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A review of the U.S. Presidents
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US citizens need NOT be born in the US to become president
True
False
2
How many years must someone have lived in the United States to be president?
20 years
25 years
14 years
10 years
3
Who was president on September 11, 2001
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
4
Stock Market crash, No direct relief, Was blamed for the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
5
Ended Korean War, Baby Boom, U2 Spy Plane incident
JFK
FDR
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
6
Watergate Scandal, Enemy list, Established the EPA, continued the Vietnam War
LBJ
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
JFK
7
Why did the Japanese attack the US on Dec 7th, 1941?
The US threatened to fire bomb Tokyo.
The US had openly criticized the Japanese invasion of China.
The US had dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The US refused to sell oil to Japan.
8
Evil Empire Speech (USSR), Supply Side Economics, Iran –Contra Hearings, Ended the Cold War
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
9
Who was the president at the start of the Cold War?
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
10
2009-2017 Economic Bailouts, Fall of the Stock Market, Home Foreclosures, Affordable Care Act (Health Care)
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
Herbert Hoover
11
Four-term President, Supported US Isolationism / Neutrality, WWII
FDR
Ronald Reagan
Harry Truman
Vladimir Putin
12
Doubled the size of the US by making the Louisiana Purchase
Alexander Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
13
Who was President during MOST of World War II?
Harry Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
14
Lost the election of 1976, Pardoned President Nixon, OPEC Crisis
Gerald Ford
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Richard Nixon
15
Certain the he would be impeached and fired, this president resigned.
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
16
What branch of government does the president run?
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
CCP
17
Americans were angry when this president pardoned Nixon
George Bush
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
18
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
19
Who set the guideline that presidents should only serve 2 terms?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washinton
Franklin Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
20
Containment of communism, V-E and V-J Day, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
JFK
FDR
21
The Corona Virus Pandemic began during which presidency?
George W. Bush
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
Jonas Biden
22
This president's main goal from 1861-1865 was to preserve the union
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses Grant
Teddy Roosevelt
James K Polk
23
What is the wife of the president called?
Lao baby
The First Lady
Mrs. President
Madame President
24
After which President did it become a law that a President could only serve 2 terms?
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Teddy Roosevelt
25
1969-1974, “I am not a crook,” 1st President to establish relations with Communist China
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
JFK
26
What is the military title of the President?
the Secretary of the Army
the Commander in Chief
the Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
27
1993 – 2001, Democrat, Established NAFTA, Lewinski Scandal
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
JFK
Jimmy Carter
28
What event ended WWII?
The French Surrender early in the war
The dropping of the Atomic bombs on Japan
The beginning of the Cold War
Germany's surrender in May 1945
29
How many terms is a President allowed to serve?
3 terms
2 terms
4 terms
only 1 term
30
Term: 1945 – 1953, Democrat, dropped the bomb on Japan,” Fired General MacArthur
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
JFK
FDR
31
The Civil War began when
Lincoln freed the black slaves in the US
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Boothe, a Southerner
The South refused to sell cotton to factories in the North
Seven southern states seceded from the Union
32
MLK Jr. and Robert F Kennedy assassinated, Vietnam War escalates, Great Society
Johnson
Franklin Roosevelt
Kennedy
Eisenhower
33
DOT.COM boom (Rise of the Internet), 2nd President to be impeached
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
34
1977-81, Considered a weak president, Iranian hostage crisis, won the Nobel Peace Prize
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
35
1929 – 1933, Was blamed for the Great Depression, Hands Off governing style
Barack Obama
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Herbert Hoover
36
The Great Society was
The name of Pres Kennedy's program
The name of Pres Truman's program
The name of Pres Johnson's program
The name of Pres Roosevelt's program
37
What is the job of the Executive Branch?
to make laws
to determine the constitutionality of laws
To enforce laws
to use twitter every day
38
What occurred on September 11, 2001?
Terrorist attacks in NYC and DC
George W. Bush became president
The US housing market collapsed
George W. Bush assassination attempt in DC
39
The Fair Deal was
The name of Pres Roosevelt's program
The name of Pres Kennedy's program
The name of Pres Johnson's program
The name of Pres Truman's program
40
Only president to have been impeached twice
Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
Andrew Johnson
41
Republican, Illegal immigration, Make America Great Again, Focus on the economy, Twitterman
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Teddy Roosevelt
Donald Trump
42
Term: 1909 – 1913, Republican, Trustbuster, Later became Supreme Court Justice, the heaviest president
Theodore Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
43
Oversaw the Annexation of Hawaii, “Remember the Maine”, Boxer Rebellion, was assassinated
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
44
1901 – 1909, Republican, Conservationist, Said: "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
FDR
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
45
What is the length of 1 Presidential term?
