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U.S. Presidential Elections Quiz
1.
Which candidate won the
popular vote
in 1876?
William A. Wheeler
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
James A. Garfield
2.
Since the 1840s, on which day of the week have U.S. presidential elections been held?
Wednesday
Tuesday
Sunday
Monday
3.
According to an infamous
Chicago Tribune
headline, who defeated President Harry Truman in the 1948 election?
Thomas Dewey
Harold Stassen
Strom Thurmond
Wendell Willkie
4.
What term, popularized after the 2000 election, describes an incompletely punched hole in a paper ballot?
hanging chad
dangling brad
dimpled chip
damaged biff
5.
Who was George Washington’s running mate in 1789?
Alexander Hamilton
nobody
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
6.
In 1984 President Ronald Reagan won every state except one. Which one did he lose?
New York
Vermont
Massachusetts
Minnesota
7.
When was the last time a third-party candidate won any electoral votes?
1968
1992
1948
1980
8.
After he left the White House, President Theodore Roosevelt stood for election in 1912 as the candidate of what party?
Populist Party
Bull Moose Party
Prohibition Party
Libertarian Party
9.
Which presidential candidate holds the record for the most second-place finishes?
William Jennings Bryan
Adlai Stevenson
Aaron Burr
Henry Clay
10.
Who won the 1840 election with the slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”?
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
James K. Polk
Thomas Tippecanoe
11.
Maine is one of two states that do not apportion their electoral votes in a “winner-takes-all” format. What is the other state?
Nebraska
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Nevada
12.
Which third-party candidate in the U.S. presidential election secured the highest percentage vote in 1992?
George H.W. Bush
Andre V. Marrou
Ross Perot
Bill Clinton
13.
The first woman to run for the presidency on a major party ticket in the United States was:
Hillary Clinton
Jill Stein
Sonia Johnson
Lenora Fulani
14.
Who was the only president to get elected four times to the office?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
William McKinley
15.
Which amendment of the United States Constitution limits the serving of a president to two terms?
Twenty-second Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Third Amendment
16.
In the United States presidential election of 1968, who was the running mate of presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon?
William Miller
Bob Dole
Spiro Agnew
Estes Kefauver
17.
Who was the third-party candidate to run for the presidency while in prison?
Eugene V. Debs
James M. Cox
Calvin Coolidge
Parley P. Christensen
18.
The system by which the president and vice president of the United States are chosen is:
ballot initiative
electoral college
debate
caucus
19.
When were the U.S. presidential debates first televised?
1952
1968
1960
1976
20.
In which year did George Washington win a unanimous second term as president of the United States?
1792
1800
1784
1788
21.
Which election marked the emergence of the political party system in the United States?
1796
1788
1824
1808
22.
The oldest opposition political party in the United States was:
Federalist Party
Democratic-Republican Party
Labor Party
Republic Party
23.
The New Frontier program is associated with which U.S. president?
Rutherford L. Decker
Eric Hass
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
24.
Which president won his second term as president by capturing 286 of 366 electoral votes in 1872?
Warren G. Harding
Ulysses S. Grant
Gerald Ford
Woodrow Wilson
25.
By what percentage did Richard Nixon win the United States presidential election of 1972 against George McGovern?
19%
50%
37.50%
60%
26.
How many states did Ronald Reagan win against Walter Mondale in the United States presidential election of 1984?
40
49
35
50
27.
The first Greek American to be nominated for the presidency was:
John McCain
Jen Psaki
Zack Space
Michael Dukakis
28.
The first presidential candidate from America's first third party, the Anti-Masonic Party, was:
William Wirt
Charles F. Adams
Amos Ellmaker
Andrew J. Donelson
29.
Which amendment separated electoral college votes for president and vice president?
Sixteenth Amendment
Twentieth Amendment
Twenty-fifth Amendment
Twelfth Amendment
30.
Who was the first woman to run for the U.S. president?
Shirley Chisholm
Victoria Woodhull
Margaret Chase Smith
Bella Abzug
31.
Which U.S. state traditionally holds the first presidential primary election?
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
California
New Jersey
32.
The only U.S. president who served both as president and vice president without being elected was:
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
George H.W. Bush
Gerald Ford
33.
