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US Presidents alpha
Facts about each President
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. George Washington | General who led the American army to victory in the Revolutionary War |
| 2. John Adams | First president in the White House |
| 3. Thomas Jefferson | Doubled the country's size by the Louisiana Purchase |
| 4. James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
| 5. James Monroe | Created Monroe Doctrine, declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas |
| 6. John Quincy Adams | Son of the second president, opponent of slavery |
| 7. Andrew Jackson | First common man president, nicknamed "Old Hickory" for his toughness. |
| 8. Martin Van Buren | First to be born an American |
| 9. William Henry Harrison | Died after 30 days in office. "Old Tippecanoe and Tyler too" |
| 10. John Tyler | Deserted by his Cabinet. Almost impeached. Annexed the state of Texas. |
| 11. James K. Polk | Established a treasury system that lasted until 1913 |
| 12. Zachary Taylor | Died of acute gastroenteritis just 16 months into his term |
| 13. Millard Fillmore | Succeeded Zachary Taylor but was never elected president |
| 14. Franklin Pierce | "Doughface" - Northerner with Southern sympathies |
| 15. James Buchanan | Only President who was a bachelor |
| 16. Abraham Lincoln | Assassinated in 1865 |
| 17. Andrew Johnson | Almost impeached but survived by one vote |
| 18. Ulysses S. Grant | General-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War |
| 19. Rutherford B. Hayes | Won the presidency by one electoral vote |
| 20. James Garfield | Was shot as he boarded a train (died 4 weeks later) |
| 21. Chester A. Arthur | Major player in spoils system |
| 22. Grover Cleveland | Elected twice in two non-consecutive terms |
| 23. Benjamin Harrison | Known as "the Iceberg." Grandson of William Henry Harrison. |
| 24. Grover Cleveland | Elected again in 1892 |
| 25. William McKinley | First president in the 20th Century |
| 26. Theodore Roosevelt | Craved presidency more than any other. "Speak softly and carry a big stick." |
| 27. William Howard Taft | Became Chief Justice of Supreme Court after losing re-election |
| 28. Woodrow Wilson | Established the Federal Reserve. Oversaw World War I. |
| 29. Warren G. Harding | From Ohio in 1920. Promised "Return to Normalcy" after WWI. |
| 30. Calvin Coolidge | 30th president. Republican who reduced the size of government. "Silent Cal" "Mr. Coolidge, I've made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you." His famous reply: "You lose." |
| 31. Herbert Hoover | President during Wall Street Crash of 1929 and Great Depression |
| 32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Only president elected to four terms. Presided over WWII. Created the New Deal. |
| 33. Harry S Truman | Dropped the atomic bomb on Japan to end WWII in 1945 |
| 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower | Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during WWII |
| 35. John F. Kennedy | 35th president assassinated in 1963. Youngest president elected at age 43. |
| 36. Lyndon B. Johnson | Declared a "War on Poverty" |
| 37. Richard Nixon | Only president to resign office. |
| 38. Gerald Ford | Moved the nation past Watergate |
| 39. Jimmy Carter | Governor of Georgia in 1970. Peanut farmer. Established Habitat for Humanity |
| 40. Ronald Reagan | Highway in Cincinnati named after him. Former actor and 40th president |
| 41. George HW Bush | Freed a nation (Kuwait) in "Desert Storm. |
| 42. Bill Clinton | Third youngest president. |
| 43. George W. Bush | Son of the 41st president. Served during 9/11 attacks. Invaded Iraq but found no WMD. |
| 44. Barack Obama | First African-American president. |
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