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Presidential History Quiz
1.
The energy crisis of the late 1970's occurred during which presidential administration?
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
2.
Which president initiated the “Good Neighbor Policy” and pledged not to intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
3.
Which president repealed the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the Department of Defense?
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Barack Obama
4.
Which president is the only leader to have served in both the White House and Supreme Court?
John Adams
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
John Quincy Adams
5.
Which president ended a period of “détente” with the Soviet Union by adopting a more confrontational stance and trying to “rollback” communist influence during the 1980s?
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
6.
Which president initiated a period of “peaceful coexistence” with the Soviet Union and negotiated the Strategic Arms Limitation and Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaties in the 1970s?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
7.
Which president was implicated in the Watergate scandal?
Ulysses S. Grant
Bill Clinton
Warren G. Harding
Richard Nixon
8.
Which president implemented the policy of “dollar diplomacy”?
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
9.
Which president signed the Defense of Marriage Act?
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
10.
Which president signed the Patient and Affordable Care Act which required all Americans to have health insurance?
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
11.
Which president implemented the North American Free Trade Agreement?
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
12.
Which president was the second to have been successfully impeached by the House of Representatives?
Andrew Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Bill Clinton
13.
Which president led the nation throughout most of World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Woodrow Wilson
Harry S. Truman
14.
Which president added a “corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine that stated the US could intervene in order to end unrest in another country?
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
15.
Which president gave the “Day of Infamy” speech?
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
George W. Bush
16.
Which president led the nation for almost the entire duration of the Korea War?
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
17.
Which president made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
18.
Which president led the nation during the Iran hostage crisis?
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
19.
Which president signed the No Child Left Behind Act?
Barack Obama
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
20.
Which president began to normalize the US-Cuban relationship after more than 50 years of hostility?
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
21.
Which president was known as the “conservation president” for his expansion of the national park system?
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
22.
Which president initiated the “New Deal” in an effort to end the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
23.
Which president led the nation to victory during the first Gulf War in the 1990s?
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
24.
Which president’s administration was marred by scandals including the Teapot Dome scandal and extramarital affairs?
Calvin Coolidge
Ulysses S. Grant
Warren G. Harding
James Garfield
25.
Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
26.
Which president convened the Washington Naval Conference in 1921 to limit battleship construction?
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
27.
Which president won Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to negotiate a peace treaty following World War I, making him the second president to receive the award?
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
28.
Which president created the Peace Corps?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
29.
Which president appointed Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Justice, to the Supreme Court?
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
30.
Which president signed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913?
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
31.
Which president ended 25 years of hostility by opening relations with Communist China?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
32.
Which president hosted peace talks, known as the Dayton Accords, which led to peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
George H.W. Bush
George W. Bush
33.
Which president implemented the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the Department of Defense?
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
34.
Which president withdrew US ground troops from the Vietnam War?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
35.
Which president advocated the adoption of the Kellogg-Briand Pact which sought to outlaw war in 1928?
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
36.
Which president created the interstate highway system?
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
37.
Which president proposed the 14 Points at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Harry S. Truman
38.
Which president initiated the War on Terror following the 9/11 attacks?
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
39.
Which president was elected to the White House four times?
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
40.
Which president pledged to land a man on the moon within a decade?
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
41.
Which president implemented the Great Society and the War on Poverty?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
42.
Which president won the Nobel Peace prize in 2009 for his efforts to encourage nuclear non-proliferation, making him the fourth president to receive the award?
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
43.
Which president appointed Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice, to the Supreme Court?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
44.
Which president won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War in 1905?
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Warren G. Harding
45.
Which president was criticized for cracking down on the “Bonus Army” in 1932 — a group of WWI veterans who sought financial aid during the Great Depression?
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
46.
Which president ordered federal troops to enforce desegregation at Little Rock, Arkansas?
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
47.
Which president was criticized for his “court packing” scheme — an attempt to appoint six new justices to the Supreme Court?
Richard Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Lyndon B. Johnson
48.
Which president initiated the “War on Drugs”?
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jimmy Carter
49.
Which president guided the nation through the end of the Cold War into a “new world order”?
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
50.
Which president implemented the policy of containment against the Soviet Union in the Cold War?
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
51.
Which president won the Nobel Peace prize in 2002 for his efforts to promote peaceful solutions after leaving the White House, making him the third president to receive the award?
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
George H.W. Bush
52.
Which president stepped up the “War on Drugs” in order to counter “crack” cocaine during the 1980s?
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
53.
Which president approved the Bay of Pigs invasion and confronted the Soviet Union in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
54.
Which president escalated the Vietnam War by deploying large numbers of conventional ground troops following the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
55.
Which president introduced the Cold War concept of the “Domino Theory?”
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
56.
Which president was the first to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game?
Warren G. Harding
William Howard Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
57.
Which president was in office at the start of the Great Recession?
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
58.
Which president appointed Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice, to the Supreme Court?
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ronald Reagan
59.
