs. Adams

cd) Eisenhower vs. Stevenson

de) McKinley vs. Bryan

ac) Roosevelt vs. Hoover

Election Issues

70) President Lyndon Johnson took the oath of office after what catastrophic event?

a) Lincoln Assassination c) 9/11

b) Kennedy Assassination d) Hurricane Katrina

71) Which election was heavily influenced by the Iran hostage crisis?

a) Bush vs. Gore c) Ford vs. Carter

b) Clinton vs. Bush d) Reagan vs. Carter

72) What was the main concern of most Americans during the 1968 election?

a) The Red Scare c) Oil Embargo

b) Globalization d) Vietnam


73) What 3rd party was formed by Theodore Roosevelt’s supporters in 1912?

a) Federalist Party c) Republican Party

b) Anti-Federalist Party d) Bull Moose Party

Identify the meaning of each political cartoon.

74) Ford using “Openness” and “Decency” to repair the executive office.

a) Restoring press relations after President Clinton’s inappropriate relations in the White House.

b) Recovery of presidential esteem after the resignation of Richard Nixon due to Watergate.

c) Highlighting the importance of moral character after the Iran Contra Scandal.

75) Kennedy and Khrushchev arm wrestling while sitting on missiles.

a) Cold War methods were discarded in favor of a direct and active war.

b) Kennedy was fearful of Soviet aggression.

c) The Cold War was a test of endurance, focus, and power.


76) Ronald Reagan left his footprint on the Berlin Wall.

a) Reagan’s legacy included standing up to communism and advocating for a united Germany.

b) The CIA snuck into Berlin and blew up the wall.

c) The Berlin Wall crumbled after Reagan declared war on the Soviets.

Match the former profession with the correct President (Part 1)

77) ___ 5 Star Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe during WWII.

78) ___ An upper-class socialite who made his fortune in real estate.

79) ___ An engineer and a former Commerce Secretary of the U.S.

80) ___ Community organizer, attorney, IL State Senator, U.S. Senator of IL

81) ___ Movie actor, corporate sponsor, Governor of California

82) ___ School teacher, congressman, U.S. Senator of Texas, Vice President

83) ___ Lawyer, judge, professor, dean of law school, U.S. Secretary of War

84) ___ Soldier, lawyer, congressman, Governor of Ohio

85) ___ A tanner, soldier, U.S. Army General during Civil War

86) ___ A peanut farmer, Governor of Georgia

Presidents

a) Lyndon Johnsonb) Barrack Obamac) Dwight Eisenhowerd) Ulysses Grante) Ronald Reagan

ab) William McKinley

ac) William Taft

ad) Jimmy Carter

ae) Donald Trump

bc) Herbert Hoover


Match the former profession with the correct President (Part 2)

87) ___ School teacher, soldier, congressman from Ohio

88) ___ Surveyor, planter, General of the Army

89) ___ Writer, inventor, attorney, Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State, Vice President

90) ___ Newspaper editor, Senator of Ohio

91) ___ Attorney, Governor of Arkansas

92) ___ Oil Executive, Governor of Texas, Part Owner of Texas Rangers Baseball Team

93) ___ Attorney, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Democratic Governor of New York

94) ___ Attorney, Diplomat, Secretary of State, U.S. Senator

95) ___ Oil Executive, congressman from TX, Director of CIA, Vice President

96) ___ Rancher, soldier, Republican Governor of New York, Vice President

Presidents

a) Franklin Rooseveltb) George Washingtonc) Theodore Rooseveltd) George W. Bush

e) George H.W. Bush

ab) Thomas Jefferson

ac) James Garfield

ad) Warren Harding

ae) Bill Clinton

bc) John Quincy Adams

Matching: He did what???

97) Skinny dipping in the waters of the Potomac River was a favorite hobby of ________________.

98) Amateur sparring in the White House led to blindness in the left eye for _______________.

99) _____ narrowly escaped capture from Japanese soldiers after his plane was shot down in the Pacific.

100) Under _________, White House officials often continued meetings in the bathroom if nature called.

101) A $20 fine was levied against ___________ for riding his horse too fast down a Washington street.

102) White House staff had to assist _____________ when he got stuck in the bathtub.

103) When challenged to a duel, _____________ chose broadswords as the weapon of choice.

104) The inauguration of _______ resulted in a drunken mess & significant damage to the White House.

Presidents

a) Lyndon Johnson d) Abraham Lincoln ac) John Quincy Adamsb) Andrew Jackson e) George H.W. Bush ad) William Taftc) Teddy Roosevelt ab) Ulysses S. Grant


Presidential Fact fill-in-the-blank

105) The four presidents who were assassinated were Lincoln, Garfield, ____________, and Kennedy.

