Quiz  /  The Road to the Presidency Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which candidates were the focus on the United States’ first televised presidential debate?

  • Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford
  • John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon
  • Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan
  • George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot

  • 2. 
    About how many people did the first televised presidential debate in the United States reach?

  • 35 million
  • 70 million
  • 50 million
  • 100 million

  • 3. 
    Which future American president quit his job to make time for his campaign while still making no stump speeches?

  • Abraham Lincoln
  • William Henry Harrison
  • John Tyler
  • Jimmy Carter

  • 4. 
    Which future president was offered a vice presidential candidacy largely to stop his efforts at state reform?

  • Harry Truman
  • Teddy Roosevelt
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • John Tyler

  • 5. 
    Which president included the now-iconic phrase, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” in his inaugural address?

  • Andrew Johnson
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Barack Obama
  • George Washington

  • 6. 
    Which pair of presidential candidates originally tied, leaving the decision up to the House of Representatives?

  • Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
  • John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon
  • Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford
  • George W. Bush and Al Gore

  • 7. 
    Which presidential candidate funded a presidential debate to allow all Republican candidates to participate instead of just the two front-runners?

  • Ronald Reagan
  • Richard Nixon
  • Donald Trump
  • George H. W. Bush
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