U.S. PRESIDENTS - ANSWERS - Jim Colyer

U.S. PRESIDENTS QUIZ - ANSWERS - Jim Colyer

..1 Who was Tippecanoe? William Henry Harrison ..2 Who was Tippecanoe's grandson? Benjamin Harrison ..3 Who succeeded Tippecanoe? John Tyler ..4 The only president with a PHD. Woodrow Wilson ..5 Which president served nonconsecutive terms? Grover Cleveland ..6 Who built the White House? John Adams ..7 He weighed 300 pounds. William Howard Taft ..8 A western dam is named for him. Herbert Hoover ..9 His middle name was Milhous. Richard Nixon 10 Known for his drunkeness. Ulysses S. Grant 11 His home is called the Hermitage. Andrew Jackson 12 Which president has a mountain named after him? William McKinley 13 From Hope. Bill Clinton 14 From Plains. Jimmy Carter 15 Martin Luther King gave his "I Have A Dream" speech at this man's memorial. Abraham Lincoln 16 He said, "The chief business of the American people is business." Calvin Coolidge 17 He appointed the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Ronald Reagan 18 He made George Washington's birthday a federal holiday. Chester Arthur 19 Johnny Cash sang a song about him. James Garfield 20 Buried in Louisville, Kentucky. Zachary Taylor 21 A general in the Mexican War. Franklin Pierce 22 Who was president when the United States bought Alaska from Russia? Andrew Johnson 23 5'6" tall. Martin Van Buren 24 Member of the Ku Klux Klan. Warren G. Harding 25 Who became both vice-president and president without a single vote? Gerald Ford 26 He designated 5 national parks. Teddy Roosevelt 27 Unable to deal with secession. James Buchanan 28 The only president's son to hold the office until George W. Bush. John Quincy Adams 29 He wrote the Bill of Rights. James Madison 30 His doctrine kept European countries out of the western hemisphere. James Monroe 31 Elected to 4 terms. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32 Vaughn Meador did a comedy album about him. John Kennedy 33 An avid golfer. Dwight Eisenhower 34 Has a son named John Ellis. George Bush 41 35 A Whig. Millard Fillmore 36 He served from 1877 to 1881. Rutherford B. Hayes 37 Synonymous with Manifest Destiny. James K. Polk 38 Sent out Lewis and Clark. Thomas Jefferson 39 There is a statue of this president at Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City. George Washington 40 He ended racial segregation in the military. Harry Truman 41 Married Lady Bird. Lyndon Johnson 42 Part owner of a baseball team. George Bush 43
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