106) The University of Virginia was founded by ____________________.

107) The only president never to marry was ______________________.

108) After leaving office, ___________ became the only ex-president to reside on the Supreme Court.

109) The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms was ______________________.

110) The president who earned the highest level of education was ________. (PhD from Johns Hopkins).

111) The first president born a U.S. citizen was __________________.

112) The first president to die during his term was ___________________.

Presidents

a) James Buchanan d) Grover Cleveland ac) William Taft

b) Woodrow Wilson e) Martin Van Buren ad) William McKinley

c) Thomas Jefferson ab) William Henry Harrison

Identify the relatives

113) ___ Fifth cousins of a powerful political family from New York. Each one served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and each was governor of New York before becoming President of the United States.

114) ___ The grandfather was only president for a month before he died of pneumonia, and the grandson was elected despite losing the popular vote. They both were revered in Indiana.

115) ___ Both father and son were brilliant, independent, and politically motivated. They enjoyed immense popularity throughout the Boston area. However, their struggles within their own party led them both to be voted out of office after one term.

116) ___ The father experienced success as a Commander in Chief during the Persian Gulf War, but lost his reelection campaign when he appeared out of touch with voters while the economy went into a recession. The son was awarded the presidency after a contentious election that resulted in a Supreme Court ruling on recount votes. Ultimately, the son faced difficulties with the war on terror, an environmental disaster, and an economic collapse.

117) ___ These second cousins were quite different in nature. The eldest cousin drafted the U.S. Constitution, served two terms, and managed the executive branch during the War of 1812. The younger cousin was a famed general during the Mexican American War, but died before his first term in office concluded.

Relative Choices

a) John Adams and John Quincy Adamsb) Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Rooseveltc) William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrisond) James Madison and Zachary Taylore) George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush


Find It!

118) Which president was not a citizen of the United States at the time of his death?

a) George Washington c) Andrew Jackson

b) John Tyler d) James Polk

119) Which ex-president celebrated his 90th birthday by skydiving?

a) Ronald Reagan b) George H.W. Bush c) Bill Clinton d) George W. Bush

120) What land purchase did Thomas Jefferson make without the approval of Congress?

a) Louisiana Territory c) Oregon Territory

b) California d) Black Hills

121) Who was the first president to live in the White House?

a) George Washington b) John Adams c) Thomas Jefferson d) James Madison

122) Which of the following presidents is not depicted on Mt. Rushmore.

a) Franklin Roosevelt b) Thomas Jefferson c) George Washington d) Abraham Lincoln

123) Which two presidents, who were lifetime friends and political adversaries, died on the same day within hours of each other?

a) Nixon and Reagan b) Lincoln and Grant c) Adams and Jefferson d) Wilson and Truman

124) Who was the only president to be married in the White House? (He was once her guardian!)

a) Buchanan b) Truman c) Cleveland d) Kennedy

125) Which president gambled away some White House china in a card game?

a) Coolidge b) Hoover c) Nixon d) Harding

126) Who was the tallest president?

a) Washington b) Lincoln c) Jackson d) Eisenhower


127) Who was the shortest president?

a) John Adams b) James Madison c) Herbert Hoover d) Harry Truman

138) Which president turned down offers from the NFL after a successful college football career at Michigan?

a) Warren Harding c) Jimmy Carter

b) Ronald Reagan d) Gerald Ford

129) Who was the only president not to represent a political party?

a) George Washington c) Teddy Roosevelt

b) Thomas Jefferson d) Calvin Coolidge

130) Who was the oldest person elected president?

a) Ronald Reagan c) Donald Trump

b) Dwight Eisenhower d) Gerald Ford

131) Who was the youngest person elected president?

a) Teddy Roosevelt c) Bill Clinton

b) John F. Kennedy d) Barack Obama

132) Who was the first president to give a speech on television?

a) Franklin Roosevelt c) Dwight Eisenhower

b) Harry Truman d) John F. Kennedy

133) Who was the only president to have been a prisoner of war?

a) Andrew Jackson c) John F. Kennedy

b) Abraham Lincoln d) Jimmy Carter

134) This president had an inappropriate relationship with an intern and was nearly impeached.

a) William McKinley c) Bill Clinton

b) Teddy Roosevelt d) Donald Trump


135) Name the two presidents who signed the Constitution.

a) Washington and Adams c) Washington and Madison

b) Adams and Jefferson d) Madison and Monroe

136) This president lost more battles than he won, but he won the war.

a) Dwight Eisenhower c) Andrew Jackson

b) Ulysses Grant d) George Washington

137) The capital of Liberia was named after this president.