Which U.S. presidential candidate was called “Napoleon of the stump” by his supporters?
Lewis Cass
Horatio Seymour
James K. Polk
James Gillespie Birney
34.
Millard Fillmore ran for president in 1856 as a candidate for which party?
Whig Party
Libertarian Party
Know-Nothing party
Republican Party
35.
What is the Democratic Party's symbol that was popularized by cartoonist Thomas Nast?
dove
donkey
elephant
rabbit
36.
Whom did George W. Bush defeat in the 2004 United States presidential election?
Kamala Harris
John Kerry
Donald Rumsfeld
Colin Powell
37.
In which presidential election campaign were Democratic contenders addressed as "The Seven Dwarfs" by commentators?
United States presidential election of 1984
United States presidential election of 1988
United States presidential election of 1972
United States presidential election of 2000
38.
In the United States presidential election of 1804, how many electoral votes did Thomas Jefferson secure to defeat Charles C. Pickney?
162
219
426
122
39.
Who assumed the presidency after the death of President Warren G. Harding?
Charles Curtis
James S. Sherman
John Garner
Calvin Coolidge
40.
The commission created by U.S. Congress to resolve the disputed presidential election of 1876 was called the:
Electoral Commission
Federal Election Commission
Electoral College
Election Advisory Committee
41.
Who was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms?
Levi P. Morton
Thomas A. Hendricks
Garret Hobart
Grover Cleveland
42.
What was the presidential campaign slogan of Warren Harding?
"Peace and Prosperity"
"I still like Ike"
"Return to normalcy"
"The Winning Team"
43.
Which presidential candidate delivered the “Cross of Gold” speech?
Wharton Barker
James G. Field
William Jennings Bryan
Henry Metcalf
44.
In which year was radio broadcasting used for the first time for a presidential campaign?
1940
1924
1932
1916
45.
Which president coined the term "bully pulpit" to describe the presidency?
Ronald Reagan
Dick Durbin
Patrick Leahy
Theodore Roosevelt
46.
Which U.S. president is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
Oliver Ellsworth
Gouverneur Morris
Charles Pinckney
James Madison
47.
The first U.S. president from the west of the Appalachians was:
Schuyler Colfax
George M. Dallas
Andrew Jackson
Benjamin L. Cardin
48.
Which president chose as his running mate Kamala Harris, who would become the first woman to serve as U.S. vice president?
Joe Biden
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
Bill Clinton
49.
Who was the only president to hold office by decision of an electoral commission?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Henry Wilson
Levi P. Morton
Garret Hobart
50.
This was once a dominant system for selecting candidates in the presidential nominating process:
platform
debate
caucus
referendum
51.
Who was the first U.S. president to resign from office?
Henry Kissinger
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
52.
The moving up of presidential primaries and caucuses by states is known as:
midterm election
Super Tuesday
primary election
front-loading
53.
What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's economic program during his presidential campaign?
Square Deal
Emancipation Proclamation
Manhattan Project
New Deal
54.
Who became the first person since Benjamin Harrison to be elected president despite having lost the nationwide popular vote?
Ralph Nader
George H.W. Bush
Michael Badnarik
George W. Bush
55.
Which of these U.S. presidents was elected by the House of Representatives?
Herbert Hoover
John Quincy Adams
Donald Trump
John F. Kennedy
56.
How many times did Ross Perot run for the presidency?
5
4
1
2
57.
The famous campaign slogan “I like Ike!” is associated with which U.S. president?
Franklin Pierce
Chester A. Arthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Clay
58.
Which presidential campaign was referred to as the "New Freedom agenda"?
William Jennings Bryan
Charles Evans Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
James M. Cox
59.
The first president to achieve a popular majority since the 1872 U.S. presidential election was:
John C. Breckinridge
William McKinley
Hannibal Hamlin
James Buchanan
60.
Which presidential candidate conducted the first “front-porch” campaign?
James A. Garfield
Mark Hanna
Whitelaw Reid
James Baird Weaver
61.
Who was the first U.S. president to be impeached twice?
Andrew Jackson
Donald Trump
Abraham Lincoln
Bill Clinton
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