• 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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