8 years
6 years
4 years
2 years
46
2001-2008 September 11
th,
Terrorist Attacks, Hurricane Katrina, 2nd Gulf War
Bill Clinton
George Herman Walker Bush
Ronald Reagain
George W. Bush
47
Bay of Pigs Invasion fails, Cuban Missile Crisis, Freedom Riders, youngest President elected
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Truman
LBJ
JFK
48
The "accidental" President
George H. W. Bush
Richard M. Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
49
What is the job of Congress?
to break laws
To enforce laws
to determine the constitutionality of laws
to make laws
50
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
to make laws
to use twitter every day
To enforce laws
to determine the constitutionality of laws
51
Term: 1963 – 1969, Democrat, “Civil Rights Acts of 1964, 1965,” passed more laws than any other president
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Jimmy Carter
JFK
52
Wrote the 14 Points Treaty, proposed the League of Nations , led the US into WWI
Warren Harding
William H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
53
Who is called the 'Father of the Constitution?'
James in class 16
James Monroe
James Madison
James Garfield
54
How did Lincoln's presidency end?
Resigned due to bad health
Lost the election to Grant
Finished his 8 years
Was shot to death at the theatre
55
Who ordered the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Japan?
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
56
1923 – 1929, Republican, “The Business of America is Business,” suspected connections to KKK
Calvin Coolidge
Rutherford B. Hayes
Herbert Hoover
Warren Harding
57
Who was the only president to serve more than 2 terms?
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
58
Who becomes President if the President dies or is impeached?
Mr Zhou
The Speaker of the House
The Vice President
The Senate Majority Leader
59
New DNA technology proved that this president had been lying to Congress and the American people
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
60
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Three Mile Island incident, Energy Crisis, Panama Canal Treaty
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
61
Gay marriage become legal under which president ?
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
62
How old do you have to be to become president?
35
45
30
40
63
1913 – 1921, Democrat, Princeton Professor, 14 Points Treaty to end WWI
Theodore Roosevelt
James Garfield
Chester Arthur
Woodrow Wilson
64
Built the Panama Canal, Fought in Cuba, Passed the Pure Food and Drug Act, Conservationist
Teddy Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
FDR
65
What amendment ended slavery?
The Fifteenth
The Fourteenth
The Nineteenth
The Thirteenth
66
Term in office 2009 – 2017, Democrat, “Yes We Can!” 1st non-white president
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Al Gore
Barack Obama
67
What event caused the United States to enter World War 2?
The Sinking if the US Ship Maine in Cuba
The Zimmerman Telegram
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The death of Franklin Roosevelt
68
Who was president during World War I?
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
69
Who created the National Parks?
Franklin Roosevelt
Barack Obama
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
70
Who won the race to get a man into space?
Japan
The United States
The Soviet Union
China
71
The New Frontier was
The name of Pres Roosevelt's program
The name of Pres Truman's program
The name of Pres Johnson's program
The name of Pres Kennedy's program
72
What event ended the Great Depression?
The New Deal
WWI
WWII
The Korean War
73
The New Deal was
The name of Pres Truman's program
The name of Pres Johnson's program
The name of Pres Roosevelt's program
The name of Pres Kennedy's program
74
Term: 1974 – 1977, Republican, Only non-elected President of the US, Honest man, respected
Ronald Reagain
George H.W. Bush
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
75
Franklin Roosevelt died after WWII ended
False
True
76
Extended the Social Security Act, Created the Interstate Highway System
FDR
Dwight D. Eisenhower
JFK
Harry Truman
77
Which woman almost became the first female US president?
Geraldine Ferraro
Ding Lan
Hillary Clinton
Nancy Pelosi
78
Term: 1989 – 1993, Said: “No New Taxes,” then he raised taxes. First Gulf War
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush
79
What was the immediate cause of the Great Depression?
High cost of housing
Spanish Flu Pandemic
The Stock Market Crash
Insufficient bank savings
80
Who was the president during MOST of the Great Depression?
Franklin Roosevelt
Truman Capote
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
81
Warned Americans not to form foreign alliances
Benjamin Franklin
Barack Obama
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
82
Term: 1933 – 1945, Democrat, the New Deal, Fireside Chats, Unable to walk
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry Truman