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MTP-Presidents
Presidents of the United States
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1st President-Late 1700's, known as the father of our country. Ice cream was one of his favorite foods. | George Washington |
| 2nd President-Early 1800's, was the first President to live in the White House. | John Adams |
| 3rd President-Early 1800s, approved the Louisiana Purche and wrote the Declaration of Indepenence. Also, he invented the swivel chair. | Thomas Jefferson |
| 4th President-Early 1800s, was President during the War of 1812 and is known as the father of the Bill of Rights. He was the smallest President at 5'4" and barely 100 pounds. | James Madison |
| 5th President-Early 1800s, signed a document that secured the US from European meddling that was named after himself. | James Monroe |
| 6th President-Early 1800s, the son of President number two. Also, he had a pet alligator. | John Quincy Adams |
| 7th President-Early 1800s, known as 'Old Hickory', greatly expanded presidential powers, and was the first President to ride on a train. He was also known for the Trail of Tears. He was quite the prankster-he would move around outhouses to confuse people. | Andrew Jackson |
| 8th President-Mid-1800s, he was the first President to be born an American citizen, instead of a former British subject. | Martin Van Buren |
| 9th President-Min-1800s, caught a cold during his acceptance speech and died a month later. Was the first President to die in office. | William Henry Harrison. |
| 10th President-Mid-1800s, was the President who annexed Texas, which led to the Mexican-American war. He had 15 children. | John Tyler |
| 11th President-Mid-1800s, precided over the Mexican-American war, which added Texas, California, and other territories to the union. | James K. Polk |
| 12th President-Mid-1800s, Threatened to use force to keep the south in the Union, died after a year in office. | Zachary Taylor |
| 13th President-Mid-1800s, was the last Whig to hold office. Established the White House library. | Millard Fillmore |
| 14th President-Mid-1800s, known as one of our worst Presidents, favored the Kansas-Nebraska act which lost him favor with the north. He memorized his entire inaugural address, 3,319 words. | Franklin Pierce |
| 15th President-Mid-1800s, was the only bachelor to ever serve as President, was unable to stifle the hostility that led to the Civil War. | James Buchanan |
| 16th President-Late 1800s, led the Union to civil war to preserve the nation and end slavery, and swas assassinated only five days after the confederacy surrendered by John Wilkes Booth-he was the most admired president. He was the tallest President. | Abraham Lincoln. |
| 17th President-Late 1800s, was the first President to be impeached, but was aquitted by one vote. During his inauguration as VP during Lincoln's presidency, he was extremely drunk. | Andrew Johnson |
| 18th President-Late 1800s, was the top Union hero of the Civil War. He once recieved a 20$ speeding ticket on his horse. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 19th President-Late 1800s, lost the popular vote but one the presidency by one electoral vote. His wife was the first First Lady to graduate from college. The first President to have a phone, his phone number was '1'. | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 20th President-Late 1800s, was assassinated after a brief 200 days in office, and shares his name with a famous cartoon cat. He could also write in Latin with one hand and Greek with the other hand simultaneously. | James A. Garfield |
| 21st President-Late 1800s, helped create Civil Service. He was very distrusted at the start of his presidency but very respected by the end. | Chester A. Arthur |
| 22nd President and 24th President-Late 1800s, was the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. He was the first president to get married in the White House, to a women who's guardian he had been after her father passed away. | Grover Cleveland |
| 23rd President-Late 1800s, saw the admittance of six states and was the grandson of William Henry Harrison | Benjamin Harrison |
| 25th President-Late 1800s-Early 1900s, President during the Spanish American war. His face is on the 500$ bill. | William McKinley |
| 26th President-Early 1900s, created the Panama Canal, cracked down on business monopolies, and created many national parks-the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize. He also had a pet badger named Josiah. The namesake of Teddy Bears. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 27th President-Early 1900s, was the largest President at 6 feet and 332 pounds, and is famous for getting stuck in the Presidential bathtub. He was the only President to also serve as Chief Justice, and the last to have facial hair. | William Howard Taft |
| 28th President-Early 1900s, declared neutrality during WWI and later led the US into the war and drafted the peace plan that ended it. The only President that is buried in Washington DC | Woodrow Wilson |
| 29th President-Early 1900s, was the first election in which women voted, and is regarded as the worst President. | Warren G. Harding |
| 29th President-Early 1900s-Was the President during the roaring 20s, but he ignored many signs that pointed towards the Stock Market collapse and the Great Depression | Calvin Coolidge |
| 31st President-Early 1900s, was unfairly blamed for the stock markwet crash and was not reelected. He spoke Chinese to his wife to keep their conversations private. | Herbert C. Hoover |
| 32nd President-Early to Mid-1900s, was elected four times, led to victory in WWII and the end of the great depression, was in a wheelchair due to Polio. | Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
| 33rd President-Mid 1900s, dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and led the US in the Korean War. His middle initial is 'S', but it doesn't stand for anything. | Harry S. Truman |
| 34th Presiden-Min 1900s-known as 'Ike', he led the US through the Korean War and steered through the Cold War | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 35th Presiden-mid-1900s, was the only Roman Catholic president, led the US through the Cuban Missile Crisis, and is thought to have had an affair with Marilyn Monroe. | John F. Kennedy |
| 36th President-Late 1900s, led the US into the Vietnam War, which made him very unpopular. | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 37th President-Late 1900s, known for the Watergate scandal. He was the first President to visit all 50 states. | Richard Nixon |
| 38th President-Late 1900s, was never elected to the presidency or the vice-presidency, pardoned Nixon. He held his daughter's Prom at the White House. | Gerald Ford |
| 39th President -Late 1900s, a peanut farmer, spent most of his presidency promoting peace in the Middle East. He was also the first President to be born in a hospital. | Jimmy Carter |
| 41st President-Late 1900s, led the US to war against Iraq in the Gulf War, and is the father of the 43rd President. | George H. W. Bush |
| 42nd President-Late 1900s-Early 2000s, he was impeached and aquitted, and is famous for the Monica Lewinsky scandal. | Bill Clinton |
| 43rd President-Early 2000s, is the son of the 41st President, had to unite a mourning country after the 9/11 attack and was previously a co-owner of the Texan Rangers baseball team. | George W. Bush |
| 44th President-Late 2000s, has a very exotic upbringing, being born in Hawaii and spending parts of his childhood in Indonesia. He is the first African American President. | Barack Obama |
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