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U.S. Presidents
Scholars' Bowl Presidential Facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 16th president (1861-1865) Gettysburg Address Emancipation Proclamation that freed slaves On penny, $5 bill, Mount Rushmore First President to be assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth | Abraham Lincoln |
| 7th president (1829-1833) Called "Old Hickory" President of the common man Indian Removal Act / Trail of Tears On $20 bill | Andrew Jackson |
| 17th president (1865-1869) Succeeded Abraham Lincoln after his assassination 13th, 14th, 15th amendments were passed First president to be impeached | Andrew Johnson |
| 42nd president (1993-2001) War in Bosnia Cut spending, lowered taxes, decreased national debt Impeached due to Monica Lewinsky scandal | Bill Clinton |
| 34th president (1953-1961) Commander of Allied forces in Europe in WWII Born in Abilene, KS "I Like Ike" Alaska and Hawaii added under his term | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 32nd president (1933-1937) Great Depression/Pearl Harbor/start of WWII New Deal Only president to serve more than two terms Used a wheelchair “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” | Frankin D. Roosevelt (FDR) |
| 41st president (1989-1993) Vice president to Ronald Raegan Persian Gulf War against Saddam Hussein In office at the end of the Cold War / Berlin Wall came down | George H.W. Bush |
| 43rd president (2001-2009) President during the attacks of 9/11 War on Terror No Child Left Behind | George W. Bush |
| 38th president (1974-1977) Vice president to Richard Nixon Solely elected by a vote from Congress after Nixon's resignation. Fully pardoned Richard Nixon of all crimes he may have committed. | Gerald Ford |
| 22nd / 24th president (1885-1889) (1893-1897) The only President to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later. Dedicated the Statue of Liberty Railroad regulations and tariff reform Dawes Act and Pullman Strike | Grover Cleveland |
| 33rd president (1945-1953) Succeeded FDR upon his death Made decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Implementation of the Marshall Plan Created the CIA "The buck stops here" | Harry S. Truman |
| 31st president (1929-1933) Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday" 20th/21st amendments passed "Hoovervilles" | Herbert Hoover |
| 20th president (1881) Second president to be assassinated Assassinated 6 months after inauguration | James A. Garfield |
| 15th president (1857-1861) Only president to never be married Moderate views angered radicals in the North and South President the granted Kansas statehood Supported the Lecompton Constitution | James Buchanan |
| 14th president (1853-1857) Enacted the Kansas-Nebraska Act which repealed the Missouri Compromise president during “bleeding Kansas” that became a prelude to the Civil War. | Franklin Pierce |
| 5th president (1817-1825) Missouri Compromise in 1821 in which Missouri was declared a slave state Monroe Doctrine (1823) declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas. | James Monroe |
| 39th president (1977-1981) Former peanut farmer Boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow Created the Dept of Energy and Dept of Education | Jimmy Carter |
| 35th president (1961-1963) Cuban Missile Crisis/Building of the Berlin Wall / Space Race First president to use television Wrote "Profiles in Courage" First Roman Catholic Assassinated in Dallas, TX by Lee Harvey Oswald | John F. Kennedy |
| 37th president (1969-1974) Reduced troops and signed a peace treaty, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam Watergate Scandal Only president to resign from office | Richard M. Nixon |
| 40th president (1981-1989) Former actor First president to be divorced Assassination attempt Cut out many welfare and public works programs His meetings with Gorbachev were the first steps to ending the Cold War. | Ronald Reagan |
| 36th president (1963-1969) Took over after JFK's assassination Civil Rights Act / Voting Rights Act passed 24th and 25th amendments Expansion of U.S. involvement in Vietnam War | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 26th president (1901-1909) Youngest president (42) to take office Became president after McKinley's assassination Square Deal / Panama Canal Expanded national parks service "Speak softly and carry a big stick" Bull moose party | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 3rd president (1801-1809) Louisiana Purchase that doubled the size of the U.S. Signed Declaration of Independence On Mount Rushmore "Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today" | Thomas Jefferson |
| 18th president (1869-1877) led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War Transcontinental Railroad Supported amnesty for Confederate leaders and protection for the civil rights of former slaves | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 29th president (1921-1923) Office became corrupt; allowed drinking in prohibition; had an affair; used office for private gain “Less government in business and more business in government.” Died after 3 years in office | Warren G. Harding |
| Presidents that have been assassinated | Abraham Lincoln James Garfield William McKinley John F. Kennedy |
| Presidents that have died while in office | William Henry Harrison Zachary Taylor Warren G. Harding Franklin D. Roosevelt James Garfield Abraham Lincoln John F. Kennedy William McKinley |
| Presidents that have been impeached | Andrew Johnson Bill Clinton Donald Trump |
| Presidents that were threatened with impeachment | John Tyler Richard Nixon |
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