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