Which president implemented supply-side economics during the 1980s?
Jimmy Carter
George H.W. Bush
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
60.
Which president was known as the “trust-buster” for his aggressive prosecution of anti-competitive business practices?
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
61.
Which president was the first to take office by ascending from the vice-presidential office through constitutional succession?
Thomas Jefferson
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Andrew Johnson
62.
Which president introduced Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
63.
Which president’s administration was marred by a number of scandals, including the Gold Ring, the Whiskey Ring, and the Sanborn contract?
Andrew Johnson
Warren G. Harding
Andrew Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
64.
Which president ordered Commodore Perry to open relations with Japan?
James Buchanan
James K. Polk
Millard Filmore
Frankl Pierce
65.
Which president’s administration is most closely associated with the “Era of Good Feelings?”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
John Adams
James Monroe
66.
Which president was accused of agreeing to a “corrupt bargain” that prevented Andrew Jackson from securing the White House in 1824?
John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren
James Monroe
James Madison
67.
Which president implemented an Indian removal policy that led to the Trail of Tears?
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Ulysses S. Grant
68.
Which president signed the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
James Madison
69.
The election of which president led to the end of Reconstruction in the South in 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
James A. Garfield
70.
Which president improperly used his influence to sway the 1857 Supreme Court decision
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
Millard Filmore
71.
Which president signed the Alien & Sedition Acts?
George Washington
James Madison
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
72.
Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
73.
During which presidential administration did the XYZ affair and the Quasi-War with France occur?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
John Adams
74.
Which president led the nation during the War of 1812?
James Monroe
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
75.
Which president signed the Dawes Act, which allotted land to individual Indians and encouraged cultural assimilation in 1887?
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Jackson
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
76.
Which president created the First Bank of the United States?
George Washington
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
77.
Which man was the only one who served as president in two non-consecutive terms?
Thomas Jefferson
Grover Cleveland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
78.
Which president was the first to have his voice recorded and also ordered the installation of electric lights in the White House?
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Benjamin Harrison
79.
Which president repealed most of the Alien & Sedition Acts?
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Quincy Adams
80.
Before becoming president, which statesman drafted the Bill of Rights?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
James Madison
81.
Which president led the nation to victory in the Mexican-American War?
Millard Filmore
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
John Tyler
82.
Which president instituted civil service reform that awarded federal jobs based on merit instead of political connections in 1883?
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Chester A. Arthur
83.
Which president resolved the “nullification crisis” of 1828–1832?
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
84.
The Second Barbary War occurred during which presidential administration?
James Buchanan
James Madison
John Adams
James Monroe
85.
Which president successfully suppressed the Whiskey Rebellion?
George Washington
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
86.
Which president signed the Compromise of 1850?
Millard Filmore
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Franklin Pierce
87.
Which president successfully negotiated a treaty to acquire Alaska from Russia in 1867?
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Andrew Johnson
88.
Which president used federal troops to suppress the Pullman Strike of 1894?
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Rutherford B. Hayes
William Howard Taft
89.
The First Barbary War occurred during which presidential administration?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison
90.
Which president was the first to be filmed by a motion-picture camera?
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
91.
Which president used federal troops to suppress the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
Chester A. Arthur
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
92.
Which president signed the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railways Act of 1862?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
James Buchanan
93.
Which president was commander in chief during the Northwest Indian War?
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
James Madison
94.
Which president was the only one who was officially a member of the Federalist Party?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
John Adams
95.
Which president annexed Texas?
James K. Polk
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson
John Tyler
96.
Which president vetoed an effort to renew the charter of the Second Bank of the United States in 1832?
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
James Monroe
97.
Which president was the second to be assassinated while in office?
Abraham Lincoln
William Henry Harrison
William McKinley
James A. Garfield
98.
Which president successfully negotiated with Britain a resolution to the Oregon boundary dispute?
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Millard Filmore
Zachary Taylor
99.
Which president annexed Hawaii in 1898?
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Benjamin Harrison
100.
Which president signed a bill banning the importation of slaves to the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
George Washington
101.
Which president negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
George Washington
102.
Which president was the first to be attacked by an assassin while in office?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
103.
Which president was the first to face an impeachment vote in the US Senate?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
104.
Which president was the first to have impeachment proceedings initiated against him?
John Tyler
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
105.
Aaron Burr launched his conspiracy during which presidential administration?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Madison
106.
Which president issued a warning during his farewell address against “foreign entanglements” and the “baneful effects of the Spirit of Party?”
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
James Madison
107.
Which president was in office for the shortest amount of time?
James A. Garfield
Andrew Johnson
William Henry Harrison
William McKinley
108.
Which president negotiated the Gadsden Purchase in 1854?
Franklin Pierce
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
James K. Polk
109.
Which president led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War of 1898?
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
William Howard Taft
110.
Which president first established a doctrine that European intervention in the western hemisphere would be regarded as a threat to American security?
Theodore Roosevelt
James Monroe
James Madison
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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