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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
2. At what school did Woodrow Wilson hold the title President Wilson?
A. Princeton University
B. Colby College
C. George Washington University
3. What award did John F. Kennedy receive for his book, "Profiles in Courage"?
A. National Book Award
B. Pulitzer Prize
C. Nobel Prize for Literature
4. Who, besides John F. Kennedy, is the only other president to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery?
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. William Howard Taft
5. How old was Andrew Johnson when he was taught to read?
A. 17
B. 3
C. 22
6. How did Grover Cleveland avoid military service?
A. He purchased a substitute to serve for him in the Civil War.
B. He pretended he had an injury.
C. He hid at a distant relative's home.
7. What was "James Madison's War"?
A. Spanish-American War
B. War of 1812
C. Civil War
8.Which future president served as a general in the War of 1812?
A. James Monroe
B. William Henry Harrison
C. James Madison
9. In what war did George Bush serve?
A. Vietnam War
B. Korean War
C. World War II
10. What region of the country was Calvin Coolidge from?
A. New England
B. The South
C. Midwest
11. How was President John Adams related to Samuel Adams?
A. Distant Cousins
B. Samuel Adams was his nephew
C. Samuel Adams was his brother in law
12. In what state was Theodore Roosevelt was born and buried?
A. Massachusetts
B. Ohio
C. New York
13. Which Whig president had fifteen children?
A. John Tyler
B. Zachary Taylor
C. Millard Fillmore
14. By what margin in the electoral college was James Monroe elected to his second term?
A. He won by a close margin.
B. He received 2/3 of the electoral vote.
C. He received all but one vote from the electoral college.
15. Who was president at the same time Adolf Hitler came to power?
A. Herbert Hoover
B. Dwight D. Eisenhower
C. Harry Truman
16. How many other presidents lived or are buried in the same state as James Polk?
A. 5
B. 2
C. None
17. Which president served in the House of Representatives from 1831-1848, making him the only president to hold office
in the House after his presidential term expired?
A. John Quincy Adams
B. Andrew Jackson
C. James Madison
18. Why was Zachary Taylor nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready"?
A. He was eager to fight and start a war.
B. He was a slovenly dresser.
C. He yelled at people when he was in a hurry to implement policy.
19. Which president led the D-Day Invasion?
A. Dwight D. Eisenhower
B. William Howard Taft
C. Woodrow Wilson
20. What topic did Andrew Jackson address in a letter to his wife dated September 18, 1816?
A. His efforts to make a treaty with the Cherokee Nation
B. Troubles in his presidency
C. His mother
21. Who was the last president to be born in a log cabin?
A. Rutherford Hayes
B. James Garfield
C. Abraham Lincoln
22. Who appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court?
A. Ronald Reagan
B. Jimmy Carter
C. Bill Clinton
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23. During which president’s term were female lawyers first admitted to practice before the Supreme Court (before women
even had the right to vote)?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Rutherford B. Hayes
C. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
24. How many terms did Bill Clinton serve as governor of Arkansas?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
25. What president was elected to four terms?
A. Woodrow Wilson
B. Franklin Roosevelt
C. George Washington
26. Who was the president during the panic of 1837?
A. Martin Van Buren
B. Andrew Jackson
C. William Henry Harrison
27. How did "Lady Bird" Johnson help her husband carry out his duties when he served in Congress?
A. She kept records of meetings with all visitors which took place at the congressional office.
B. She acted as an "unpaid" second chief of staff.
C. She helped keep his Congressional office open during World War II when he volunteered for naval service
28. Which president was the first president since 1932 to lose his bid for re-election?
A. Jimmy Carter
B. William McKinley
C. Benjamin Harrison
29. Who was in office when the Confederate States of America declared their independence?
A. James Buchanan
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Andrew Johnson
30. What slogan did Warren G. Harding campaign on?
A. Return to Normalcy
B. It's the economy, stupid!
C. A thousand points of light
31. What city is now the home of the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site?
A. St. Louis, MO
B. Cleveland, OH
C. Albany, NY
32. How did Harry S. Truman first obtain the office of president?
A. He became president when President Roosevelt died.
B. He was elected in a landslide election.
C. He was the only Republican candidate who ran for office.
33. Which mid-19th century president authorized Matthew C. Perry’s trip to Japan in an attempt to open trade with that
country?
A. Millard Fillmore
B. Calvin Coolidge
C. Grover Cleveland
34. Who was the first president to be born outside the thirteen colonies?
A. James Polk
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Andrew Jackson
35. Who was William McKinley’s first vice-president?
A. Garret Hobart
B. John Calhoun
C. Millard Fillmore
36. How many people visit Mt. Vernon, where George Washington is buried, each year?
A. Over 100,000
B. Over three million
C. Over one million
37. What does the first paragraph of Franklin Pierce’s inaugural address reveal about his attitude toward the presidency?
A. He wanted to be president all his life.
B. His greatest ambition was to be a policy maker.
C. He did not want the job.
38. Which mid-19th century president gave the longest inauguration speech of any president? It was a lengthy 8,445
words!
A. Franklin Pierce
B. William Henry Harrison
C. Zachary Taylor
39. What statue guards Chester A. Arthur’s gravesite in Albany, New York?
A. Dove
B. Soldier
C. Angel
40. Who was the president who was first to be elected to that office by the House of Representatives?
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. John Tyler
C. Thomas Jefferson
41. Who was the first president to visit all fifty states?
A. Richard Nixon
B. Jimmy Carter
C. John F. Kennedy
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