a) George Washington c) John Adams

b) James Monroe d) Martin Van Buren

138) This president was nicknamed “The Dark Horse”, and he made a campaign promise to only serve one term in office. He kept this promise and did not run for a second term.

a) John Adams c) John Quincy Adams

b) James Madison d) James Polk

139) _______ had an assassin’s bullet pass through his folded speech notes, his eyeglass case, and lodge into his chest. He went on to give a 90 minute speech in Milwaukee before he accepted medical attention.

a) Teddy Roosevelt c) Gerald Ford

b) Franklin Roosevelt d) Ronald Reagan

140) Charles Dickenson was killed in a duel by this president (Insulted his wife).

a) George Washington c) Zachary Taylor

b) Andrew Jackson d) Ulysses Grant

141) Which president pardoned the most people?

a)Franklin Roosevelt b) Harry Truman c) Bill Clinton d) Barrack Obama


Link the nickname to the president (Part 1)

142) ___ The “Sphinx of the Potomac”

143) ___ His Rotundity

144) ___ The Gipper

145) ___ Ike

146) ___ Gentleman Boss

147) ___ The Fox

148) ___ Old Hickory

149) ___ Old Rough and Ready

Presidents

a) Chester A. Arthur ab) Ronald Reaganb) John Adams bc) Zachary Taylorc) Dwight Eisenhower cd) Martin Van Burend) Andrew Jacksone) Calvin Coolidge

Link the nickname to the president (Part 2)

150) ___ Unconditional Surrender

151) ___ Tricky Dick

152) ___ Slick Willy

153) ___ Barry

154) ___ Old Tippecanoe

155) ___ The Rail Splitter

156) ___ Old Pop, Poppy

157) ___ The Professor

158) ___ The Donald

Presidents

a) Abraham Lincolnb) William Henry Harrisonc) Ulysses Grantd) Woodrow Wilsone) George H.W. Bush

ab) Donald Trump

bc) Richard Nixon

cd) Bill Clinton

de) Barrack Obama


159) Andrew Johnson and ____ were the only two presidents impeached by the House of Representatives.

a) Ulysses Grant b) Harry S. Truman c) Richard Nixon d) Bill Clinton

160) Who was the only sitting Representative to be elected President?

a) Richard Nixon b) Harry S. Truman c) James Garfield d) James Buchanan

161) Which state is Herbert Hoover’s birthplace?

a) New York b) California c) Ohio d) Iowa

162) What party did Abraham Lincoln belong to before joining the Republican Party?

a) Whigs b) Anti-Federalists c) Democrats d) Progressive

163) Which president beat down a would-be killer with his cane when the assassin’s gun misfired twice?

a) Andrew Jackson b) William McKinley c) Dwight Eisenhower d) Ronald Reagan

164) Where did Ronald Reagan spend his boyhood years?

a) Yellowstone, MN b) Dixon, IL c) Los Angelas, CA d) Atlanta, GA

165) Which president signed a deal with Mark Twain to publish his memoirs?

a) Ulysses Grant b) Grover Cleveland c) Chester Arthur d) Woodrow Wilson

166) Which former president below did not file for bankruptcy at one point in his life?

a) Ulysses Grant b) William McKinley c) John Adams d) Donald Trump

167) Who overcame a sickly youth to become one of the most active and adventurous presidents?

a) Franklin Roosevelt b) Ronald Reagan c) Franklin Pierce d) Teddy Roosevelt

168) Which president is known for his reality television show?

a) Ronald Reagan b) Bill Clinton c) Barack Obama d) Donald Trump


169) Frank Sinatra supported ________ and _________ during their elections.

a) Truman, Eisenhower

b) Kennedy, Reagan

c) Nixon, Clinton

d) Johnson, Carter

170) Which president began his military experience in the French and Indian War?

a) George Washington b) Andrew Jackson c) Zachary Taylor d) James Garfield

171) Who lost his wife and his mother on the same day (only hours apart)?

a) George Washington b) Thomas Jefferson c) Andrew Johnson d) Teddy Roosevelt

172) Which president landed a jet on an aircraft carrier and proclaimed “Mission Accomplished” on the war in Iraq?

a) Bill Clinton b) George W. Bush c) Barack Obama d) Donald Trump

173) Which president is / was not a golf enthusiast?

a) William Taft b) Warren Harding c) George W. Bush d) Donald Trump

174) Where did John Quincy Adams die?

a) At home in his bed

b) In the White House

c) In the Speaker’s office on his couch

d) At a San Francisco hotel during a tour of the Pacific state

175) Who was president when astronauts first landed on the moon?

a) Lyndon Johnson b) John F. Kennedy c) Richard Nixon d) Gerald Ford

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